Report from: John Theo Jr. - March 24, 2009 - Recently found... an athlete who puts Michael Phelps and Tiger Woods accomplishments both to shame, Wendy Booker. In less than a week Wendy will attempt to climb Mt. Everest. If she summits Everest, she will have climbed the highest mountains on each of the seven continents (called "the seven summits"). Fifty-four year old Wendy will then join a select group of women (less than thirty) in the world who have accomplished this feat. Still not impressed? Wendy will also be the first person in history to climb the seven summits with Multiple Sclerosis (MS).
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