Episode 28 with Melissa Arnot Reid: More Than Just an Everest Guide
Melissa Arnot Reid is not only a mountain guide, speaker and author, but she's also an athlete. Melissa is the first American woman to successfully summit and descend Mount Everest without supplemental oxygen, a peak she has climbed a total of 6 times throughout her career.
Melissa's new book, Enough: Climbing Toward a True Self on Mount Everest, released on April 1, and we had a chance to connect with her following the launch to learn more.
- The three kick off their conversation with a bit of talk about running and Melissa's current running endeavors.
- Melissa shares a bit about her book, the process of writing, the importance in her own healing journey, and the origins of the title Enough.
- Melissa dives into her mountain experiences as a child, how she found her way into guiding through RMI, and some of the challenges of being a women in a predominantly male industry.
- Melissa catches us up on life today, and raising two kids by two working mountain guide parents.
You can learn more about Melissa on Instagram, @melissaarnot, and through her website www.melissaarnot.com/. Melissa's new book, Enough: Climbing Toward a True Self on Mount Everest, can be found wherever you buy your books, including on Amazon.
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