Saray khumalo
I took every African with me to the top of the world - Saray Khumalo
Khumalo is the first black African woman to have reached the summit of Mount Everest.
South African mountaineer and first black African woman to summit Mount Everest Saray Khumalo, who returned home to a hero's welcome at OR Tambo International Airport on Monday, said she didn't know the whole nation was with her.
Saray Khumalo is the first black African woman to reach the peak of the highest mountain in the world, Mount Everest.
South African mountaineer and the first black African woman to summit Mount Everest, Saray Khumalo, returned home to a heroes welcome at OR Tambo on 27 May, saying she didn't know the whole nation was with her.
Saray Khumalo arrived on home soil on Monday morning and received a hero's welcome at OR Tambo International Airport after her historic climb of Mount Everest.
Khumalo made history earlier this month after becoming the first black African woman to reach the peak of the highest mountain in the world.
Khumalo made history over a week ago becoming the first black African woman to reach the peak of the highest mountain in the world.
Khumalo was in Nepal for about a week re-adjusting to the increased oxygen levels at ground level before heading back home.
South African mountaineer Saray Khumalo says her fourth attempt at summiting Mount Everest wasn’t easy but giving up was never an option.
Saray Khumalo made international news exactly a week ago when she and other team members reached the top of the world.
The mountaineer, who became the first black African female to summit Everest, said her fourth time summiting the mountain didn't come easy, but added that giving up was never an option.
Khumalo left base camp on Wednesday and is expected back home next week.
She left the Mount Everest base camp on Wednesday where she'd been waiting for a flight home while the bodies of climbers who died on the mountain were being recovered.
Eleven people are believed to have died on the mountain in the past few weeks.
The helicopters that are set to transport Saray Khumalo and others to the nearby airport are still retrieving the bodies of climbers who died on the mountain.
Khumalo descended successfully to base camp at the weekend, despite losing two team members along the way.
Khumalo arrived at base camp on Saturday afternoon after making history as she became the first African black woman to summit the iconic mountain.
Khumalo is the first African woman to summit Everest.
Indian national Ravi Thakar was found dead on Friday morning after reaching the peak of the highest mountain in the world on Thursday.