History has been made as the first all-Black climbing team made it to the summit of Mount Everest. With an elevation of 29,032 feet, it’s the highest mountain in the world.
Famous climber Sophia Danenberg was the only Black American and Black American woman to ever reach the Himalayan peak.
But all that changed on May 12.
The group’s journey was inspired by the racial disparities in high-altitude mountaineering. Only 10 Black climbers have reached the top of Mount Everest out of 6,000 successful climbs since the first ascent in 1953.
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