Menopause Lessons from the Mountains with Jeannette McGill (Episode 89)

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Health & Fitness, Education, Self-improvement, Mental Health

4.9 • 696 Ratings

🗓️ 6 July 2022

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Women often stop going to the high mountains when they reach menopause. The reasons why–hot flashes, unpredictable periods, anxiety, and fear, to name a few–will resonate with all of us, whether or not we ever step foot above sea level. This week’s guest, high altitude mountaineer Jeannette McGill is currently navigating the menopause transition herself and is determined to help women manage their menopausal symptoms and continue their journey of exploration in the outdoors and beyond.

Jeannette is the first South African woman to summit Manaslu and the first-ever South African to climb Dhaulagiri - two of the 14 8,000-meter (26,000 feet) mountains in the world. She is passionate about supporting others to achieve their outdoor goals through her mountain mentoring and leads bespoke adventures in the Australian Alps and Nepal. Her portfolio career also includes industrial technology management, and she has a PhD from the Colorado School of Mines. You can learn more about her and her work as a mentor and guide at https://www.mcgillsmountains.com/

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0:00.0	You are listening to Hit Play, Not Pause, a feisty menopause podcast for active performance-minded women.
0:14.6	I am your host, Celine Yeager. Each week, I bring you advice from athletes, scientists, researchers, and other experts to help you feel and perform you best no matter what your hormones are doing.
0:25.0	This show is a production of Live Feisty Media.
0:30.7	Hello, strong feisty women.
0:33.0	I hope you all are well.
0:35.3	I have a really great conversation for you this week. I got to sit down with high altitude mountaineer Jeanette McGill. Jeanette is the first South African woman to summit Manaslu, which is part of the Nepalese Himalayas and is the eighth highest mountain in the world at over 8,000 meters or 26,000 feet. She was also the first
0:57.6	ever South African to climb the Himalayan mountain Dwalagiri, which is another mountain that soars
1:03.4	more than 26,000 feet into the air. She also leads treks to Everest Base Camp, which is how I
1:10.2	discovered her.
1:11.5	Back in April, I made a post in our Hit Play, Not Pause group, asking what cool things people
1:16.3	had been doing, you know, race season had just started.
1:18.8	And I was like, hey, I just did back-to-back gravel events.
1:21.6	Woo!
1:21.9	What is everyone doing?
1:23.4	And she posted a picture from Everest, saying, just back from leading a group to Everest base camp.
1:30.4	And she told me it was the first time doing this trek perimenopausal.
1:35.3	And though everything went well, she did have loads of quote unquote meno learnings.
1:40.3	And I was immediately like, okay, I have to talk to this woman and get all these meadow learnings from her.
1:46.7	And boy, I'm so glad I did.
1:49.3	Whether or not you ever, ever step foot above sea level, Jeanette has plenty of advice on managing your body temperature, hot flashes, fear, and much more.
2:00.0	She speaks so, so beautifully.
2:02.9	I just loved this conversation.
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