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186 GAME FOR LIFE: 25 JOURNEYS SCALING NEW HEIGHTS 24 JANE LEE not only beat the danger of avalanches, 118- mile-an-hour winds and low oxygen levels to summit Mount Everest, she made history as part of the first all-women team from Singapore to accomplish the feat. The postgraduate student reveals how climbing has taught her diligence, teamwork, adaptability and perseverance. L ife on the highest mountain in the world was anything but a breeze. For two and a half months in 2009, Jane Lee – and five other female members of the Singapore Women’s Everest Team (SWET) – learned to survive not only in the harshest of temperatures, but also in the most primitive of conditions at Everest Base Camp. As temperatures plunged to as low as minus 73 degrees Celsius after sunset, the team huddled in small 2m by 2m tents to keep warm. They had to get used to cleaning their bodies with wet wipes. Frozen laundry was a norm. Despite the inconveniences, Jane and her team remained focused on their goal of reaching the summit of the 8,850m mountain. In May, they prepared themselves for the summit push by ascending from Everest Base Camp – at SCALING NEW HEIGHTS 187
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G
AM
E F
OR
LIF
E: 2
5 J
OU
RN
EY
S
SC
AL
ING
NE
W
HE
IGH
TS
24
JA
NE
LE
E n
ot
on
ly b
ea
t th
e d
an
ge
r o
f a
vala
nch
es,
11
8-
mile
-an
-ho
ur w
ind
s an
d lo
w o
xyg
en
leve
ls to
su
mm
it M
ou
nt
Eve
rest
, sh
e m
ad
e h
isto
ry a
s p
art
of t
he
fi rs
t all-
wo
me
n te
am
fro
m S
ing
ap
ore
to
acc
om
plis
h t
he
fe
at.
Th
e p
ost
gra
du
ate
stu
de
nt
reve
als
ho
w c
lim
bin
g h
as
tau
gh
t h
er
dilig
en
ce,
team
wo
rk, a
dap
tab
ility
an
d p
ers
eve
ran
ce.
Lif
e o
n t
he
hig
he
st m
ou
nta
in in
th
e w
orl
d w
as
an
yth
ing
bu
t a b
ree
ze.
Fo
r tw
o a
nd
a h
alf
mo
nth
s in
2009, Ja
ne
Le
e –
an
d fi v
e o
the
r fe
male
me
mb
ers
of th
e S
ing
ap
ore
Wo
me
n’s
Eve
rest
Te
am
(SW
ET
) – le
arn
ed
to s
urv
ive
no
t o
nly
in
th
e h
ars
he
st o
f te
mp
era
ture
s, b
ut
als
o i
n t
he
mo
st
pri
mit
ive
of co
nd
itio
ns
at
Eve
rest
Base
Cam
p.
As
tem
pe
ratu
res
plu
ng
ed
to
as
low
as
min
us
73
de
gre
es
Ce
lsiu
s a
fte
r
sun
set,
th
e t
eam
hu
dd
led
in s
mall
2m
by
2m
te
nts
to
ke
ep
warm
. Th
ey
had
to
ge
t u
sed
to
cle
an
ing
th
eir
bo
die
s w
ith
we
t w
ipe
s. F
roze
n la
un
dry
was
a n
orm
.
De
spit
e t
he
inco
nve
nie
nce
s, J
an
e a
nd
he
r te
am
re
main
ed
fo
cuse
d o
n t
he
ir
go
al o
f re
ach
ing
th
e s
um
mit
of
the
8,8
50m
mo
un
tain
. In
May,
th
ey
pre
pare
d
the
mse
lve
s fo
r th
e s
um
mit
pu
sh b
y asc
en
din
g f
rom
Eve
rest
Base
Cam
p –
at
SC
AL
ING
NE
W H
EIG
HT
S
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AM
E F
OR
LIF
E: 2
5 J
OU
RN
EY
S
5,3
20
m a
bo
ve s
ea
le
vel
– t
o C
am
ps
On
e,
Two
an
d T
hre
e r
ep
ea
ted
ly o
ver
seve
ral
we
eks
. T
he
se a
cclim
ati
sati
on
“cy
cle
s” a
t a
slo
w a
nd
ste
ad
y p
ace
he
lpe
d th
em
to
ge
t u
sed
to
th
e a
ltit
ud
e a
nd
eve
ntu
ally
aid
ed
th
eir
fi n
al a
sce
nt
to t
he
su
mm
it o
n 2
0 a
nd
22 M
ay.
