Scaling Mount Everest with the American Women’s Everest Expedition offered Alison Levine the chance to climb the highest peak on earth, but also insight into being a leader.

Levine recounted her stories of climbing Mount Everest during the ED Talk Sunday at the CUNA Governmental Affairs Conference.

While on the 29,035-foot mountain Levine learned:

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