Episode 69 | The Seven Summits - Louise McEvoy

At 29029, we have a mantra: KEEP CLIMBING.The goal may be to accumulate 29,029 feet—the vertical equivalent of Mount Everest—but the mountain asks something more of you.Can you keep moving when you’re tired?Can you adapt when the plan falls apart?Can you take one more step, one more ascent, check one more box?Can you KEEP CLIMBING for 36 hours?Along the way, we mark progress by traveling symbolically around the world—through the Seven Summits, the highest mountains on each of the seven continents.Kosciuszko in Australia.Vinson in Antarctica.Denali in North America.Kilimanjaro, the Roof of Africa.Elbrus in Europe.Aconcagua in South America.And finally, Everest in Asia.For most of us at 29029, those mountains are names on the back of a bib. They are benchmarks—boxes we hope to check as we climb toward our own Everest.But there are a few people in our community for whom those boxes represent something very different.They represent passports and plane tickets. Months of preparation. Heavy packs. Crampons and ice axes. Bitter cold, brutal winds and impossibly thin air.They represent the actual mountains.In June of 2026, Louise McEvoy stood on the summit of Denali, 20,310 feet above Alaska.But this wasn't simply another summit.It was the seventh.With those final steps to the top of Denali, Louise completed a journey years in the making: standing atop the highest mountain on every continent on Earth.Seven continents.Seven summits.Seven boxes checked—not on the back of a bib, but across the globe.And behind every one of those summits is a story about what it really means to KEEP CLIMBING.