An improbable route meets unflinching dedication as Olivia Amber attempts the women’s FKT on Norman’s 13—a remote backcountry trail linking all 13 peaks over 14,000 feet in the Sierra Nevada.

“Norman’s 13 brought together pieces of who I am as an athlete. I could feel it step by step and section by section. Not through the outcome, but through the process. It drove me forward and got me excited for what’s next and what’s possible in the mountains and in life.” — Olivia Amber.