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B.Gangaamaa targets Mount Carstensz
SportsUlaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ A State Honored Sportswoman and mountaineer has announced that she will conquer Mount Carstensz in Papua province of Indonesia, in pursuing her drream to reach all the Seven Summits.
No Mongolian has conquered Mount Carstensz yet.
“My dream of conquering all the Seven Summits was motivated when I reached the highest peak of Europe, Mount Elbrus on May 25, 2010 together with my colleagues Terbish, Bat-Erdene, Odonchimeg and Naran. I am delighted to inform that I will head for Indonesia to make my step closer to my dream,” Gangaamaa said.
Her conquering of Mount Carstensz is being sponsored by the Turkish Airlines. As of today, she has climbed the five highest points of the Seven Summits so far.
Mount Carstensz in the Sudirman Range of the western central highlands of Papua Province, Indonesia.
At 4,884 m (16,024 feet) above sea level, Mount Carstensz is the highest mountain in Indonesia, the highest on the island of New Guinea which comprises the Indonesian West Papua region plus Papua New Guinea, the highest on the continent of Australia.
