This episode features an interview with Nancy Feagin which was recorded in 2010 by Matt Driscoll as part of the American West Center's Everett L. Cooley Oral History Project. Nancy is an all-round climber and mountaineer, including summiting Mount Everest. Please excuse any background noises and audio quality issues in this archival recording.
Nancy Feagin was born in Washington, D.C., but spent her formative years in San Francisco, California, and Jackson, Wyoming. When she moved to Jackson, she competed as a ski racer for her high school, and around the same time, she learned to climb in the Tetons. After graduating from Duke University with a Bachelor's degree in Engineering, she returned to Jackson, worked briefly for a software company, and then decided to pursue her passion for climbing. She traveled for a number of years and began to climb big walls in Yosemite and other places. Nancy moved to Salt Lake City in 1991 to work at just-opening Rockreation. Since she has lived in Salt Lake, she has made numerous significant climbing trips, most notably a solo ascent of Aconcagua in South America and a 2001 ascent of Mount Everest. Nancy speaks about a number of her climbing partners, as well as the numerous transitions in her climbing career. Interview is part of the Outdoor Recreation Oral History Project. Interviewer: Matt Driscoll.
Read more about Nancy Feagin in this Vertical Files post.
View Nancy Feagin's Oral History in the Marriott Digital Library