A mother’s love: AKA’s mom keen to climb Mt Everest [photos]

Amid her first Mother’s Day without her firstborn child – rapper AKA, real name Kiernan Forbes – Lynn Forbes has voiced her desire to climb the world’s highest mountain; Everest, seemingly in his honour.

Five years ago, Lynn – fondly known as Glammy – climbed Mount Kilimanjaro in celebration of her 50th birthday and the birth of her first grandchild; Kairo.

But this time around, Glammy’s circumstances are far from celebratory. Just two months ago, her son AKA was shot and killed by an unknown gunman outside a Durban restaurant. An arrest by police has yet to be made.

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AKA’S MOM: ‘MOUNT EVEREST IS CALLING’

Earlier this week, Lynn Forbes once again hinted at her plans to climb Mount Everest.

The mom-of-two shared a side-by-side comparison of Kilimanjaro vs Everest in an Instagram Story. “I now live for a deeper place”, she captioned another post.

Lynn’s post comes days after she hinted at the dare-devil mission. Sharing a picture of the mountain, Lynn captioned it: “Everest. The mountain is calling, and I must go”.

The IG Story was set to AKA’s track Everest of his posthumous album Mass Country.

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Mount Everest is located in the Himalayan mountains across the China–Nepal border in Asia.

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CLIMBING KILIMANJARO

It’s unclear if or when Lynn will embark on the dangerous expedition. However, she does have invaluable experience. In 2018, Lynn and a group of climbers submitted Mount Kilimanjaro – Africa’s highest mountain in Tanzania.

The mission was three-fold: celebrating her 50th birthday, her first grandchild Kairo Forbes, and raising money for charity.

Lynn was part of the 2018 Trek4Mandela Expedition, which raised over R1 million to support charities for disadvantaged school girls in South Africa.

“The most free I’ve ever felt”, she captioned a clip of her adventure.

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