She was going to stake a claim or farm somewhere?
No. She wants to be famous.
1. inventor or innovator: a person or group that is the first to do something or that leads in developing something new
Nope
2. first person to explore territory: a person who is one of the first from another country or region to explore or settle a new area
Nope
3. soldier who builds things: a foot soldier whose duties include going ahead of the main company to construct things to pave the way for them
Nope
4. first species to grow somewhere: the first species of plant or animal life to begin living in a previously unoccupied site, e.g. a moss beginning to grow on otherwise bare rock
Nope
It was for name, fame and possibly money.
While I think it’s more than just wanting to be famous, for sake of discussion, I’ll accept that for a moment.
She only did this to be famous. OK.
So what? That’s a good enough reason, as if any reason was needed, to try this, or any other challanging, dangerous, enterprise.