"Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go."
—TS Eliot

Tamara Darnow and her husband John live in Frisco, Colorado with their two beloved cats. Tamara has enjoying trekking in Nepal and climbing in the White Mountains, Colorado, Ecuador, and Kilimanjaro. When not skiing, running or climbing, Tamara serves as compliance officer and project manager at Key Equipment Finance.

Tamara, who will turn 36 during this expedition, is inspired by the joy found in outdoor adventures and the majesty of the mountains.

"So, if you cannot understand that there is something in man which responds to the challenge of this mountain and goes out to meet it, that the struggle is the struggle of life itself upward and forever upward, then you won't see why we go. What we get from this adventure is just sheer joy. And joy is, after all, the end of life."
—George Mallory