Nikki and Cheryl Bart describe themselves as the “Forest Gumps” of mountaineering. The Seven Summits wasn’t something they’d always dreamed of – they weren’t even sure it was something they could do at all. ( Isabella Lamshed - Australian Geographic Adventure 2018) “We climbed one and thought ‘that went well! I guess we can climb the next!’” says Nikki.

“The 1963 James Bond film title, “From Russia with Love,” aptly describes the dynamic, art-savvy duo of Leeza and her mother Olga Arkhangelskaya, owners of Gallery on Fifth and East West Fine Art in Naples.” ⁣⁣ Today, mother and daughter share daily operational duties and manage their nonprofit, the Russian American Museum of Art. “Our major task is to bridge the greatest world cultures and engage Neapolitans in events with a Russian flavor that spotlight great artists,” said Olga Arkhangelskaya. (the journal - 2015) ⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ http://archive.naplesnews.com/community/journal/arts-scene-a-cultural-mission-russian-mother-daughter-duo-share-their-love-of-art-with-public-238097-341123121.html/ 12m

"I want to show the world I can do it. I want to show women who look like me that they can do it, too." Lhakpa was the first Nepalese woman to summit Everest and descend alive, which she accomplished in the spring of 2000. With nine summits, she holds the world record for women. She plans to summit the world’s highest mountain again in the spring of 2020, but as an unsponsored athlete and single mother of three, it’s difficult to afford training and travel. She currently works at Whole Foods washing dishes, making minimum wage. Lhakpa Sherpa summited Everest eight months after the birth of her first child, and again while two months pregnant with Shiny. Now a teenager, her daughter Shiny says of her mother: ‘I’m proud of her, but I worry.’ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/31/mount-everest-lhakpa-sherpa-climbed-nine-times-world-record