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My body has given me everything

In 2010 Bonita Norris became the youngest British female to summit Mount Everest. Getting there involved overcoming an eating disorder, and understanding what her body could do.

In 2010 Bonita Norris became the youngest British female to summit Mount Everest. She had only started climbing two years earlier, as part of a fitness regime to help her battle the eating disorder that had dominated her teens. She has now climbed a total of five Himalayan peaks, and even skied to the North Pole. Bonita tells India Rakusen about her journey to the top of the world, and the descent from Everest that nearly killed her.

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Presenter: India Rakusen
Producer: Emily Naylor

(Photo: Bonita Norris. Credit: Lhakpa Wongchu Sherpa)

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