higher love: skiing the seven summits
Higher Love is an incredible journey through the physical and psychological landscapes of Kit’s amazing life. You’ll get to see the mountains through Kit’s eyes, feel the intensity of her focus, and delve into the mind of the incredible woman that is Kit DesLauriers."
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oscar-winning filmmaker
"Higher Love: Skiing the Seven Summits" is a world-topping adventure sharing the Everest-sized dreams and obstacles that come along with skiing the world’s tallest mountains and living true to your nature.
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National Geographic 2015 Adventurer of the Year
National Geographic – “If anything went wrong, there was no way that a rescue could get to us that day, and there was a storm moving in the next day,” remembers ski mountaineer Kit DesLauriers…
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The Future Is Female and These 40 Women Are Proof
Outside Online – In honor of Outside’s 40th anniversary, we’re selecting our all-time favorite gear, places, accomplishments, and people. This month, we rounded up 40 women who have made the biggest impacts on our world….
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Podcast interview with Kit on The Stokecast
The Stokecast – Top athletes, adventurers, and outdoor entrepreneurs reveal strategies for how to crush the work, life, and adventure balance while having fun and making a difference…
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Kids and an Exciting Mountain Career? It’s Complicated
Outside Online – These women chose to have both a family and a job as a pro skier or mountain guide. But they’re often subjected to a public narrative that either villainizes or discredits their decision…
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Inside the Mind of a True Ski Mountaineer: Kit DesLauriers
Teton Gravity Research – Kit DesLauriers’ career is an extraordinary medley of firsts: The first person to ski the Seven Summits; first female to win back-to-back Freeride World Tour championships; first female solo of the Grand Teton…
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10 Books Every Skier Should Read This Summer
Powder Magazine – We know the wait for winter is long and hard. To help you endure the dog days of summer, we’ve put together a list of our favorite ski-centric readers…#1 Higher Love: Skiing the Seven Summits by Kit DesLauriers…
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The 18 Most Adventurous People in the World
Mens Journal – As wingsuiters whizz by in YouTube clips and snowboarders spin high above the halfpipe at the Winter Olympics, it’s easy to lose sight of what defines a true adventurer…
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We Are The Arctic
We Are The Arctic – I first spotted the tracks as our chartered bush plane circled to land in the snow-covered foothills of the Brooks Range. Polar bears….
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Why The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Should Be Left Alone
Teton Gravity Research – They came to the Arctic Refuge on an expedition funded by The North Face so that they could come back with a story to tell…
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Why I’m Taking My Two Young Girls to the Arctic
Outside Online – “The risks are worth it to show my kids one of the wildest places on the planet…”
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Training The Next Generation Of Mountaineers
REI CO-OP – From lead climbing clinics to mountaineering courses, kids these days have ample opportunities to learn the hard skills necessary for backcountry play…
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We Desperately Need Maternity Outerwear for Winter
Outside Online – An active outdoor lifestyle doesn’t end with pregnancy. It’s time for gear manufacturers to tap into the growing market of high-performance maternity apparel…
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