Eileen McDargh used to think her ideal vacation was spent in a lounge chair, poolside, at some hoo-hah fancy resort; hot showers, cold drinks, a stack of books to read and a suitcase full of designer clothes to wear.

That's over now. McDargh -- an international business and leadership expert, an author and a 59-year-old grandmother -- fell in love with wilderness hiking some years ago and recently celebrated her birthday with a risky and remote trek in the Himalayan mountains.

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