Rebecca Ferry - Mum of 5. Ultra runner and high altitude mountaineer - completing the “High Double” Everest and Lhotse, followed by K2.

<div>Rebecca in her own words:</div> <div> </div> <div>“First and foremost, I’m a mum of 5. However, I’ve always maintained and embraced sport throughout pregnancies and parenting. </div> <div> </div> <div>My love of the outdoors and especially running, was instilled in me from an early age having grown up with a very sporty family. Many holiday was spent walking and camping in Scotland</div> <div> </div> <div>I started running, ballet and horse riding at a very early age. I grew up in a small village in the north and if I wanted to see friends I’d walk, run, ride a bike or pony ! </div> <div> </div> <div>It wasn’t really until 2014 that the ultra endurance big kicked in with full effect ! I wanted a new, bigger challenge to raise money for a charity which had helped me during one of my pregnancies. I’d heard about a brutal desert race ( the infamous Marathon Des Sables ) and decided that this would be a great challenge. </div> <div> </div> <div>It’s from here that the endurance bug really kicked in. I finished a respectable 10th lady on my first big challenge. What’s better is that I’d found this incredible community of like minded people who loved being outside and running for hours on end ! </div> <div> </div> <div>I competed globally racing in Colorado, Himalayas, Spain, France - picking up the occasional podium on my travels. </div> <div> </div> <div>Yet, it was the mountains which really set my heart on fire. Racing in the Himalayas, I’d often seen this beautiful mountain called ‘Ama Dablam’. I’d think to myself how wonderful it would be to climb it but I’d been told it was for really accomplished climbers only. </div> <div> </div> <div>It is a technical mountain. Unperturbed, I decided ‘why not try?!’ </div> <div> </div> <div>A running friend put me in touch with his climbing friend and we worked together last year climbing in Wales - around the lockdown. </div> <div> </div> <div>I summited Ama almost a year ago and from there, a love of high altitude mountain climbing was ignited. </div> <div> </div> <div