 How did your parents react when you told them that you wanted to work out there on the mountains? My parents had almost given up on changing my mind because I was really interested only in going outdoors and climbing mountains. And I also had a really big body, which is very unusual for girls and people my age. I even cut my hair so no one would know that I was a girl because if they knew that I was a girl, they would not give me work at all.