“W
e d
ivid
ed
into
tw
o te
am
s to
maxi
mis
e o
ur ch
an
ces,
” s
ays
Jan
e, w
ho
led
the
fi rs
t te
am
to
su
mm
it s
ucc
ess
fully
. “W
he
n t
he
se
con
d t
eam
rad
ioe
d u
s th
e
ne
xt d
ay
to le
t u
s kn
ow
th
at
the
y h
ad
mad
e it
to
th
e t
op
, an
d t
hat
eve
ryo
ne
was
safe
an
d s
ou
nd
, w
e w
ere
ela
ted
.” N
ot
on
ly h
ad
th
e t
eam
ove
rco
me
th
e
risk
s o
f ava
lan
che
s, 1
18-m
ile-a
n-h
ou
r w
ind
s an
d lo
w o
xyg
en
leve
ls t
o s
um
mit
Mo
un
t E
vere
st,
the
y w
ere
als
o t
he
fi r
st a
ll-w
om
en
te
am
fro
m S
ing
ap
ore
to
scale
th
e p
eak.
“W
he
n I
clim
b,
eve
ry m
om
en
t is
en
joym
en
t to
me
,” r
eve
als
Ja
ne
. “
Th
e
sum
mit
is
just
th
e i
cin
g o
n t
he
ca
ke –
it
giv
es
me
a g
oa
l to
lo
ok
forw
ard
to.”
Wit
h t
he
co
mp
leti
on
of
on
e c
limb
so
on
ca
me
th
e d
esi
re f
or
an
oth
er.
Fro
m 2
010, sh
e w
en
t o
n t
o s
cale
th
e S
eve
n S
um
mit
s –
the
hig
he
st p
eaks
of
seve
n c
on
tin
en
ts, i
ncl
ud
ing
Eve
rest
, Kili
man
jaro
, De
nali,
Elb
rus,
Aco
nca
gu
a,
Ko
sciu
szko
, a
nd
Vin
son
– a
nd
sh
e e
ven
tua
lly b
eca
me
th
e fi
rst
fe
ma
le f
rom
So
uth
east
Asi
a, a
nd
th
e 3
7th
wo
man
in h
isto
ry, t
o d
o s
o.
Fo
r Ja
ne
, wh
o re
cen
tly
gra
du
ate
d w
ith
a M
ast
er o
f Bu
sin
ess
Ad
min
istr
ati
on
fro
m Y
ale
Un
ive
rsit
y, m
ou
nta
ine
eri
ng
is
mo
re t
ha
n j
ust
a s
po
rt.
Ove
r th
e
years
, th
e p
ass
ion
to
clim
b m
ore
mo
un
tain
s h
as
kep
t h
er
mo
tiva
ted
an
d h
as
con
tin
ue
d t
o in
culc
ate
in h
er
the
valu
es
of
dili
ge
nce
, te
am
wo
rk, a
dap
tab
ility
an
d p
ers
eve
ran
ce.
In s
ho
rt,
he
r p
ass
ion
fo
r cl
imb
ing
ha
s p
rep
are
d h
er
for
life
.
CH
IL
DH
OO
D A
DV
EN
TU
RE
S
Gro
win
g u
p,
Jan
e h
ad
an
act
ive
an
d a
dve
ntu
rou
s ch
ildh
oo
d.
