I wish that I had two more days to get healthy, but I don’t. My respiratory infection is slightly better, but I’m not 100%, and I need to be before I climb Ama Dablam.

It’s the sixth day of our walk to Cholatse base camp, we’re intentionally taking the long - and scenic - way so that we have more time to acclimatize.

I have to get it together, I have to tuck away all of those emotions - which I really need to release - and focus on the dangerous job ahead of me.

Unlike a lot of mountaineers, Mt. Everest wasn't at the top of my list of mountains to climb.

Every ambitious mountaineer eventually finds their way to the Himalaya . After successfully climbing some of the world's tallest peaks, I felt like the time was right to climb above 8,000 meters.

Africa had always seemed huge and wondrous to me, a world vastly different from my own in the United States. After summiting Mt.

After summiting Denali in 2012, Vinson became my next objective. After many months of debating, I finally confirmed plans to climb on the coldest continent.

I've been fortunate to travel to Alaska several times, and each time I would twist my head sideways in the airplane hoping to catch a glimpse of "The High One".