Originally aired February 22, 2018

Jane Parnell has been hiking and climbing the Rocky Mountains since the 1970's when she discovered how the mountains could heal her traumatic wounds. 

After being raped when she was twenty-one and with very few people believing her claim, she discovered mountaineering and this newfound passion helped Jane cope with the trauma that weighed heavily on her throughout life. 

By the time she was thirty, she had become the first woman to climb the 100 highest peaks of Colorado. That milestone quickly became the highest 200 and subsequently, the highest 300 peaks in Colorado! 

Jane is on the show today to share with us the ways in which adventure sports,  and more specifically mountaineering,  can help us find and maintain some sanity in our crazy world. 

Check out her book: Off Trail: Finding My Way Home in the Colorado Rockies

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