On the newest episode of The Health & Wealth Power Hour, mountaineer Jenn Drummond shares her incredible story of survival and perseverance in the face of monumental obstacles. In 2021, Jenn earned a Guinness World Record as the first woman to climb the Seven Second Summits – the second highest peak on each continent. Her new book Break Proof chronicles the lessons learned on her inspiring path to the highest peaks, providing an inspirational roadmap for overcoming adversity.
This week, she joined Harlon Pickett to share her incredible story of survival and perseverance in the face of monumental obstacles.
In 2018, Jenn survived a horrific car accident where her vehicle rolled multiple times after being struck by a semi-truck. Investigators later told her they couldn’t recreate any scenarios where she walked away unharmed. This near-death experience gave Jenn her first nudge to live life to the fullest.
In 2021, Jenn set the bold goal of climbing Mount Everest, despite having no prior mountaineering experience. She brought on a coach who normalized attempting the world’s highest peak and introduced her to others who had summited.
After a successful Everest summit, Jenn took on the extremely dangerous K2 mountain in Pakistan. She became infected with anthrax from local animals and had to be evacuated. Remarkably, Jenn credits her kids quitting summer camp early for saving her life – it forced her to descend K2 faster and get prompt medical treatment, giving her a 40% chance of surviving the anthrax.
Jenn capped her miraculous journey by climbing the Seven Second Summits, earning the Guinness World Record as the first woman to complete the second highest peak on each continent.
She has a message for anyone with big dreams: “Embrace imperfect starts…If you’re listening and things aren’t perfect or don’t look exactly like you want…Let it be messy…Let it be what it is and just see how far you get and you’ll learn along the way at a bare minimum.”
Jenn Drummond’s record-shattering ascent shows that with an unbreakable mindset, we are capable of achieving feats beyond our wildest imagination. By embracing uncertainty, trusting intuition, and refusing to be constrained by limits, she reached heights few dare to dream of. Jenn proves that our potential is not defined or determined by anything except our willingness to keep climbing. Her against-all-odds journey to the top of the world delivers a message that will echo from every summit – with grit and resilience, the view from the top is always within reach.
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