Draft:Caroline Leon

Caroline Leon is an Australian-born mountaineer who in 2023, set a Guinness World Record by becoming the first woman in the world to complete a speed record of the Volcanic Seven Summits.

Caroline set out to climb the highest Volcanoes in each of the Seven Continent on the 1st of January 2023 by summiting the highest Volcano in the world; Ojos Del Salado 6,893 meters (22,615 ft.) in Chile, followed by Mt Sidley 4,285 meters (14,058 ft.) the highest Volcano in Antarctica, then Pico De Orizaba 5,636 meters (18,491 ft.) in Mexico. Caroline reached the seventh summit, Mt Damavand in the highest Volcano in Asia on 4th of July 2023, completing the Volcanic Seven Summits in the fastest time of 183 days.

Early life

Caroline Leon was born in Sydney, Australia.

She completed her academic studies in Medical Science and was awarded a B.Sc. Med, she holds a graduate diploma of International Health, a Masters in Transpersonal Psychology, is a Clinical Hypnotherapist and TASSO therapist.

In 2015, Caroline had a life threatening rock-climbing accident, when she fell 7-12 meters from an outdoor rock-climbing wall in Dubai. Caroline was rushed Rasheed Hospital with life-threatening injuries that included two shattered feet, a broken pelvis and spine. Initially Doctors told her that she would never walk again. After 14, surgeries, 23 blood transfusions & two years of extensive rehabilitation Caroline regained the ability to walk.

In 2019, Caroline Leon became a DHL ambassador partnering with the logistics giant to set a New Guinness World Record to be the First woman in the world to summit all the mountains in the Middle East & the Arabian peninsula, a feat that had never been attempted by a woman alone.

Climbing Career

Caroline started mountain climbing in 2012 when she climbed Mount Kilimanjaro for the Gulf Charity; Gulf for Good. Since then Caroline has climbed over 38 mountains including climbing Mt Kilimanjaro 4 times, and Mount Damavand 3 times.

As part of Caroline's collaboration with the Logistics giant DHL Caroline attempted a New Guinness World Record to be the First woman in the world to summit all the mountains in the Middle East & the Arabian peninsula in less than 30 days, a feat that had never been attempted by a woman alone. As part of this initiative Caroline climbed several mountains in the Middle East; (2019) - Jebel Shams, Oman, (2019) Jebel Sawda, Saudi Arabia , (2019) Mt St Catherine, Egypt, (2019) Mt Ararat, Turkey, (2019) Mt Hermon, Syria, (2019) Jebal el Sheikh, Lebanon, (2019) Mt Damavand, Iran (2019) Jabal Dami, Jordan, (2019) Jebel Jais , UAE.

In 2023 Caroline completed a speed record of the Volcanic Seven Summits climbing; (2023)- Ojos De Salado, Chile, (2023) - Mt Sidley, Antarctica, (2023) - Pico DeOrizaba, Mexico, (2023) - Mount Giluwe, Papua New Guinea, (2023) - Mt Elbrus, Russia, (2023) - Kilimanjaro, Tanzania, (2023) - Mt Damavand, Iran. Also collaborating with the logistics giant DHL to complete this record in 183 days.

Caroline has also climbed (2018) - Mt Longonot, Kenya, (2019) - Mt Kosciuszko, Australia, (2021) - Mt Baker, USA, (2022) - Mt Meru, Tanzania, (2022) - Mt Kazbek, Georgia, (2022) - San Francisco , Chile, (2022) - Siete Hermanos, Chile, (2023) - La Maliche, Mexico, (2024) - Aconcagua, Argentina, (2023) - Manso, Argentina, (2023) - Mt Bonete, Argentina, (2024) - Mera Peak, Nepal, (2024) - Lobuche East Nepal, (2024) Island Peak, Nepal