Alison Levine
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"Alison Levine" is an United States/American mountain climber, sportsperson/sportswoman, explorer, and entrepreneur. She has ascended the highest peaks on every continent and also skied to both the North Pole/North and South Poles. In 2010 at age 44, she completed the Last Degree Adventure Grand Slam by reaching the summit of Mt. Everest, having fallen only 200 feet short in her previous attempt in 2002 as part of the 1st American Women’s Everest Expedition. She is one of few people in the world to have completed the Grand Slam. She currently serves as an adjunct instructor at the United States Military Academy/U.S. Military Academy. She earned a Bachelor of Arts from University of Arizona and an MBA from Duke University.

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We've - as a team - been as high as 24,000 feet, and we all had pretty strong, banging headaches at that point. And that was uncomfortable - but not scary.

The weather is mixed. We're kind of waiting for a spell of good weather, which is why we're waiting until Tuesday to go. But everybody is feeling very good. We're all healthy, we're fit, we're strong and we're raring to go.