Pla
ytim
e w
as
con
stan
tly
fi lle
d w
ith
ou
tdo
or
act
ivit
ies
such
as
rid
ing
a b
icyc
le, fl yi
ng
a k
ite
,
or
go
ing
fi sh
ing
. He
r fa
the
r –
bu
sin
ess
man
Le
e H
ua L
am
– b
elie
ved
in le
ttin
g
child
ren
exp
eri
en
ce n
atu
re a
s m
uch
as
po
ssib
le.
Wh
en
sh
e w
as
just
fou
r, h
e t
oss
ed
he
r in
to a
wate
rfall
po
ol i
n K
ota
Tin
gg
i,
Ma
lays
ia.
Th
e f
am
ily,
incl
ud
ing
Ja
ne
’s m
oth
er
Su
san
Sn
g a
nd
tw
o s
iblin
gs,
was
the
re f
or
a w
ee
ken
d g
eta
way.
“T
he
re!
Sw
im!”
he
r fa
the
r co
mm
an
de
d,
as
he
sto
od
by
the
ed
ge
of
the
po
ol t
o e
nsu
re t
hat
she
wo
uld
no
t b
e in
an
y
dan
ge
r. A
s th
e p
rou
d fath
er
exp
ect
ed
, Jan
e s
tru
gg
led
an
d s
pla
she
d a
rou
nd
,
bu
t so
me
ho
w m
an
ag
ed
to
sta
y afl o
at an
d s
wim
. “T
hat b
eca
me
on
e o
f my
very
fi rs
t le
sso
ns
in li
fe -
just
div
e in
!”
He
r lo
ve f
or
the
ou
tdo
ors
co
nti
nu
ed
in
to h
er
tee
ns.
By
the
n,
she
wa
s
SC
AL
ING
NE
W H
EIG
HT
S
18
9
stu
dyi
ng
at
the
Raffl
es
Gir
ls’ S
cho
ol (
RG
S). “
At
that
tim
e, R
GS
was
on
e o
f th
e
on
ly t
wo
sch
oo
ls in
Sin
gap
ore
wit
h a
n o
utd
oo
r ad
ven
ture
clu
b. S
o, I
co
nsi
de
r
mys
elf
fo
rtu
na
te t
o h
ave
be
en
exp
ose
d t
o s
uch
a w
ide
ra
ng
e o
f o
utd
oo
r
spo
rts
an
d a
ctiv
itie
s fr
om
a y
ou
ng
ag
e.”
So
on
, Ja
ne
re
alis
ed
th
at
she
re
ally
en
joye
d h
ikin
g a
nd
tre
kkin
g, a
nd
we
nt
on
to
sca
le n
earb
y p
eaks
like
Gu
nu
ng
Tah
an
an
d M
ou
nt
Op
hir
in M
ala
ysia
.
By
the
tim
e s
he
tu
rne
d 1
8, J
an
e h
ad
mad
e h
er
fi rs
t tr
ek
to t
he
Him
ala
yas.
Sh
e s
ays
: “I m
an
ag
ed
to
co
nvi
nce
tw
o fri
en
ds
to h
ike
to
th
e A
nn
ap
urn
a B
ase
Ca
mp
(A
BC
) in
Ne
pa
l w
ith
me
.” A
rme
d w
ith
lit
tle
mo
re t
ha
n a
pri
nto
ut
of
som
e In
tern
et g
uid
es,
an
d c
lad
in a
ch
eap
win
db
reake
r th
at w
as
late
r b
art
ere
d
for
a T
ibe
tan
dzi
be
ad
, th
e t
rio
re
ach
ed
AB
C. T
he
re, J
an
e lo
oke
d a
rou
nd
an
d
saw
th
at
wh
ile t
he
AB
C w
as
the
ir d
est
inati
on
, it
was
me
rely
th
e s
tart
ing
po
int
for
oth
er
clim
be
rs.
