Cape Breton Post

Montrealer aims to be first solo woman to reach the top of Mount Logan

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MONTREAL — A Montreal mountainee­r will attempt to become the first solo woman to climb Canada’s highest mountain in a trek that begins next month.

Should Monique Richard reach the summit of Yukon’s Mount Logan, she will be the first female to reach the top by herself, according to officials with Parks Canada and data it has compiled since the late 1800s. Richard, 43, is an experience­d climber who has tested her limits on some of the world’s highest mountains and has taken part in some 30 ascents since 2010. She said she’s confident she can make it up Logan — a nearly 6,000-metre-high mountain she attempted unsuccessf­ully last year after a climbing partner encountere­d difficulti­es.

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