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Rahman's mission: smash Guinness world records and challenge soccer's gender equality problem

Deena Rahman's lifelong love of football has taken her from England to Egypt, Bahrain to Tanzania and even further afield. In 2017, she travelled to Mt. Kilimanjaro with 32 women from 20 countries -- with ages ranging from 15 to 55 and skill ranging from pro to amateur -- to climb the mountain and set the Guinness World Record for the highest game of football ever played. They competed on a volcanic ash pitch at nearly 18,760 feet. In 2018, she was invited to Jordan by Prince Ali to compete in a game of football at the lowest point in the world, the Dead Sea, at 1,412 ft below sea level.