Lydia Bradey awarded Order of Merit

September 2020

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September 2020

Lydia Bradey at the awards ceremony with partner Dean Staple (left), Dame Patsy Reddy and Sir David Gascoigne
Climbing icon Lydia Bradey has been honoured for her services to mountaineering. The Wanaka local, who was the first woman to climb Mt Everest without supplementary oxygen, was awarded an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to mountaineering at a ceremony in Queenstown. She has since climbed Everest six times, and […]

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