What It’s Like to Set Everest + Highpointing Records as a Teenager with Mountaineer Lucy Westlake
Update: 2025-10-30
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Lucy Westlake started mountaineering at 7 years old through a highpointing project. In 2021, she set the record as the youngest person to summit the highest points in all 52 United States, including Denali. At 18, she set a record as the youngest American woman to climb Mount Everest (at the time).
Angie and Lucy talk about:
- Being a competitive athlete starting in elementary school
- Transitioning from running to mountaineering through highpointing
- Highs (and lows) of climbing the high points of the USA
- Behind the scenes of mountaineering and setting records
- What it’s like when other people break your records
- Why she decided to put aside a Seven Summits and Explorers Grand Slam goal
- Lucy’s research on glaciers in college while being a mountain guide
- The impact of ageism, mentorship, and women in mountaineering
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Brought to you by the Alliance for Gender Equity in Outdoor Adventure (GEA Alliance).
Hosted by Angie Marie Lake and edited by Alyson Castonguay.
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