Wemcast

Today we are joined by Dr. Gaby Nel, who has conquered not only insurmountable peaks but also the boundaries of human resilience and courage. An empowering tale of survival, courage and determination awaits you as Gaby, the youngest South African woman and doctor to summit Everest, shares her breathtaking recollections from Everest's death zone. With frostbitten fingers and trekking through the notorious Himalayan weather, Gaby braved near-death experiences and made life-altering decisions at nearly 30,000 feet. Adventuring and medicine, the two very separate entities that somehow merge into a symbiosis of passion in her life. From doing outreach work in rural clinics of Tanzania, volunteering in disability centres in Cambodia to working on the frontline in South Africa during the Covid pandemic; Gaby has always taken every opportunity to explore our world and contribute in any capacity she can. Growing up in South Africa with her youth spent running around like a wild child in the African bush, her love