The Gritty & Unglamorous Climb: Emily Harrington Talks Record-Breaking El Cap Free Climb, Risk & Motherhood

Emily Harrington has done what very few people who ever dream to do: free climb "Golden Gate" on El Capitan in under 24 hours. When she reached the summit in 2020, she became the first woman and fourth person ever to complete the route in under a day. A professional rock climber and 5-time national champion, Emily has also summited Mount Everest and joined an expedition to ascend an unclimbed mountain in Myanmar. Free climbing El Cap was always on her list, but it was far from easy. The gritty, challenging, and unglamorous journey was captured in Netflix's feature documentary "Girl Climber." Today she talks about the "why" behind her climb, her mindset training, the spectrum of risk, motherhood, her passions outside of sport, and more!