Ms Deryan's climbing journey began in 2016, and on December 16 she completed the penultimate leg of her challenge, a South Pole ski.
She climbed the highest peak in Europe, the 5,642-metre-high Mount Elbrus in the western Caucasus Mountains of Russia in 2016.
Tima Deryan, a Lebanese woman living in the UAE, has climbed the seven highest mountains of each continent and skied to the South Pole. All photos: Tima Deryan
Ms Deryan aims to ski to the North Pole in April, which would make her the first Arab woman to complete the Grand Slam of mountaineering.
A planned journey to the North Pole will take Ms Deryan to a latitude of 90° north, where all meridians of longitude meet and the only direction is south.
Ms Deryan's climbing journey began in 2016, and on December 16 she completed the penultimate leg of her challenge, a South Pole ski.
She climbed the highest peak in Europe, the 5,642-metre-high Mount Elbrus in the western Caucasus Mountains of Russia in 2016.
Tima Deryan, a Lebanese woman living in the UAE, has climbed the seven highest mountains of each continent and skied to the South Pole. All photos: Tima Deryan
Ms Deryan aims to ski to the North Pole in April, which would make her the first Arab woman to complete the Grand Slam of mountaineering.
A planned journey to the North Pole will take Ms Deryan to a latitude of 90° north, where all meridians of longitude meet and the only direction is south.
Ms Deryan's climbing journey began in 2016, and on December 16 she completed the penultimate leg of her challenge, a South Pole ski.
Lebanese woman aims to become first Arab female to complete Grand Slam of mountaineering - in pictures
