![]() ![]() Waking up the next morning, though, Riggs found herself in a state of blissful, proud exhaustion. A turning point came unexpectedly 13 years ago when she decided to climb Longs Peak and suffered fear, frustration and tears during the entire 13-hour hike. But with each promotion, Riggs found herself moving farther away from Boulder. ![]() During her thirties, Riggs worked in sales for Quaker Oats and Pillsbury on the fast track to corporate success. These elements haven’t always fit together so well for her. As she describes her stories over coffee in Boulder, she exudes an unwavering confidence and energy that come from the perfect alignment of her skills, passion and life path. Before that she had never hiked, much less slept in a tent. ![]() Whipping through stories about treks up Mount Rainier, Mount Kenya, Everest and Annapurna IV, it’s hard to guess Riggs, 45, first climbed a mountain at age 35. Riggs’ story about her summit attempt of one of the world’s highest peaks last year is just one of many in the life of the corporate-executive-turned-climber. “One day we went 800 steps - I counted,” she says. It was just her and husband Brad Clement, two little specks climbing up the enormous peak in Nepal with the thundering sound of avalanches crashing down the slopes around them. Trudging through waist-deep snow on the 24,688-foot Annapurna IV mountain, Tonya George Riggs (Bus’86) couldn’t get one thought out of her mind: they were alone. Tonya George Riggs (Bus’86) describes Annapurna IV as “the most beautiful place in the world. ![]()
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