Th
at w
as
a m
om
en
t o
f sta
rk re
alis
ati
on
for Ja
ne
. “I fi
gu
red
th
at if a
gro
up
of
six-
foo
t-ta
ll m
en
wh
o li
ved
in a
rcti
c te
mp
era
ture
s th
rou
gh
th
e d
ead
of R
uss
ian
win
ters
co
uld
clim
b a
mo
un
tain
, th
en
so
co
uld
I –
no
twit
hst
an
din
g t
he
fa
ct
that
livin
g in
Sin
gap
ore
, th
e c
old
est
it e
ver
ge
ts is
in a
n a
ir-c
on
dit
ion
ed
ro
om
,
an
d t
he
talle
st ‘h
ill’ w
e h
ave
is a
164m
bu
mp
in t
he
gro
un
d.”
Sh
e r
etu
rne
d t
o S
ing
ap
ore
wit
h a
bu
rnin
g d
esi
re t
o c
limb
.
“I
clim
be
d m
y fi
rst
mo
un
tain
in
the
Ne
w Z
ea
lan
d A
lps
in 2
00
3
wit
h m
y u
niv
ers
ity
mo
un
tain
ee
rin
g t
eam
,” s
ays
Jan
e, w
ho
majo
red
in E
ng
lish
Lite
ratu
re a
t th
e N
ati
on
al U
niv
ers
ity
of
Sin
gap
ore
(N
US
). In
2004, sh
e s
cale
d
Isla
nd
Pe
ak,
he
r fi rs
t H
imala
yan
pe
ak
in e
ast
ern
Ne
pal.
“T
he
mo
st s
ign
ifi ca
nt
me
mo
ry f
rom
my
un
ive
rsit
y ye
ars
is t
he
95%
of
the
tim
e t
hat
was
de
vote
d t
o
clim
bin
g, tr
ain
ing
, o
r th
inki
ng
ab
ou
t cl
imb
ing
. P
rob
ab
ly o
nly
5%
of
my
tim
e
was
spe
nt
cram
min
g S
hake
spe
are
an
d D
an
te!”
CO
MM
IT
ME
NT
TO
HA
RD
WO
RK
By
20
05
, Ja
ne
fo
un
d h
ers
elf
le
ad
ing
th
e S
ing
ap
ore
Wo
me
n’s
Eve
rest
Te
am
(SW
ET
), c
om
pri
sin
g c
o-l
ea
de
r S
im Y
i H
ui, l
og
isti
cs i
n-c
ha
rge
Jo
an
ne
So
o,
com
mu
nic
ati
on
s in
-ch
arg
e L
ee
Pe
h G
ee
, m
ed
ic i
n-c
ha
rge
Le
e L
i H
ui
an
d
me
dia
re
lati
on
s in
-ch
arg
e E
sth
er
Tan
. Th
ey
we
re t
he
co
un
try’
s fi rs
t all-
wo
me
n
team
, ju
gg
ling
clim
bin
g r
esp
on
sib
iliti
es
wit
h f
ull-
tim
e jo
bs.
Jan
e w
as
the
n a
stu
de
nt
de
velo
pm
en
t o
ffi c
er
at
Re
pu
blic
Po
lyte
chn
ic.
“T
he
id
ea
fo
r a
n a
ll-fe
ma
le E
vere
st t
ea
m a
ctu
ally
ca
me
ab
ou
t in
20
04
,
CL
IMB
ING
MO
UN
T E
VE
RE
ST
TA
UG
HT
ME
SO
MU
CH
AB
OU
T T
EA
MW
OR
K.
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AM
E F
OR
LIF
E: 2
5 J
OU
RN
EY
S
an
d w
e t
ho
ug
ht
it w
ou
ld b
e p
rett
y aw
eso
me
to
pu
t to
ge
the
r su
ch a
te
am
as
it h
ad
ne
ver
be
en
do
ne
in S
ing
ap
ore
or
So
uth
east
Asi
a,”
says
Jan
e. “
Pe
op
le
usu
ally
have
th
is im
pre
ssio
n t
hat
mo
un
tain
ee
rs a
re b
ig, b
url
y, b
eard
ed
me
n,
bu
t I
be
lieve
d t
ha
t o
rdin
ary
wo
me
n l
ike
us
cou
ld a
lso
un
de
rta
ke s
uch
an
en
de
avo
ur.”
