She did. Fabienne Sicot-Personnic reached the summit of Everest on Thursday, Ascension Day. The challenge taken up by this intensive care nurse at the University Hospital of Montpellier (Hérault) is all the more admirable since she learned, a few years ago, that she was suffering from ankylosing spondylitis and glass bone disease.

A handicap that did not prevent this formidable 38-year-old sportswoman from reaching the top of the world, after a twelve-hour journey, braving the cold (up to -45 ° C), snow and ice. But the journey is not over: from now on, we must go back down.

"The Sherpa nicknamed me 'Faster Lady'"

Interviewed on March 23 by 20 Minutes, Fabienne Sicot-Personnic had explained that after learning the pathologies that gnawed at her, rather than putting the pedal soft, she multiplied the crazy challenges. "I told myself that I had to enjoy life, I could no longer live under a bell," she confided. Last summer, it already reached seven peaks over 4,000 meters above sea level. In particular, it has climbed to the top of Mont Blanc.

To climb to the top of Everest, she had to perform numerous stress tests on her bike, equipped with a mask that simulates these extreme conditions. "The Sherpa who accompanies me has nicknamed me 'Faster lady'!" she laughed.

Fabienne Sicot-Personnic has opened a fundraiser (here) to collect donations, which will be donated to Inserm research teams in Montpellier.

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