12:10pm Tuesday 6th January 2009
THE mother of a mountaineer who climbed Mount Everest has retraced his steps to Nepal.
Mavis Peacock, aged 66, from Stocks Lane, Penketh, and her friend, 66-year-old Margaret Owen, flew to the southern Asian country’s capital, Kathmandu to trek miles across the Himalayan terrain.
Mrs Peacock said: “My son, Stuart, is a professional mountaineer and I said to him that I would like to see where he has climbed so he arranged for Margaret and I to go trekking in Nepal and take a small plane over Everest.
“There was just the two of us and two sherpas – our guide and a porter – who have both been to Everest with Stuart.”
The two women trekked for up to six hours a day on their 10-day adventure last month.
Margaret added: “We have both lost our husbands and so we decided to start holidaying together.
“We’ve been to China, India, Canada, America, Australia and New Zealand.”
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