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Lydia Bradey in her element, high on the side of a mountain – in this case Douglas Peak, Westland National Park.

Reaching great heights

Lydia Bradey’s love of mountains has driven her to scale the world’s highest peaks – becoming the first woman to summit Everest without extra oxygen. As her new memoir arrives in bookstores, she talks to Nicola Russell about her life at the top.
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Lydia Bradey mountain climber

On top of the world

High-altitude mountaineer Lydia Bradey shares her highs – and lows – in a new book that revisits her most controversial climb of all.
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