An Instagram post from Davina McCall last week stopped me in my tracks - it was addressed to Linda Blakely, a 49-year-old woman who was days away from a solo row across the Atlantic.
As one of only four women in the world to have summited Mount Everest and Lhoste (the world’s fourth highest mountain) the next day, Linda is clearly no stranger to extreme adventures. But this story captured me immediately, and I wanted to know more about her and the motivation to embark on such an endeavour.
