The lofty mountain has many steep edges and is prone to avalanches.
Drummond this year became the first and only woman to conquer all Seven Second Summits, the second-highest mountains on Earth. The mother started soul-searching all through 2019, filing through all the things she hadn't done but still wanted to. "He had me read a book and at the front, someone had set a Guinness World Record for skiing across the Alps or something.
Ultimately, it would take two attempts to summit the 5956-metre peak because during the first, in May 2022, her team was "pulled from the mountain" due to bad weather. "It's also super windy, visibility isn't the best and you can't move on that mountain without it because you would get lost super easy.The view as the team skied down to camp three at Mount Logan."I had a bit of an ego," she said, adding she didn't wait for the Thredbo's chairlift to open when she took on Mount Townsend in the NSW's Snowy Mountains."It's all a path, super well-maintained, so I'm thinking we're going to have a fantastic day.