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Lucy Shepherd - Adventurer. Polar, Mountain and Jungle. Fellow of the RGS.
As our world grows ever smaller and more connected, it’s easier to travel, but harder to find true adventure but at twenty-eight years old,
Jun 17, 20213 min read

Tima Deryan - Mountaineer & Mindset Coach. 1st Lebanese woman to summit Mt. Everest (2019)
Before summiting Everest, Tima had climbed 18 high mountains around the world including 6 out of the 7 summits.
Jun 8, 20214 min read

Jessi Morton-Langehaug - High school chemistry teacher, mother, and ultra runner
Jessi (Jessilynn) was born in a small town in Southern Alberta Canada. She grew up on a ranch and has always loved being in the mountains.
May 18, 20213 min read

Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner - first woman to scale all 14, 8,000-meter peaks without supplementary oxygen
Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner's interest in mountain climbing developed while she was growing up in Spital am Pyhrn, Austria. Her greatest...
Mar 11, 20213 min read

Dani Reyes-Acosta - Athlete, advocate, and storyteller rewriting the narrative of who plays outside
Dani is a storyteller, strategist, advocate, and professional big mountain athlete redefining who plays outside and how we build...
Mar 2, 20213 min read

Sophia Danenberg - The first African American and first Black woman to climb Mount Everest.
In 2006 Sophia became the first African American and first Black woman to climb Mount Everest in the Himalayas. Sophia first major climb...
Feb 2, 20212 min read

Jeannette McGill - 1st South African woman to summit Manaslu, the 8th highest mountain in the world.
Jeannette is the 1st South African woman to summit Manaslu, the 8th highest mountain in the world. She is also the first South African to ev
Jan 7, 20213 min read

Marinel de Jesus - Lawyer, writer, avid mountain trekker and a full-time global mountain nomad #BeAP
Marinel de Jesus was a former human rights lawyer from Washington, DC. In 2016, she founded her social enterprise, Peak Explorations, and me
Dec 15, 20202 min read

Hetty Key - Adventurer and Lead Researcher into Women in Adventure.
Hetty in her own words:
I live for adventure. Being outdoors is more than a hobby to me - I thrive on it, rely on it and couldn’t imagine
Oct 22, 20203 min read

Darcy Gaechter - First woman to kayak the Amazon River, 4,300 miles from the source to the sea!
Darcy Gaechter is the first and only woman to kayak the Amazon River from source to sea. She has been whitewater kayaking for twenty-one yea
Sep 15, 20203 min read

Alexandra Nemeth the first Hungarian to climb the 7 summits!
Alex in her own words:
I had my first taste of climbing mountains in March 2012 when I made a solo three-week trek in the Nepal Himalayas.
Aug 25, 20203 min read

Karen Darke - British Paraplegic adventurer, athlete and author.
Karen Darke is a British Paraplegic adventurer, athlete and author. Karen was a keen runner and mountaineer (climbing both Mont Blanc and th
Aug 4, 20202 min read

Suzanne “Sunny” Stroeer - First woman to circumnavigate and summit Aconcagua in a single push
Sunny started leading multi-day backcountry trips in the mid-2000s as a student at Harvard College. She went on to obtain an MBA from Harva
Jun 23, 20202 min read
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