The following is a conversation with Mollie Hughes, a British alpinist, world record holder, company director, and entrepreneur. This podcast will appeal to anybody and everybody. It's very easy to listen to Mollie speak and you can kind of get a sense of what it takes to summit Everest and go to the South Pole. She broke the world record for becoming the youngest woman to climb both sides of Mount Everest and the youngest woman to ski solo to the South Pole. And now she's building an amazing adventure business, going around the world talking about her endeavours, and writing a book. We explore how Mollie developed her mindset both before and during her incredible quests, she explains what it’s like to be caught in an 8-day whiteout on the South Pole and how affirmations helped keep her skis moving. Everyone can get something practical from this conversation, especially when it comes to developing a mindset to enable you to achieve your goals and deal with adversity along the way. Timestamps: 00:00:00 Introduction 00:01:33 Mollie’s background 00:05:00 Tackling extreme activities 00:08:59 Controlling fear 00:10:46 Deciding to climb Everest 00:11:34 Fitness to climb Everest 00:15:00 Costs to climb Everest 00:17:47 Kit required to climb Everest 00:20:14 Mollie’s first climb of Everest 00:23:29 Everest’s death zone 00:26:22 Hillary’s Step 00:32:51 Communication and food on Everest 00:35:06 Climbing north face of Everest 00:44:59 Human landmarks on Everest 00:52:31 Skiing to the South Pole 00:58:58 Dealing with isolation 01:07:16 Silence of the South Pole 01:09:20 Joining Ocean Vertical