Ellen Gallant
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In a March 21, 2017 photo, before the sun rises, Ellen Gallant trains with Andrew Armington at Gym 22 in Jackson, Wyo. Gallant's physical training includes two mornings a week at the gym along with hill repeats on Mount Glory and Snow King Mountain, backcountry skiing in Grand Teton National Park, trail runs and mountain bike rides up Cache Creek, and evenings spent on a stationary bike at home. Gallant has faced Mount Everest three times before _ the first, a trip that launched a love for Nepal, mountaineering and the mountain itself. The other two treks to the mountain, taken in the spring of 2014 and 2015, were marred by such severe tragedy that she returned to the states with nightmares of what she’d seen. (Ryan Dorgan/Jackson Hole News & Guide via AP)
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While much of Ellen Gallant's training has been physically active, it doesn't end when she goes to sleep. An altitude tent has covered her bed since October, where she routinely sleeps in a simulated low-oxygen environment around 18,000 feet. Gallant hopes to makethe summit of Mount Everest it in about seven, by her 51st birthday on May 16. (Ryan Dorgan/Jackson Hole News & Guide via AP)
