EP: Jenn Drummond - Mother of Seven to World Record Mountaineer: She Found her Summit!!!

["Host Mark Pattison sits down with Jen Drummond, a world record holder, mother of seven, and resilient mountaineer who became the first woman to climb the seven second summits across all continents, revealing why a near death car crash in 2018 transformed her from a ghost of herself running classroom parties in turkey sweaters to a force of nature tackling the world's most dangerous peaks, how years of fertility struggles that produced 14 embryos and eventually seven children taught her that time passes whether you keep trying or not, and why her biggest fear climbing Everest wasn't the mountain itself but whether her kids would be okay if she didn't come home. In this deeply authentic and inspiring conversation between two mountaineers who understand that life's greatest achievements often emerge from our darkest moments, Jen shares her extraordinary journey from struggling with infertility and building a family of seven through IVF to nearly dying in a car accident that flipped her vehicle repeatedly and forced her to confront the some days list she'd been pushing away while being the good mom, to standing at Everest base camp where her kids tracked her progress from school and learned that going up and coming back down isn't failure but progress, to losing friends like Rick Allen and Bam Bam on Broad Peak and K2 which ultimately shifted her perspective on what risks are worth taking. This episode offers a masterclass in choosing people over peaks and finding balance between pursuing excellence and being present for what matters most, demonstrating why giving yourself permission to do things that excite you makes you a happier healthier version of yourself which gives your kids permission to be happier healthier versions of themselves, how self guiding Denali with her 16 year old son and summiting together represented the perfect full circle moment after years of climbing alone, and why launching the Somedays app to help people get offline and into real life living their dreams represents the next chapter after proving mountains can be conquered but memories with family last forever. Key Topics Discussed: From Fertility Struggles to Seven Kids: Why Trying Anyway Changed Everything Jen reveals the often overlooked reality behind her family of seven, explaining how she struggled with fertility for years experiencing the monthly devastation of negative pregnancy tests and the shame story that the one thing she was born to do her body wouldn't do. Discover why sitting in the fertility clinic parking lot sobbing before pulling herself together to go back inside became a regular ritual, and how a chemical cocktail that turned her into a hen producing more eggs in one cycle than the previous five years led to 14 embryos. Learn why planting two embryos at a time resulted in single births over and over until she had five boys, and how the final two embryos they said wouldn't survive the thaw became twin girls completing her family of seven. Hear why this journey taught her the fundamental lesson that time passes whether you keep trying or not, and how this mindset became the foundation for everything she accomplished on mountains years later. The Turkey Sweater Moment: When Being the Good Mom Nearly Killed Who You Are Discover the pivotal moment when Jen stood in a bathroom fighting back tears wondering what decisions in her life led to wearing a turkey sweater for a classroom Thanksgiving party. Learn why she had become a ghost of herself running classroom parties, coaching soccer for all seven kids, and constantly looking outside for validation about whether she was doing motherhood right. Hear about the car crash that happened a month later when she watched herself hit a semi and flip repeatedly with life moving externally as dirt sky dirt sky while internally time slowed down and stories flooded her mind. Jen explains why getting discharged from the hospital the same day initially felt like gratitude until unexpected anger flooded in because she almost died with all the things she wanted to do still sitting on her some days list pushed far away because she was being the good mom. Discover why she pulled her seven kids together for a state of the team meeting explaining mommy's going to stop teaching in classrooms and making cupcakes and start doing things that get her excited, and how becoming a happier healthier version of herself gave her kids permission to be happier healthier versions of themselves. From Ama Dablam to World Record: How a Math Homework Comment Changed the Goal Jen unveils the unexpected path from planning to climb one mountain for her 40th birthday to setting a world record as the first woman to climb the seven second summits. Learn why friends in Park City convinced her that if she was climbing one mountain in her entire life it should be Ama Dablam in Nepal instead of Timpanogos in Utah, and how COVID shutting down international travel meant homeschooling seven kids instead of...