Climbing Beyond the Limits of MS: Meet Lori Schneider

Climbing each of the Seven Summits — the highest mountains of each of the seven continents (yes, even Antarctica) — is an incredible feat for anyone to accomplish. It’s so challenging that only around 416 people have actually pulled it off. Lori Schneider is one of those people.

Schneider completed her final summit — Mount Everest — on May 5, 2009. Perhaps the only thing as impressive as this peak — which stretches five and a half miles above sea level — is Schneider herself. In 1999, just a decade prior to completing her Seven Summit goal, Schneider was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, or MS.  

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Lauren Smith, MA

Lauren Smith, MA, has worked in health journalism since 2017. Before joining GoodRx, she was the senior health editor and writer for HealthiNation.

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Karen Hovav, MD, FAAP

Karen Hovav, MD, FAAP, has more than 15 years of experience as an attending pediatrician. She has worked in a large academic center in an urban city, a small community hospital, a private practice, and an urgent care clinic.

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