Ligia Madrigal traveled to Nepal since mid-April for training, acclimatization and preparation that ended in the incredible feat The Costa Rican athlete Ligia Madrigal, 51, reached the goal and this past Wednesday became the first woman from Costa Rica to reach the summit of Mount Everest, the highest mountain in the world, in the Himalayan mountain range. The Tica level reached 8,848 meters around 5 in the afternoon Costa Rican time, 5 in the morning in Nepal. It was her husband, Federico Escalante, who confirmed it with a brief message: “I have arrived at Cima.
”Minutes later he shared an official publication on Ligia’s social networks: “Today a dream comes true, the dream of a WOMAN, mother, wife, friend, tireless fighter!!With hearts full of pride, tears, and extreme emotion, we want as a family to make official that Ligia is the first Costa Rican woman to reach the TOP of the world!” The final tour began around 8:00 a.m. national time.
It was through a geolocator and with a message from her husband that the news was confirmed on social networks.“And now LigiaMaría is going to the top! To try to reach the highest point on the planet, Everest,” wrote Federico Escalante from Costa Rica. This is how Madrigal left Campo 4 (7,906 meters) for its last meters of the journey, which can take between 9 and 12 hours.
On Tuesday, the Costa Rican had crossed one of the most complicated stages of the expedition: the Lhotse Wall, a “brutal wall of glacial ice with slopes.