This is a pretty amazing story. Norma Rowlerson took up skiing pretty late, when I say pretty late, I mean at the age of 51. And it may have taken her a while, but in the last 27 years she’s become the first ever female and first ever Brit to ski in all seven continents. Let’s face it, that puts all of us to shame.
Hailing from Crowborough in East Sussex, Rowlerson’s first experience of skiing was in Austria on a family ski holiday at the age of 51. As an aspiring travel writer, she wrote a piece which was later picked up by The Telegraph and kick-started her journalistic career.
Travelling to unusual skiing spots and writing about her experiences there became a great trait for success. Rowlerson skiing repertoire includes Sicily’s Mount Etna, Mauna Kea in Hawaii (!) and Chacaltaya, Bolivia.
Finally managing to ski in all seven continents (and yes that included Antarctica and Australasia), she called the Guinness Book of Records to see if her feat had already been achieved. Amazingly she discovered not only to be the first female to break this record but also to be the first Brit.
Norma Rowlerson now has a book available, entitled ‘Downhill To The Top’ it charts all of her adventures around the world. It’s after hearing about stuff like this that makes you think, hey it’s never too late to do anything.
Her homepage can be found here: http://www.normaskier.com/
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