YouTube interview clip where Jen Drummond describes a coach suggesting she attempt the "Seven Second Summits"—the second-highest peaks on each continent—as a path to a Guinness World Record and a motivating personal challenge (framed humorously as a way to be "the coolest mom").
There was a story of a lady who got a Guinness World Record for doing something in the Alps. I don't know what I drank that day. I have no idea what my mindset was. I look back on it, but, like, for some reason, I'm talking to my coach, and I'm like, I could have done that. And if I did that and I got a Guinness World Record, I'd be the coolest mom in the whole world. Because right now, I'm not a cool mom. He's like, I think you should be the first female to climb the Seven second Summits. And he's like, all excited. I don't know what you just said. Seven What? He's like, you know, the Seven Second Summits? They're the second highest point on each of the seven continents. I'm like, well, why would I want to hire the second? Like, what? He's like, no, no, no. You got to listen to this, Jen. He goes like, the seconds are actually harder than the first, and they've only been done by one male. So you'd be the first woman in the world to do this thing. And he goes, and if you think about it, seven continents, seven mountains, seven children, it's a jackpot.
