Kit DesLauriers

Kit DesLauriers, a member of The North Face Global Athlete Team, is the author of Higher Love: Skiing the Seven Summits (Archer, 2015).

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The team's lower base camp at around 16,000 feet; DesLauriers wasn't able to make it much higher.
Climbing

Altitude Can Debilitate Even the Best Mountaineers. This Is What Happens When It Does

As she prepared to attempt the first ski descent of Makalu, DesLauriers began feeling sick. She faced a dilemma: continue or descend? Making the right choice may have saved her life.

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Exploration & Survival

I Want My Kids to Experience Risk. That's Why We're Going to the Arctic

The risks are worth it to show my kids one of the wildest places on the planet