Tough Girl Podcast

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. The experience was life changing and inspired me to reach even greater heights by setting one of the biggest goals of my life so far – to climb the 7 summits.   I tackled the first of the 7 summits on 9 June 2014 as a very proud member of the first team to summit Russia’s Mt. Elbrus, the highest mountain in Europe, from the difficult north side in pre-season.   Less than six weeks later, on the 17th of July, I successfully climbed Mont Blanc solo, without a guide, team or support. I summited at 6.45am, reaching the top in just over four hours.    I have also successfully summited Kilimanjaro in September, second of my 7summits.    On the 6th of December 2014, I stood on the top of the highest point of Antarctica, Mt Vinson.    After months of hard training and preparation I summited one of the most difficult one; North America’s highest peak Denali in June 2015.    Cont