Rebecca Steven was the first British woman to climb Mount Qomolangma. Before she went up the highest mountain in the world, she was a journalist and lived in a small house in South London.
In 1993, Rebecca left her job and her family and traveled to Asia with some other climbers. She found that life on Qomolangma is hard."You must carry everything on your back,"she said ,"so you can only take things that you will need. You can't wash on the mountain, and in the end I didn't even take a toothbrush. I am usually a clean person but there is no water, only snow. Water is very heavy so you only take enough to drink!"
When Rebecca reached the top of the Mount Qomolangma on May 17, 1993, it was the best moment of her life. Suddenly she because famous.
Now she has written a book about the trip and people often ask her to talk about it. She has a new job, too.
Rebecca is famous today and she has more money, but she still lives in the same house in South London.