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The first woman to climb a world pole on Access Utah

A person standing on skis on a snowy landscape, pulling a red bag behind them. There is a black dog.
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This episode first aired in 2012.

On this episode, we revisit one of our all-time favorite conversations. We talked in 2010 with National Geographic explorer and bestselling author Helen Thayer.

Thayer has lived a life of adventure. She once walked 4,000 miles across the Sahara from Morocco to the Nile River, kayaked 2,200 miles of the Amazon River, and became the first woman to travel alone to any of the world's poles when she skied to the Magnetic North Pole without dog sled, snowmobile, resupply, or support.

We spoke with Helen Thayer about her accomplishments and starting Adventure Classroom, a resource program for children.

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Tom Williams worked as a part-time UPR announcer for a few years and joined Utah Public Radio full-time in 1996. He is a proud graduate of Uintah High School in Vernal and Utah State University (B. A. in Liberal Arts and Master of Business Administration.) He grew up in a family that regularly discussed everything from opera to religion to politics. He is interested in just about everything and loves to engage people in conversation, so you could say he has found the perfect job as host “Access Utah.” He and his wife Becky, live in Logan.