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[WATCH] Sarel Nong in -35 degree weather: “I can’t do this anymore”

Sarel Nong and five other South Africans made it to the base camp on Mount Everest but will soon be coming home.

POLOKWANE – On Sunday, Nong touched base with Review to say that all South Africans had made it safely to Mount Everest’s base camp.

In the video, Sarel explains that the team hadn’t slept due to ice falling down.

Read more: [WATCH] Sarel Nong takes on Yaks and -17 degree weather

However, the weather is getting to the hikers and Nong says he is ready to come home.

Photo: Sarel Nong
Photo: Sarel Nong

“The hike down will take us about six days and I will be in Mzanzi by Sunday,” he said.

Sarel, along with his fellow South Africans, made the trip as part of the #Trek4Girls campaign.

Photo: Sarel Nong

Last year, Nong successfully made it to the summit of Mt Kilimanjaro as part of the #Trek4Mandela campaign.

Read more: Sarel Nong summits Mt Kilimanjaro

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Raeesa Sempe

Raeesa Sempe is a Caxton Award-winning Digital Editor with nine years’ experience in the industry. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Media Studies from the University of the Witwatersrand and started her journey as a community journalist for the Polokwane Review in 2015. She then became the online journalist for the Review in 2016 where she excelled in solidifying the Review’s digital footprint through Facebook lives, content creation and marketing campaigns. Raeesa then moved on to become the News Editor of the Bonus Review in 2019 and scooped up the Editorial Employee of the Year award in the same year. She is the current Digital Editor of the Polokwane Review-Observer, a position she takes pride in. Raeesa is married with one child and enjoys spending time with friends, listening to music and baking – when she has the time. “I still believe that if your aim is to change the world, journalism is a more immediate short-term weapon." – Tom Stoppard

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