Ok not Gradient related but my sister, Pam Westgate, has just become the 25th British Female mountaineer to summit Everest (and probably the first to do so on her birthday!). She summited this morning at 6.30 (local time) with climbing sherpa Chewang Palden Sherpa.
The summit was reported as totally beautiful. The weather was clear and not very cold, until the wind picked up after 5am. The views from the summit were incredible. The cloud level was down around 20,000ft, making all the valleys a picture of roiling clouds, with the higher peaks all around rising starkly into the clear air.
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