Sarel Nong to take on Mt Everest
Former Sapa Yopa Motorcycle Club President Sarel Nong along with five other South Africans will make the trek for the #Caring4Girls campaign
POLOKWANE – “I told myself that I have to climb it, even though the temperature is about -40 to -60 degrees. The idea is to raise the money to help the needy children. We want to make sure that young girls who are in need get the support from us. We receive money throughout the world, it gives me strength to persevere and prepare for this expedition. My family is the support system that I need to conquer this giant mountain. They tell me what I need to hear and they are there for me in the good and bad times. “Without you I have no idea where I would be and I know that your love for me is what’s keeping my head above the water,” Nong explained.
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Mount Everest is located within the Mahalangur Himal sub-range of the Himalayas, which is regarded as the highest mountain above sea level. Mount Everest is also known in Nepali as Sagarmãthã and in Tibetan as Chomolungma.
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Among those ready to summit the mountain, Sibusiso Vilane, the first African to successfully summit the mountain will take on the challenge with Mrs South Africa 2017/18 Nicole Capper, Tiger Brands LTB Board member Maya Makanjee, Amesa Chairperson Ester Masinga and Heritage Capital Investment Founder Kedibone Imathui.
“I was chosen by the legend himself, Sibusiso Vilane, who was the first African to summit Mount Everest, in 2006. We are going to be a group of six climbers. We have already started with the preparation, we train at the Drakensberg Mountain in KwaZulu-Natal. The other four climbers and I will climb to the base-camp which is about 6 000 m above sea level and the highest peak is about 8,848 m above sea level. The five of us will only climb to 6 000 m and Sibusiso will climb to 8,848 m, which will take him about two months to summit the highest peak.
After 6 000 m they call it the death zone, because it gets rather difficult to breathe and one needs to make use of oxygen tanks,” Nong explained.
