Show notes
- Loving sports & science
- Coming from a sporty and academic family
- Playing lacrosse at school and University
- Deciding to take up high altitude mountaineering
- Climbing mountains in South America - Heading to Bolivia to climb 6,000 m peaks
- The struggles she faced at the start - dealing with the cold the wind and the altitude
- How she moved forward with mountaineering
- How she developed her skills with no money
- Climbing a non technical mountain and learning through experience
- The impact of altitude on her body
- The next mountain and heading to Alaska!
- Climbing Denali….with no guide
- Being stuck inside the tent for 12 days…
- The preparation that’s done in advance
- Summit night on Denali
- Fitting in climbing around her PhD
- Funding her expeditions to the Andes
- Collecting data and using the super computer!
- Identifying all of the mountains over 5,000 m in the Andes
- Finding Inca ruins on the summit of mountains
- Getting to name the mountains…
- 106 mountains over 6,000 metres….
- Route planning in modern times
- Adjusting back to life after spending time out in the mountains
- TV opportunity and being approached by the BBC… Do you want to be an Astronaut?!
- The tests!
- Developing resilience
- Being taken outside her comfort zone
- Staying calm under pressure
- Wanting to go into space & astronaut selection..
- Being back in the academic world
- Inspiring the younger generation with outreach programs
- Dreaming about the mountains….
- Having balance in her life… getting up at 5am, running, getting to work at 7 am, work…
- Why routine is so important
- Learning languages… and why you have to challenge yourself and do things that you aren’t good at
- Persistence, working hard and developing skills
Twitter - @SuzieImberSpace