Feature written for the She Explores “She Came Before Me” Series about female mentorship in the outdoors. My article explored the impact of Cecilia (Cece) Mortenson who has been a mentor for a decade.

“Cece and Claire”

“After eight days on the mountain, I had come to know that smile as the beginning of a grand adventure, and a lot of work. “Do you want to summit?” Cece asks. I mumble in assent, but she reads my uncertainty with the same clarity of observation normally trained on the mountain. Her smile gets bigger; ‘I think you can do it.’”

Full article is available on She Explores here.