To the Greatest Heights : Simon & Schuster Audio : 9781797107882 : 1797107887 : 30 Mar 2021 : This riveting and uplifting memoir by Vanessa O&;Brien, record-breaking American-British explorer, takes you on an unexpected journey to the top of the world&;s highest mountains. Long before she became the first American woman to summit K2 and the first British woman to return from its summit alive, Vanessa O&;Brien was a feisty suburban Detroit teenager forced to reinvent her world in the wake of a devastating loss that destroyed her family. Making her own way in the world, Vanessa strove to reach her lofty ambitions. Soon, armed with an MBA and a wry sense of humor, she climbed the corporate ladder to great success, but after the 2009 economic meltdown, her career went into a tailspin. She searched for a new purpose and settled on an unlikely goal: climbing Mount Everest. When her first attempt ended in disaster, she trudged home, humbled but wiser. Two years later, she made it to the to