Tori James - First Welsh women to climb Mount Everest!

Tori James is most well known for being the first Welsh woman to conquer Mount Everest in 2007. However, she has also raced to the magnetic North Pole in an all female team, cycled the full length of New Zealand and completed the first Beeline Challenge in Britain. Tori loves a challenge and an adventure, when she sets her mind to a goal, nothing or no one will stop her; not sea sickness, not injury, not the cold, and certainly not people telling her she can't do it because she's too small! Tori at 5'1 is not afraid of pushing herself to her limits and finding out what she's capable of doing. (Which is a lot!)  If you want to be inspired and learn more about one women's journey from being in the Girl Guides to scaling Everest, then this is the podcast for you. Hear about her journey, what drove her and understand the steps she took to achieve her goals. Learn how you to can break down your next challenge and make it happen.  During this podcast, Tori takes us right back to where her love of adventure really started and we get to go with her as she re-lives her challenges in detail. We get to hear about her first big adventure with British Exploring, where she spent four weeks on a glacier in Iceland when she was just a teenager. This cemented her love of geography and the cold! Tori continued to take advantage of the different opportunities that came her way, this was why she and two others decided to compete as the first all female team to be involved in a polar race to reach the magnetic North Pole. These challenges helped to prepare her and teach her valuable skills which paved the way for taking on the highest mountain in the world - Mount Everest. Tori talks through her mental and physical preparation, how she dealt with the risks; the ones she could control and the ones she couldn't and how she handled the negative comments that were directed to her when she shared her dream. Tori discusses team work, how to keep going when you really want to stop and how to build confidence and belief in what you're doing. This is not an episode to be missed!  We also have an exclusive announcement about the Duke of Edinburgh Diamond Challenge to celebrate 60 years of the award. Listen here as Tori explains it all!  Tori is on twitter @torijtweets, I'm also on twitter @_TOUGH_GIRL please do send us a tweet once you've listened to this podcast episode. Don't forget to subscribe and I would love for you to leave a review and share the podcast with your friends and family. Let's spread the motivation and inspiration! New Tough Girl episodes are published every Tuesday morning at 7am. Have a fantastic week and I'll be with you all next Tuesday for another awesome episode of the Tough Girl Podcast.  Thanks for listening! Your Tough Girl Host - Sarah xx