Real Life      
Wonder Woman     
   
   No point in spelling her long name. This is just an amazing woman from Indonesia, written up in PITT MAGAZINE. She is a 2012 graduate of the University of Pittsburgh. 

   She works on an offshore rig (in Qatar) as an engineer, the only woman among 120 personnel. During month-long rotation breaks, she scales mountains around the globe, and is on track to complete the Explorers Grand Slam. 

   Her first "highest mountain" was Carstensz Pyramid, 

 Mt. Everest 

in her homeland. Then followed Kilimanjaro (Africa), Mt. Elbrus (Russia) and Mt. Aconcagua (Argentina). Next will be Denali (Alaska), Vinson Massif (Antarctica), and Mt. Everest (Nepal/China).  

   Oh, and she plans to be the first Indonesian to hike to the South Pole and the North Pole. 

   She started mountain climbing at age 13, learning to understand the risks. "Fear is always there," she said. 

   This is more than a personal quest. She is climbing to raise money to build a school in a poor, rural village that is nearly inaccessible, near the base of Carstensz Pyramid. It is difficult to transport teachers, or anyone, there. 

   "People assume my biggest challenge is the mountains, but it is not," she says. "It's establishing the school." 

       Jimmy