"You go slowly up the mountain, step by step," she said. Life's lesson: Vision and a good team are the keys to success, whether it's climbing a mountain or making furniture safer, Blum said. In her frustration at dealing with the male establishment and being pushed out of climbs simply because she was a woman she forged ahead and led all-woman first ascents of Denali, Annapurna and Bhrigupath. New regulations are expected to reduce levels of harmful chemicals in homes and offices. Arlene Blum tackled high-altitude mountaineering when women weren't doing such things. Jerry Brown to order a change in California furniture flammability standards. Blum's and the institute's most significant achievement, to date, was providing research and experts that helped spur a decision by Gov. In 2011, she became a visiting scholar in chemistry at UC Berkeley. "I did a little peak in Poland last September." While raising Annalise as a single mom, she concentrated on writing "Breaking Trail ," running an adventure travel business and providing leadership training for Silicon Valley executives.īack to science: Blum returned to science in 2007, when she founded and became executive director of the Green Science Policy Institute, a nonprofit think tank in Berkeley that educates consumers and policymakers about how to reduce toxins in furniture, baby products, electronics and other household goods. "Since I became a mom, I haven't done anything life-threatening," she said. Mother: The birth of a daughter, Annalise, in 1987, caused Blum to scale back her mountain climbing. Author: Blum has published two award-winning books: "Annapurna: A Women's Place" and her autobiography, "Breaking Trail: A Climbing Life."
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