Ove
r th
e n
ext
fi ve
ye
ars
, Jan
e a
nd
he
r te
am
mate
s w
ou
ld p
rove
the
ir m
ett
le.
On
ce t
he
go
al
of
sum
mit
ing
Mo
un
t E
vere
st w
as
set,
Ja
ne
co
mm
itte
d
he
rse
lf t
o t
he
ha
rd w
ork
in
volv
ed
. S
he
tra
ine
d s
ix d
ays
eve
ry w
ee
k, t
wic
e a
day.
Th
e a
ll-ro
un
d t
rain
ing
incl
ud
ed
lon
g e
nd
ura
nce
ru
ns,
sh
ort
inte
rval r
un
s,
circ
uit
tra
inin
g o
n s
tair
s an
d w
eig
hts
tra
inin
g in
th
e g
ym. A
s p
art
of t
he
tra
inin
g
reg
ime
, sh
e a
lso
clim
be
d a
30-s
tore
y H
ou
sin
g &
De
velo
pm
en
t B
oard
(H
DB
)
blo
ck w
ith
22kg
load
s fo
r 12 s
ets
pe
r se
ssio
n. “
Sin
ce w
e la
cke
d m
ou
nta
ins
in
Sin
gap
ore
, w
e c
limb
ed
hig
h-r
ise
bu
ildin
gs
inst
ead
. W
e s
aw
it a
s an
exe
rcis
e
in c
reati
vity
,” s
he
lau
gh
s.
Fo
r te
chn
ica
l tr
ain
ing
, S
WE
T a
lso
sca
led
va
rio
us
pe
aks
, su
ch a
s M
era
Pe
ak
in N
ep
al, C
ho
Oyu
in
Tib
et,
an
d p
ea
ks in
th
e F
ou
r S
iste
rs R
an
ge
an
d
els
ew
he
re i
n C
hin
a.
Th
ey
ha
d t
he
gu
ida
nce
of Li
m K
im B
oo
n, a
clim
bin
g in
stru
cto
r b
ase
d
in t
he
Un
ite
d K
ing
do
m.
“H
e w
as
a h
alf
-str
ict
coach
an
d h
alf
-in
du
lge
nt
fath
er
fi g
ure
. Wh
ile
he
wo
uld
in
sist
th
at
we
lo
ad
ou
r b
ack
pa
cks
wit
h 2
0kg
of
rock
s fo
r ci
rcu
its
on
an
ice
fall
in
Ch
ina th
at si
mu
late
d th
e te
rrain
on
th
e L
ho
tse
Face
on
Mo
un
t E
vere
st, h
e w
ou
ld a
lso
ap
pe
ar
mid
-cir
cuit
to
de
live
r a s
nack
or
an
en
cou
rag
ing
pat
on
th
e h
ead
.”
It w
as
tou
gh
, b
ut
ne
ver
on
ce d
id J
an
e a
nd
he
r te
am
mate
s e
ver
con
sid
er
giv
ing
up
. Jan
e, t
he
se
lf-a
ckn
ow
led
ge
d “
slave
dri
ver”
of
the
te
am
, exp
lain
s:
“C
ha
lle
ng
es,
lik
e u
np
red
icta
ble
we
ath
er
cha
ng
es,
we
re a
ple
nty
on
th
e
mo
un
tain
s. A
s th
ese
we
re o
ut
of
ou
r co
ntr
ol,
it w
as
imp
ort
an
t th
at
we
we
re
as
pre
pare
d a
s w
e c
ou
ld p
oss
ibly
be
. B
ein
g fi
t t
oo
k aw
ay
som
e o
f th
at
fear
an
d u
nce
rtain
ty.”
Aft
er
Jan
e fi
na
lly s
cale
d E
vere
st,
NU
S a
wa
rde
d h
er
the
“O
uts
tan
din
g
You
ng
Alu
mn
i A
wa
rd”
in
re
cog
nit
ion
of
he
r a
chie
vem
en
ts.
