A Norwegian woman is trying to become the fastest climber to make it to the top of the world’s 14 highest mountains.
一名挪威女子正试图成为最快登上世界14座最高山峰的登山者。
Kristin Harila has already climbed eight of them in 40 days. The 37-year-old said Tuesday she has set a new goal of climbing all 14 peaks in three months. That is two times faster than her initial goal.
克里斯汀·哈里拉在40天内已经爬上了其中的8座。这位37岁的女子周二表示，她已经设定了一个新目标，即在三个月内攀登所有14座山峰。这比她最初的目标快了两倍。
The 14 highest mountains are those higher than 8,000 meters. Harila is trying to beat the 2019 record set by a male climber, who climbed all 14 peaks in just over six months.
世界上最高的14座山都是海拔超过8000米的山。哈里拉正试图打破2019年由一名男性登山者创造的纪录，该男子在短短6个多月的时间里攀登了所有14座山峰。
Harila hopes to climb Mount Manaslu in Nepal in the next few days. After that, she will try the five remaining peaks in the Karakorum mountains of Pakistan. This includes K2, the second- highest mountain in the world. K2 is considered more difficult and dangerous than Mount Everest, the world’s highest mountain.
哈里拉希望在未来几天攀登尼泊尔的马纳斯鲁峰。之后，她将尝试巴基斯坦喀喇昆仑山脉剩余的五座山峰。其中包括乔戈里峰——世界第二高峰，比世界最高峰珠穆朗玛峰更加困难和危险。
“I believe we can do it, if we do Manaslu now and the five in Pakistan, we can do in three months,” Harila said.
哈里拉说:“我相信，如果我们现在开始攀登马纳斯卢和巴基斯坦的五座山峰，我们可以在三个月内完成这个目标。”
“We are very happy we have made eight and we are all safe and everyone is good,” she added.
她补充说:“很高兴我们已经完成了8座山峰，我们都很安全，大家都很好。”
Harila began her effort in April by climbing Mount Shishapangma in China. She then climbed other peaks in China as well as in Nepal, including Everest. Her latest climb was Nepal’s Mount Annapurna on June 5.
今年4月，哈里拉开始攀登中国的希夏邦马峰。随后，她登上了中国和尼泊尔的其他山峰，包括珠穆朗玛峰。她最近一次攀登是在6月5日攀登尼泊尔的安纳普尔纳峰。
Her climb of Annapurna was unusually late in the spring climbing season. Most teams had already left the mountains. That is because it was close to the arrival of summer rains and snow.
她的攀登时间非常晚，因为接近夏季雨雪的到来,大多数队伍已经离开了山区。
“It was very nice but very difficult to climb Annapurna alone. No one was around, it was different. When there is lot of people it is much easier,” she said.
“独自攀登安纳普尔纳峰非常好，但非常困难。周围没人，很不一样。人多时攀登会容易得多。”
The current record is held by Nirmal Purja, a Nepal-born British citizen. He climbed the 14 highest peaks in 189 days in 2019.
目前的纪录保持者是尼泊尔出生的英国公民尼马尔·普贾。2019年，他在189天内攀登了14座最高峰。
Purja’s climbs were later made into a popular Netflix documentary called “14 Peaks: Nothing is Impossible.”
普贾的攀登挑战后来被拍成了Netflix的一部受欢迎的纪录片，名为《14座山峰:没有什么不可能》。
I’m Dorothy Gundy.
多萝西·甘迪报道。
A Norwegian woman is trying to become the fastest climber to make it to the top of the world’s 14 highest mountains.
Kristin Harila has already climbed eight of them in 40 days. The 37-year-old said Tuesday she has set a new goal of climbing all 14 peaks in three months. That is two times faster than her initial goal.
The 14 highest mountains are those higher than 8,000 meters. Harila is trying to beat the 2019 record set by a male climber, who climbed all 14 peaks in just over six months.
Harila hopes to climb Mount Manaslu in Nepal in the next few days. After that, she will try the five remaining peaks in the Karakorum mountains of Pakistan. This includes K2, the second- highest mountain in the world. K2 is considered more difficult and dangerous than Mount Everest, the world’s highest mountain.
“I believe we can do it, if we do Manaslu now and the five in Pakistan, we can do in three months,” Harila said.
“We are very happy we have made eight and we are all safe and everyone is good,” she added.
Harila began her effort in April by climbing Mount Shishapangma in China. She then climbed other peaks in China as well as in Nepal, including Everest. Her latest climb was Nepal’s Mount Annapurna on June 5.
Her climb of Annapurna was unusually late in the spring climbing season. Most teams had already left the mountains. That is because it was close to the arrival of summer rains and snow.
“It was very nice but very difficult to climb Annapurna alone. No one was around, it was different. When there is lot of people it is much easier,” she said.
The current record is held by Nirmal Purja, a Nepal-born British citizen. He climbed the 14 highest peaks in 189 days in 2019.
Purja’s climbs were later made into a popular Netflix documentary called “14 Peaks: Nothing is Impossible.”
I’m Dorothy Gundy.
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Words in This Story
peak -n. a mountain or the top of a mountain
initial -adj. first or beginning
documentary -n. a nonfiction film about an event, person, or situation
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