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#86 The Explorer's Grand Slam with Vanessa O'Brien
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Length:
34 minutes
Released:
Nov 5, 2014
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Vanessa O’Brien is a mountain climber, explorer, public speaker and former business executive. She has climbed the highest mountain peak on each continent and has also skied the last degree to the South Pole in Antarctica and the North Pole in the Arctic Ocean. Vanessa is the fastest woman to climb the 7 summits (10 months) and the fastest woman to complete the Explorer’s Grand Slam (just under 11 months). O'Brien is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and a member of The Explorers Club.
Released:
Nov 5, 2014
Format:
Podcast episode
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