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From Molepolole to the Top of Shanghai

ate South African leader Nelson Mandela once said bravery is not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. This sentiment rang true for me when I first visited Shanghai in 2012 and had the opportunity to climb the Oriental Pearl TV Tower. As a small-town girl from Molepolole, Botswana, I was awestruck by the towering skyscrapers that dominated the city’s skyline. During my two-week winter

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