Chasing Earth’s Extremes

Chasing Earth’s Extremes — my journey across the Seven Summits, Seven Volcanic Summits, and Seven Lowest Points.

Progress Overview

A person with a backpack standing next to a helicopter on a helipad in a grassy field under a cloudy sky.

Did it.

Seven Summits

  • Kilimanjaro | Africa | March 2023
    19,341 ft — First big mountain, summited in less than 3 days. The climb that sparked everything. (Also part of the Seven Volcanic Summits list.)

  • Aconcagua | South America | January 2025
    22,837 ft — Unguided ascent, 12-hour summit push. First major high-altitude climb planned and executed independently.

  • Kosciuszko | Australia | April 2025
    7,310 ft — Fast ascent, logged as part of my Seven Summits journey.

  • Elbrus | Europe | May 2025
    18,510 ft — Europe’s highest peak. Summit in 4 hours from the snowcat, testing speed at altitude. (Also part of the Seven Volcanic Summits list.)

  • Puncak Jaya | Oceania | August 2025
    16,024 ft — Summited with bronchitis. Remote helicopter approach, extreme conditions.

Seven Volcanic Summits

  • Pico de Orizaba | North America | November 2023
    18,491 ft — Battled severe altitude sickness but pushed through. A turning point in my training.

  • Mount Damavand | Asia | August 2024
    18,406 ft — Iran’s highest peak and volcano, rich cultural and spiritual context.

  • Mount Giluwe | Oceania | August 2024
    14,327 ft — Papua New Guinea’s highest volcano. Technical, remote, and wild.

  • Ojos del Salado | South America | January 2025
    22,615 ft — Summited just 8 days after Aconcagua, unguided. Proved resilience and altitude adaptation.

Seven Lows

  • Badwater Basin | North America | 2019
    -282 ft — Death Valley’s salt flats, the lowest land in North America.

  • Lake Eyre (Belt Bay) | Australia | April 2025
    -49 ft — Lowest point in Australia, reached during Outback expedition.

  • Caspian Depression | Europe | 2025
    -92 ft — Europe’s lowest land point, visited after Elbrus.

Snow-covered mountain with sharp, jagged ice formations against a clear blue sky.

Do it.

  • Denali (2026)

    Highest peak in North American and technical endurance test in Alaska, training ground for Everest.

  • Alpamayo (2026)

    Preparation for steep ice, chosen as a technical training peak.

  • Antarctica: Mount Vinson + Mount Sidley (Volcanic) | TBD

    Second to last of the Seven Summits and last of the Seven Volcanic Summits to make history as the first American Woman to complete the challenge.

  • Everest (2027)

    Asia’s highest, the final chapter in the Seven Summits.