Lefever's mountaineering moment headed to the Alaska Sports Hall of Fame.

In 1993 Alaska’s Dolly Lefever made history after climbing Australia’s Mount Kosciuszko -- she became the first American woman to conquer the seven summits.

"I never set out to do these," said Lefever discussing her accomplishment recently.

Her mountaineering moment will be recognized at this year’s Alaska Sports Hall of Fame induction ceremony.

The famed seven summits represent the highest point on each continent, but that’s not what attracted Lefever to climb some of the world’s highest peaks.

“I am not a competitor normally. I compete against myself, I was intrigued with being in the mountains," said Lefever.

At 47 years old, she set out to climb Everest, and it would prove to be very difficult.

“My problem was I only had two functioning oxygen bottles because one of our oxygen bottles disappeared,” said Lafever.

That left her to make a decision at 27,000 feet: turn around, or make it to the summit only to end up out of oxygen. She risked it all, and continued to the summit.

“One thing that people don't understand, is when you’re driven, it doesn't matter if you're going die to our not,” said Lefever.

She made it to the top, but had no time to celebrate, racing down to 26,000 feet before running out of oxygen.

After surviving Everest, there were only three peaks left to climb.

“The one that was the toughest was not Everest, it was actually Mt. Vincent in Antarctica. It was so cold and so stark,” said Lefever.

These days Lefever’s mountaineering days are behind her, and she spends most of her time working on breast cancer research.