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'How I prepared to go to the highest and lowest points on earth'

Explorer Vanessa O鈥橞rien is the first woman in the world to reach Earth鈥檚 highest and lowest points. In 2012, Vanessa scaled Mount Everest, and this year she spent longer than any other woman at Challenger Deep 鈥� the deepest known point in the Earth鈥檚 seabed. Vanessa tells Jenni Murray what preparation she had to do and what it was like when she got to both places.

Photo by Atte Miettinen.

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Woman's HourAuthor Rachel Edwards, Equality in the home, Explorer Vanessa O鈥橞rien

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