1. She quit her corporate job to walk 5,700km alone across America
Jessica Guo became the first woman to hike a continuous route linking the Continental Divide Trail (CDT) in the United States with the Great Divide Trail (GDT) in Canada, following the spine of the Rockies from the Mexican border to remote Kakwa Lake in British Columbia. Quitting her six-figure consultancy job, she spent 152 days hiking solo, often covering almost 50km a day in extreme conditions.






