14,410′ | July 11–15, 2025

Any Mountain Rainier

Research Funding: Ovarian Cancer Prevention and Early Detection

The Route: Easton Glacier, Mount Baker

On Monday July 15 2025 Any Mountain completed our 3rd mountain adventure to climb for a world without ovarian cancer.

Lead by mountain guide and ovarian cancer survivor, Jess Wedel, our team of 8 women: 2 ovarian survivors (Erica Mucha, Mary Kaye Dolan-Hall), 4 doctors (2 gyn oncologists, 1 general surgeon, 1 ob-gyn), and 2 supporters tried to climb to the 14,410 foot summit of Mount Rainier and raise funding for ovarian cancer prevention research and awareness.

The Rainier Team

Survivors

Mary Kaye Dolan-Hall

Erica Mucha

Jess Wedel

Providers

Dr. Anne Alaniz

Dr. Joanie Mayer Hope

Dr. Natalia Saprykina

Dr. Michelle Thomas

Supporters

Alex Thomas

Hanna Thomas

Guides

Jess Wedel

Rosie Hust

Stella Johnson

Margo Kerr

How the Dollars Raised for the Rainier Trip are Being Used

$27,500

To competitive grant application to Dr. Esha Madan at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia in support of her research on a novel blood test for detecting ovarian cancer at its earliest origin in STIC lesions.

$5,400

Music & mountain adventures which inspire & ignite our cause.

$3,600

Infrastructure & staff to keep the lights on.

For more information about our financial accountability, please click here.

Eight Women, One Mountain, One Mission

Mount Rainier is a mountain that requires crampons, ice-axes, ropes, heavy back packs, sleep deprivation, and exceptional grit. Even the most experienced mountaineers are turned back close to 50% of the time

Our mighty team of 8 women, led by Jess plus 3 women guides, spent 5 days on this enormous mountain facing our limits, finding our strength, learning our capacity, confronting our fears, feeling our sorrows, and celebrating our successes, and appreciating our lives.

Our goal was not to summit– although we all try to summit in life.

Our goal was coming together to do something seemingly insurmountable to make difference in the world of ovarian cancer.

3 members of our team reached the top of Mount Rainier on July 14– a survivor, a doctor, and a supporter. Every member of our team reached immeasurable heights on this journey together.