Fo
r h
er, M
ou
nt
Eve
rest
me
an
t m
ore
th
an
just
th
e w
orl
d’s
hig
he
st p
eak
– it
als
o r
ep
rese
nte
d
a p
ow
erf
ul l
ess
on
th
at
de
term
inati
on
pays
off
. “W
e s
pe
nt
fi ve
ye
ars
tra
inin
g
for
the
exp
ed
itio
n. I
fe
lt t
hat
all
the
hard
wo
rk w
as
wo
rth
it,”
says
Jan
e. “
Th
is
really
pro
ved
to
me
th
at
as
lon
g a
s yo
u s
et
you
r m
ind
to
yo
ur
go
al a
nd
wo
rk
tow
ard
s it
, yo
u w
ill s
ucc
ee
d.”
KE
EP
YO
UR
HE
AD
IN T
HE
CL
OU
DS
,
BU
T Y
OU
R F
EE
T O
N
TH
E G
RO
UN
D.
SC
AL
ING
NE
W H
EIG
HT
S
19
1
AD
AP
TA
BIL
IT
Y I
N T
EA
MW
OR
K
Th
e p
eri
od
th
at
Jan
e t
oo
k to
pla
n,
tra
in a
nd
clim
b M
ou
nt
Eve
rest
wa
s lif
e-
de
fi n
ing
. “
Th
e s
ix o
f u
s h
ad
to
do
eve
ryth
ing
ou
rse
lve
s, f
rom
lo
oki
ng
fo
r
spo
nso
rs t
o m
ark
eti
ng
ou
r te
am
to
ho
ldin
g p
ub
licit
y e
ven
ts,”
exp
lain
s Ja
ne
.
“W
e e
ven
le
arn
ed
fi r
st a
id a
nd
fi x
ed
ou
r so
lar-
po
we
red
co
mm
un
ica
tio
ns
syst
em
ou
rse
lve
s.”
It h
elp
ed
th
at
each
me
mb
er
of t
he
te
am
had
diff
ere
nt
stre
ng
ths.
Fo
r Ja
ne
,
that
was
a re
al-
life
para
dig
m o
f ho
w e
ach
me
mb
er
of a
te
am
co
uld
co
ntr
ibu
te
in d
iffe
ren
t w
ays
to
ward
s a c
om
mo
n g
oal.
“C
limb
ing
Mo
un
t E
vere
st t
au
gh
t
me
so
mu
ch a
bo
ut
tea
mw
ork
,” s
he
sa
ys.
“B
efo
re t
he
exp
ed
itio
n,
I u
sed
to
thin
k th
at
stro
ng
, e
ffe
ctiv
e l
ea
de
rs h
ad
to
be
“ta
ke-c
ha
rge
” t
ype
s. L
ate
r I
rea
lise
d t
ha
t le
ad
ers
hip
sh
ou
ld a
lso
be
ab
ou
t b
uild
ing
a s
tro
ng
, ta
len
ted
team
fro
m w
ith
in.”
Sh
e a
pp
lied
this
ph
iloso
ph
y to
he
r stu
die
s at
Yal
e, h
arn
ess
ing
the
ind
ivid
ual
tale
nts
of
he
r fe
llow
stu
de
nts
in
gro
up
pro
ject
s. “
If I
wa
s in
a l
ea
de
rsh
ip
po
siti
on
, I k
ep
t an
op
en
min
d a
nd
mad
e s
ure
eve
ryo
ne
’s o
pin
ion
s g
ot h
eard
.”
Th
is h
as
a l
ot
to d
o w
ith
ad
ap
tab
ility
as
we
ll, n
ote
s Ja
ne
. “
Eve
ryo
ne
ha
d a
diffe
ren
t w
ork
ing
sty
le, s
o I
had
to
ad
ap
t q
uic
kly
an
d e
ffe
ctiv
ely
to
th
at.
