Young woman amazes everyone by climbing a mountain wearing a skirt and high heels

An American woman has made it a sport to climb high mountain peaks in an everyday outfit. “At first I struggled to climb one mountain, and now I do it with my fingers in my nose, even in heels,” she says.

Erin Ton loves mountaineering so much that she dropped out of college in 2018 to become a full-time mountaineer. The 22-year-old woman has now defied some 57 mountain peaks in Colorado and nowadays no longer does so in adapted outdoor clothing, but simply in a skirt and high heels. She shared some photos of her striking outfit at the top of Mount Elbert at 4,401 meters. Her followers did not hide their enthusiasm. “Crazy and impressive at the same time”, “You are the coolest person ever” and “What a tough woman with class”, it sounds among others. When people ask her why she's doing it, she replies in the Colorado Gazette, "Why not?" For her, the everyday outfit is symbolic. “It is symbolic of how fast I have progressed. At first I struggled to climb one mountain, and now I do it with fingers in my nose, even in heels. I now have a lot of experience and know what I'm doing. I don't mean to urge people to do stupid and reckless things. I know my limits, ”she concludes. Just so you know.

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