Teamwork, the Everest way
From: INSEAD Business School Blog The first Singaporean women to reach the summit of Everest used a framework that defines effective teams. There were no Olympic medals up for [...]
November 2016
February 2014
Singapore Women’s Hall of Fame: Singapore Women’s Everest Team
From: Singapore Women's Hall of Fame BORN: 2009 INDUCTED: 2014 CATEGORY: ADVENTURERS & EXPLORERS JANE LEE, SIM YIHUI, JOANNE SOO, LEE PEH GEE, LEE LI HUI, ESTHER TAN It [...]
April 2011
TEDxSingapore – Esther Tan – All Women’s Everest Team
Esther is part of the NATAS Singapore Women's Everest Team. After an arduous 5-year journey of planning, training and fund-raising; she and her teammates created history for the nation [...]
December 2009
Her World Young Woman Achiever 2009: Singapore Women’s Everest Team
From: Her World MEET THE NATAS SINGAPORE WOMEN’S EVEREST TEAM Joanne Soo, 39, runs Ace Adventure, an adventure company; Lee Li Hui, 28, is a financial consultant; Sim Yi Hui (co-team [...]
June 2009
Heroes Behind The Mountain
Yes, we climbed Mt Everest and we summitted the mountain. But beyond the support of sponsors, individual donors, family and friends, there is a group of people whom we [...]
May 2009
Historic Success for NATAS Singapore Women’s Everest Team
Five years of preparation, training and fund-raising paid off when the NATAS Singapore Women's Everest Team (NATAS-SWET) put the first Singaporean women on the top of the world. On [...]
NATAS-SWET placed two more members on Everest Summit
(Picture: Joanne Soo, member of NATAS-SWET on the top of Mt Everest on 22 May 2009, 5.31am) On 22 May 2009, the NATAS Singapore Women's Everest Team added to their [...]
NATAS-SWET reached Everest Summit!
(Picture: Jane Lee, leader of the NATAS Singapore Women's Everest Team reached the summit of Mt Everest on 20 May 2009, at 4.43am) On 20 May 2009, a historic feat [...]
Weather Lets Up – Everest Summit, Here We Come!
(Picture: Clearing the snow from our tents) After a bout of turbulent weather which saw Everest Base Camp covered in 7cm-thick snow, the weather finally looks set for a summit [...]
Jet Stream Complicates First Summit Attempt
The team's summit attempts have been postponed, due to weather changes. The weather window we were aiming for on the 11th and 12th of May got smaller, due to [...]