SHARON WOOD

The first North American woman to summit Mount Everest and the first woman to do so by a new route (the west ridge).

I think intrinsic motivation is the main reason people choose to explore or take an unconventional path. It’s so powerful, but I worry that it’s dying. Nowadays people just pull a book off a shelf and say “OK, I want to be a doctor,” and that just drives me crazy! So if you find yourself with the intrinsic motivation to explore, do it.