In a pursuit that has mostly been a male's game, female mountaineers rarely get the attention they deserve. After reading Johanna Garton's book Edge of the Map, I knew the story of Christine Boskoff was something that would inspire me for the rest of my life.

Chris Boskoff was a premier female mountaineer summiting many of the world's most legendary peaks. She was from Wisconsin, an engineer, & business woman. "Her life was one of unervring forward progress—until personal tragedy struck."

"Not a mountaineer herself, Johanna Garton was drawn to Boskoff’s story for deeply personal reasons: hailing from the same small Midwestern hometown, and in fact, attending high school together, though they never met. Their paths seemed destined to intersect." Our interview with Johanna  ...