[Week VI] Article

The First Indonesian woman who climbed mount Everest went crazy

Clara is the first indonesian woman who succeed to reach the peak of mount Everest in 1996. 30th June 2009, she was taken to the Prof dr Soerojo asylum, Magelang, Middle Java. Her sister said that Clara keeps on being angry and stressful all the time. It seems that this is the third time that she is mentally ill. The asylum side suspected that it's because she didn't take her medicine routinely , but they still has no sure answer for what triggered this disturbance. She got her first treatment in 1997 and in 2000 she got the second one.

Since she was being treated in the asylum, Clara keeps telling people there about her significant achievement, but they keep ignoring what she says. They don't believe in her words because they think that it's just in her own imagination. Friday, 9 October, she accidentally meet Hamzah, an assistant of Deputi Menpora, and Clara came to Hamzah and ask whether he still recognized her. At first, he was surprised, but then he recall who she is, and since that, the all of the asylum side believe the fact that she reach the peak of mount Everest. It is supported with 889 articles that stated her achievement and it is written that she received the Bintang Nara for it.

After she was treated there for 2 weeks, the asylum side inform her family that her condition was well. They said that she can go home, but her family give a rejection letter. Her family was worried that Clara's mental illness will triggered anytime. Not just her family, but her neighbors also reject her to come home. The asylum side have no choice but to take care of her there.

In conclusion, we can see that even though she has an amazing achievement and people start to recognized her for it, she was continuously rejected both by her family and the society.

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