First Australian woman to summit 8km high mountain without oxygen | ABC News

Blue Mountains woman Allie Pepper is attempting to climb 14 of the world’s highest peaks without the aid of supplemental oxygen - in the world’s fastest time. In the past fortnight she’s had one success - reaching the 8000-metre summit of Broad Peak on the China Pakistan border and one failure. It’s impossible to understate the scale of the challenge she’s set herself. Subscribe: Read more here: ABC News provides around the clock coverage of news events as they break in Australia and abroad, including the latest coronavirus pandemic updates. It’s news when you want it, from Australia’s most trusted news organisation. For more from ABC News, click here: Watch more ABC News content ad-free on ABC iview: Go deeper on our ABC News In-depth channel: Like ABC News on Facebook: Follow ABC News on Instagram: Follow ABC News on Twitter: Note: In most cases, our captions are auto-generated. #ABCNews #ABCNewsAustralia