They called us the “Unlimited Twins”; we are 26 year old twins with dynamic personalities. Our ultimate goal is to be the very first Twins Jordanian (Arabic) women to climb Mount Everest. Mount Everest is in the Himalayan Mountains and at 29,035 feet (8850m) the highest mountain in the world. They have the drive to succeed.
We already have claimed many victories on our way ‘to the top’. We both have BA degrees in Information Technology. At age 21 we were the first Jordanian female athletes ever to compete as marathon runners. At the beginning of our competitive years starting with 400 and 800 meter events in 1997 and progressing to the marathon runs of 42 and 50 km’s and then on to 168 and 244 km’s. Our mother Dr. Wesam gave us a lot of encouragement as well as our coaches. Coach Al Masri encouraged us and taught us the principles of short distance running. Then in 1999 we met Coach Siham Neamat and she pushed us to greater heights of marathon running. Our first marathon race was the Dead Sea half marathon Lama came in third and Dima came in fourth. This event was the key to our future as marathon runners and increased our desires for our ‘ultimate goal- Everest’. From 1999 to 2006 we have finished in the top 3 places 18 times of 23 races. Dima set a new record time at the Dead Sea Ultramarathon in the 50 km race in 2000. We are proficient and with the maturation of our plan we will be in a good position to achieve our goal of climbing to the summit and placing the Jordanian flag on top of Mount Everest.
Future plans: In February 2007 we plan to go to an Alaskan training camp where we will learn the basics in cold weather training such as; proper gear selection, biking, running, skiing and snowshoeing. We will apply their skills on the world famous Iditarod trail in a 100 mile (168km) race. After the Alaska training we will proceed to climb Mount Kilimanjaro in Africa 19,340 feet (5,895 m), next is another training camp this time in Nepal to further sharpen our skills in preparation for Everest. We will be other suggested mountains to climb and a training camp in Germany all prior to the assault on Everest.
