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Courageous Girls, launched in 2014, is a non-profit dedicated to healing and empowering survivors of violence and abuse through adventures in nature.

Courageous Girls’ efforts have provided groups of strong young women the opportunity to join a guided trek to base camp on Mount Everest and proved to the world – and themselves – that nothing can hold them back.

Mission

Courageous Girls’ mission is to heal and empower girls and women through adventure.

Vision

Our vision is a world in which survivors of violence and abuse realize they have the power to heal and achieve their life goals, where nothing can hold them back from a beautiful life.
LATEST EVENTS
- March 12th
  
  Courageous Girl’s Founder to Speak at UN.
  
  On March 12, Courageous Girls founder Silvia Vasquez-Lavado will be speaking at the United Nations for their Commission on the Status of Women. This is an exciting and prestigious opportunity to speak with the world about our efforts to help young women who have been victims of sexual violence.
  
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LATEST NEWS
- Day 39 – Weather, Weather, Whether?
  - By Silvia Vasquez-Lavado
  - On May 14, 2016
  Posted In Adventure, Everest, San Francisco, SF Girls, Summit, The Girls
  
  Since Wednesday Summit from our brave and resilient Sherpa’s, the Mountain is semi-open for the rest of us to attempt up to the summit. The biggest challenge so far has been the wind making it extremely dangerous at very exposed high altitude. This is when the temperatures will likely be in the -30’s and with […]
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- Day 38 – A very slippery Kala Patthar
  - By Silvia Vasquez-Lavado
  - On May 13, 2016
  Posted In Adventure, Everest, San Francisco, SF Girls, Summit, The Girls
  
  Per Mike’s (our expedition lead guide) suggestion into keeping my acclimatization and fitness by climbing a peak, today I’d be venturing to trek up to Kala Patthar. Kala Patthar is known as the Black Rock mountain which is just behind of Gorak Shep, the last town before the trek up to Base Camp. Kala Patthar can […]
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- Day 37 – Snow, The Everest Diet and Searching for Mark’s Behind
  - By Silvia Vasquez-Lavado
  - On May 12, 2016
  Posted In Adventure, Everest, San Francisco, SF Girls, Summit, The Girls
  
  As we patiently await the right weather window for us to depart into the higher camps, we are trying to recover all of our strength and rest before the intensity of a summit push. Somehow the weather at Base Camp has gone from nice and sunny to mostly snowy. It’s amazing how fast the whole […]
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