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Outside in Aspen: Catching Up With Melissa Arnot from Outside replica Ulysse Nardin watch Magazine on Vimeo.Climber Melissa Arnot recently became the first American woman to summit Everest three times. (Shes bagged Mount Rainier 73 times.) We caught up with her at Outside in Aspen Weekend, when filmmaker Allison Otto talked to her about climbing Everest without supplemental oxygen, 13-year-old climber Jordan Romero, and whats up next.Check out the video above for the interview and the video below for Melissa in action on Everest.--Joe Springjoespring

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