”
Like
wis
e, a
dap
tab
ility
is a
ski
ll th
at
Jan
e h
as
learn
ed
fro
m m
ou
nta
ine
eri
ng
.
In 2
005, d
uri
ng
an
exp
ed
itio
n t
o M
uzt
ag
h A
ta in
Xin
jian
g, C
hin
a, s
he
an
d h
er
tea
m c
am
e t
o a
po
int
wh
ere
th
ey
ha
d t
o d
eci
de
be
twe
en
ris
kin
g a
su
mm
it
att
em
pt in
bad
we
ath
er an
d re
tre
ati
ng
to
base
cam
p fo
r sa
fety
. “W
e o
pte
d fo
r
the
latt
er
– an
d it
tu
rne
d o
ut
to b
e t
he
wis
er
de
cisi
on
,” s
ays
Jan
e. “
In n
o o
the
r
spo
rt is
ad
ap
tab
ility
mo
re im
po
rtan
t th
an
wh
en
yo
u’r
e o
n a
mo
un
tain
. Wh
ile
we
sh
ou
ld a
lways
be
we
ll-p
rep
are
d,
it’s
als
o c
ruci
al t
o b
e a
ble
to
imp
rovi
se
an
d t
hin
k o
n y
ou
r fe
et.
”
PE
RS
EV
ER
IN
G O
N T
HE
PA
TH
Aft
er
he
r E
vere
st f
ea
t, J
an
e b
eca
me
a p
rofe
ssio
na
l m
ou
nta
ine
er, s
ecu
rin
g
corp
ora
te s
po
nso
rsh
ips
for h
er cl
imb
s. S
he
co
un
ts s
calin
g M
ou
nt M
cKin
ley
(or
De
nali)
in A
lask
a in
2010 a
s o
ne
of h
er
mo
re c
halle
ng
ing
clim
bs
sin
ce E
vere
st.
“W
e d
id t
hat
ind
ep
en
de
ntl
y, w
ith
ou
t g
uid
es
an
d c
arr
yin
g o
ur
ow
n s
up
plie
s,”
says
Jan
e.
It w
as
a p
hys
ically
tir
ing
clim
b. A
t o
ne
po
int,
sh
e h
ad
to
be
on
th
e m
ove
for
mo
re t
han
24 h
ou
rs w
ith
ou
t re
st. “T
his
is w
he
n c
limb
ing
be
com
es
a m
en
tal
challe
ng
e a
s m
uch
as
a p
hys
ical o
ne
. Wh
en
yo
u’v
e c
limb
ed
fo
r a fu
ll d
ay,
th
e
min
d take
s o
ver an
d k
ee
ps
the
bo
dy
go
ing
. Yo
u c
an
alw
ays
take
an
oth
er st
ep
,
-
192
G
AM
E F
OR
LIF
E: 2
5 J
OU
RN
EY
S
it’s
wh
eth
er
you
wan
t to
.” W
he
n s
he
su
mm
ite
d D
en
ali,
Jan
e t
ruly
felt
th
at
she
had
imp
rove
d a
s a c
limb
er.
Th
is le
vel o
f m
en
tal p
ers
eve
ran
ce h
as
als
o in
fl u
en
ced
he
r st
ud
ies
at
Yale
.
“I t
oo
k a b
ig le
ap
, fro
m a
n E
ng
lish
majo
r to
a b
usi
ne
ss s
cho
ol s
tud
en
t. I
was
ne
ver
go
od
in m
ath
, bu
t I k
ep
t tr
yin
g a
nd
try
ing
in a
ll m
y ass
ign
me
nts
un
til I
eve
ntu
ally
go
t b
ett
er
at
it,”
says
Jan
e.
Wit
h t
he
re
st o
f S
WE
T, J
an
e a
lso
to
ok
tim
e t
o g
ive
mo
tiva
tio
na
l ta
lks
at
org
an
isati
on
s an
d s
cho
ols
. “F
or
us,
Eve
rest
was
a li
tera
l mo
un
tain
to
clim
b.
