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Women to climb Kongur Peak first all female team
Kathleen Giel leads eight women on a historic expedition authorized by China to summit Mount Kongur, the Pamir Himalaya’s highest peak. The team includes Dillingham, Giel, Nilsen, Piranian, Hopking, Goforth, Fitzsimmons, and Provencher, with plans to depart from San Francisco June 5 and return end July. They seek tax deductible support via the American Mountain Foundation in Hanover New Hampshire.
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Denver
Kathleen Giel
China
Himalayas
Giel
Colorado
People’s Republic of China
Kongur
Pamir Range
Pat Dillingham
Boulder
Conifer
Carole Petiet
Dillingham
Petiet
Mount Kongur
Petist
Brenda Townes
University of Washington
Mount
Everest
Berkeley
Calif
Kathy Nilsen
Aspen
Deb Piranian
Leadville
Suzanne Hopking
Boston
Nancey Goforth
Anchorage
Alaska
Nancy Fitzsimmons
Driggs
Idaho
Joan Provencher
San Francisco
Swiss Alps
Canadian Rockies
Cascades
Rockies
Washington
Switzerland
Nilsen
Yukon
Mount Kennedy
United States