PULLMAN – Washington State University student Danielle Fisher, who this year became the youngest person to scale the highest mountains on each of the seven continents, will be honored this Saturday during the WSU Homecoming football game with UCLA at Martin Stadium.
The 20-year-old woman from Bow, Wash., completed the world-class achievement this summer, when she attained the 29,035-foot summit of Mount Everest in the Himalayas. She also is the youngest American to have stood atop that peak, which is the highest in the world.
Fisher, who completed her seven-summit goal in just over two years, will be recognized before the homecoming crowd by the stadium announcer and featured on the stadium’s video board. She also has been extended an invitation to join President V. Lane Rawlins and his wife in the WSU President’s Box.
Standing 5-foot-7 and weighing about 130 pounds, Fisher has been credited with displaying uncommon strength and perseverance in attaining her mountaineering feat. Diagnosed as an elementary school student with attention deficit disorder, she attributes the focus she has gained through her climbing pursuits as aiding her in overcoming the condition.
In another tribute to her recent achievement, the mountain-climbing Cougar has been featured as a “rising star” in the October issue of Outside magazine, http://outside.away.com/outside/features/200510/danielle-fisher.html.
She was also recently featured in Scholastic magazine, http://teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews/indepth/upfront/Q_A/index.asp?article=q1010
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