Bu
t it
is a
lso
a p
ow
erf
ul m
eta
ph
or
that
can
be
ap
plie
d t
o a
ny
life
go
al,
fro
m
sco
rin
g s
tra
igh
t A
s to
be
ing
th
e n
ext
Fa
nd
i A
hm
ad
.” T
he
mo
st i
mp
ort
an
t
less
on
th
at
she
alw
ays
tri
es
to p
ass
on
, is
the
co
ura
ge
to
dre
am
. “To
o o
fte
n,
we
are
ca
ug
ht
up
in
wh
at
we
th
ink
is
do
ab
le r
igh
t n
ow
. Bu
t th
at
limit
s u
s.” S
he
ad
vise
s: “
Ke
ep
yo
ur
he
ad
in
th
e c
lou
ds,
bu
t yo
ur
fee
t o
n t
he
gro
un
d.”
An
d t
rue
to
he
r n
atu
re,
Jan
e i
s n
ow
cho
osi
ng
th
e r
oa
d l
ess
tra
velle
d o
nce
ag
ain
. S
he
ha
s b
ee
n t
aki
ng
a b
rea
k
fro
m p
rofe
ssio
nal m
ou
nta
ine
eri
ng
sin
ce 2
011 w
he
n s
he
be
gan
he
r st
ud
ies
at
Yale
, alt
ho
ug
h s
he
co
nti
nu
es
to fi
nd
tim
e t
o c
limb
. Bu
t ra
the
r th
an
sta
rtin
g h
er
ow
n a
dve
ntu
re c
om
pan
y –
like
mo
st w
ou
ld e
xpe
ct h
er
to –
Jan
e w
ill s
oo
n jo
in
McK
inse
y &
Co
mp
an
y as
a c
on
sult
an
t. “
It’s
de
fi n
ite
ly a
de
part
ure
.”
Bu
t a
s e
xpe
cte
d,
the
ch
alle
ng
e d
oe
s n
ot
da
un
t h
er. J
an
e s
ays
: “
Sin
ce I
ha
ve s
ucc
ess
fully
clim
be
d E
vere
st,
I w
ill t
ake
th
e l
ess
on
s le
arn
ed
fro
m t
he
mo
un
tain
as
a f
orm
of
pe
rso
na
l e
nco
ura
ge
me
nt.
” A
nd
as
she
pre
pa
res
for
the
ne
xt p
hase
of h
er
life
, sh
e is
th
e li
vin
g e
mb
od
ime
nt
of h
er
ow
n b
elie
f th
at
“th
ere
’s n
o li
mit
to
hu
man
po
ten
tial.”
TH
ER
E’S
NO
LIM
IT T
O
HU
MA
N P
OT
EN
TIA
L.
SC
AL
ING
NE
W H
EIG
HT
S
19
3
VA
LU
ES
Team
wo
rk •
Dili
ge
nce
• C
om
mit
me
nt
• P
ers
eve
ran
ce •
Le
ad
ers
hip
RE
FL
EC
TIO
N
1.
Like
Jan
e, e
very
on
e h
as
an
“E
vere
st” in
his
/he
r lif
e, a
se
em
ing
ly im
po
ssib
le
go
al th
at
req
uir
es
reso
urc
efu
lne
ss,
team
wo
rk,
an
d d
isci
plin
e in
th
inki
ng
an
d a
ctio
n t
o a
chie
ve. W
hat
is y
ou
r E
vere
st?
Wh
at
valu
es
are
yo
u b
rin
gin
g
to b
ear
to a
chie
ve t
his
go
al?
2.
Wh
at
kin
d o
f a
pp
roa
ch d
o y
ou
ha
ve t
o l
ife
? W
ha
t g
oa
ls d
o y
ou
se
t fo
r
you
rse
lf?
Wh
at
go
als
ha
ve o
the
rs s
et
for
you
? A
re t
he
y si
mila
r o
r ve
ry
diffe
ren
t?
