Vanessa O’Brien, the only woman to climb the world’s highest Mount Everest and dive the world’s deepest Challenger Deep with the Pakistani flag, met Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Friday.
According to the ISPR, the army chief appreciated Vanessa’s achievements and thanked her for promoting Pakistan as a goodwill ambassador.
In a tweet, the ISPR wrote, “Ms Vanessa O’Brien met #COAS. She is the only woman ever to climb 2 the world’s highest pt Mount Everest & dive 2 world’s deepest pt Challenger Deep, also carrying Pak flag. COAS appreciated her achievements & thanked her 4 promoting Pak as a goodwill ambassador.”
Ms Vanessa O'Brien met #COAS. She is the only woman ever to climb 2 the world’s highest pt Mount Everest & dive 2 world’s deepest pt Challenger Deep, also carrying Pak flag. COAS appreciated her achievements & thanked her 4 promoting Pak as a goodwill ambassador pic.twitter.com/dukjFD24GZ
— DG ISPR (@OfficialDGISPR) November 6, 2020
Vanessa, a British and American mountaineer, explorer, aquanaut, author and former business executive, became the first woman to reach Earth’s highest and lowest points, receiving a Guinness World Record on June 12, 2020.