WOMEN’S ADVENTURE

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“Emily Johnston believes that being a mountain guide is all about psychology—and it’s the same in the hospital. ‘Whether I’m roped up with a client [in the mountains] or treating a patient in an exam room, I constantly ask myself: Why is this person here? What does this person really need out of this experience? And how can I help them get it?'”

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“When Wasfia Nazreen speaks about her experiences climbing mountains, she has one request: do not call them conquests. ‘Summiting is the proper word,’ she says. ‘But when you’re pushing yourself to the extreme, the experience is more like surrender.’”


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