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Inspiration May 29, 2017
“If you try, you can definitely get success.”
While you were probably binging the latest season of “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt,” Anshu Jamsenpa was climbing Mount Everest… twice. In one week.
This badass mother-of-two from India shattered records for the fastest double ascent of the treacherous mountain, reaching Earth’s highest peak twice in five days.
And guess what else? Jamsenpa didn’t just break any record. She surpassed the record of another, badass lady like herself. Nepali woman Chhurim Sherpa held the previous record for two ascents in only seven days, set back in 2011. Talk about girl power.
What’s even more impressive – this is the fourth time Jamsenpa has scaled Everest. She reached the top of the world twice in 10 days in 2011, then in 2013, before outdoing herself yet again on May 16 and 21.
She spoke of pushing through the pain to reach her goals. “I got blisters on my legs. I was tired, but then still I thought, ‘No, I must try. I must push.’ I had that confidence in me,” she told AP, adding, “If you try, you can definitely get success.”
How’s that for inspiration? Next time you think you can’t do something, remember this 38-year-old woman didn’t let a little pain stop her from reaching the peak of a 29,035-foot mountain for the FOURTH time.
“The only thing is that you have to be ready to face all the pains and all the obstacles. That was there in my mind, and that’s how I like it,” Jamsenpa says.
I’ll try to remember that the next time I hit snooze to grab a few extra minutes of sleep instead of getting up for a morning workout… AKA my Everest.
In the meantime, Jamsenpa deserves celebrating, if not for breaking a world record, then for being the most nonchalant about breaking a goddamn world record. Hell, I cheered the other day just for bringing in all of the Ikea bags in one trip… and there were four of us.
Girl deserves a round of applause.
