{"id":200380,"date":"2025-06-10T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-10T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/?p=200380"},"modified":"2025-06-09T10:58:51","modified_gmt":"2025-06-09T17:58:51","slug":"summiting-everest-without-supplemental-oxygen-with-melissa-arnot-reid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/podcasts\/summiting-everest-without-supplemental-oxygen-with-melissa-arnot-reid","title":{"rendered":"Summiting Everest Without Supplemental Oxygen with Melissa Arnot Reid"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"cb-itemprop\" itemprop=\"reviewBody\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"200px\" width=\"100%\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https:\/\/player.simplecast.com\/2d5f81f1-4924-4212-b540-3a9a8bf2f7b0?dark=false\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wild-ideas-worth-living.simplecast.com\/episodes\/summiting-everest-without-supplemental-oxygen-with-melissa-arnot-reid\/transcript\">Transcript<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Melissa Arnot Reid is a legendary American mountaineer, adventure guide, and author who has summited Mount Everest six times\u2014more than any other American woman. She was the first American woman to climb and descend Everest without supplemental oxygen, pushing the limits of human endurance. Through extreme challenges and high-risk climbs, Melissa has found strength, resilience, and purpose in the mountains.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Connect with Melissa:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.melissaarnot.com\/enough?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAaZJhFrechrK33hMjeisoUhjke6bDtEBVGTwsbuJUPdKpYGeFI0iI4wYxpo_aem_OZWHK_1yrZsXileCd5Y3Lg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Website<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/melissaarnot\/?hl=enhttps:\/\/www.instagram.com\/melissaarnot\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Instagram<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/@melissaarnotreid\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Substack<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Grab a copy of Melissa&#8217;s book,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.melissaarnot.com\/enough\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Enough<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Thank you to our sponsors:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Capital One and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/membership\/mastercard?trackingId=podcast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the REI Co-op\u00ae Mastercard\u00ae\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/b\/ocean-bottle\/c\/all\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ocean Bottle\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Transcript Melissa Arnot Reid is a legendary American mountaineer, adventure guide, and author who has summited Mount Everest six times\u2014more than any other American woman. 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