Climbing with her husband Keith Boskoff, in 1997 Christine Boskoff became the first North American woman to reach the summit of Lhotse. That same year, the Boskoffs purchased the adventure travel firm Mountain Madness from the estate of Scott Fischer, a mountaineer who died climbing Mount Everest in 1996.
In 1997, Christine Boskoff made history by climbing with her husband Keith and becoming the first North American woman to reach Lhotse's summit. The same year, they acquired Mountain Madness from Scott Fischer's estate after his tragic death on Mount Everest in 1996.