Journalist and author of Thirty Below: The Harrowing and Heroic Story of the First All-Women’s Ascent of Denali Journalist ... women’s team to attempt to summit one of the big mountains ...

In 1970, Alaskan mountaineer and doctor Grace Hoeman led the first all-women’s attempt to summit Denali — which was, in fact, the first all-female attempt at any of the world’s big peaks.