
Alison Levine
mountain climber
An explorer of extreme terrains, Alison Levine made history when she completed the Adventure Grand Slam. Ascending all Seven Summits {the highest on each continent} and skiing to the North + South poles, the Slam is a feat less than 30 people in the world can claim.
Being team captain of the first American Women's Everest Expedition gave Alison plenty of insight into good leadership practices + high-stakes decision-making. No surprise, she's now a sought-after speaker and best-selling author on those subjects ~ culling the lessons she's learned on her epic treks to help us navigate day-to-day life and business.
leadership | consults on + speaks about leadership development for all areas of life
adventuring | explores extreme environments ~ including Mt. Everest, Antarctica + Wall Street
2002 | served as Team Captain of the 1st American Woman's Everest Expedition, falling only 200 feet shy of the summit of Mt. Everest
2005 | founded the Climb High Foundation, a nonprofit organization created in order to train women in Uganda to be guides for mountain trekking and exploring throughout the Rwenzori Mountains, enabling them to be financially independent
2010 | completed the Adventure Grand Slam, by summiting the highest peaks on every continent + skiing to both the North and South poles
{plus one}
2014 | published her first book On the Edge, a leadership manual that applies her insights from extreme expeditions to business ventures
from | to
ambitious restaurant host | history-making adventurer
born on
April 5, 1966
born in
Phoenix, Arizona
birth name
Alison Levine
citizen of
The United States of America
daughter of
Jack Levine + Corinne Levine
grew up in | lives in
Phoenix, Arizona
educated at
University of Arizona
~ Tucson, Arizona | BA | 1987 ~
Duke University
~ Durham, North Carolina | MBA | 2000 ~
loved studying
business
politics
advocate for | influenced by
Climb High Foundation | creating opportunities for Ugandan women
tweets
@Levine_Alison
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collapse bio bits"Sometimes the guy next to you is just plain BETTER THAN YOU. Take responsibility for your own shortcomings and work on getting better rather than always chalking up bad outcomes to external factors."
Alison Levine Return To Everest Blog Final Entry | june 2010
"Sometimes you have to go backwards in order to eventually get where you want to be."
7 Lessons for Business from Climbing Mt. Everest | october 2011
"I couldn’t see too far in front of me, but sometimes I think you don’t have to have total clarity in order to just put one foot in front of the other."
Alison Levine: Lessons from the ledge | june 2012
"The summit isn’t important. What is important is the journey and the lessons that you learned along the way and how you’re going to use those lessons to be better and stronger on the next mountain."
Alison Levine: Lessons from the ledge | june 2012
"There’s just no such thing as a storm that lasts forever. The key to getting through is being able to take action based on the situation and not based on some plan."
Alison Levine: Lessons from the ledge | june 2012
curated with care by Angela Willard {august 2014}
adventure to the end of the Earth
Alison smiles at the end of her extremely strenuous 600-mile trek to the South Pole in 2004. The epic journey involved hauling 150 pounds of gear attached to a sled over 11,000 feet of altitude though the wintriest weather conditions.
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Climb High Foundation
Alison with her team of Ugandan women, who are in training to become mountain-climbing guides. The legendary mountaineer's Climb High Foundation creates job opportunities for women living in struggling + developing economies.
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Everest ascent
Alison on her expedition the frozen heights of Mt. Everest. After a 2002 attempt that left Alison's all-female team just 200 feet shy of the summit, the 44-year-old Alison returned to the Himalayas to try again in 2010. She dedicated her successful trek to the memory of her friend Meg Berté Owen ~ whose life was cut short by Hodgkin's lymphoma.
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Leadership Lessons from the Ledge
Since completing the Adventure Grand Slam in 2010, the MBA has focused on translating her high-adrenaline adventures into effective business strategy.
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