Melissa Arnot Reid (born December 18, 1983) is an American mountaineer. She has climbed to the top of Mount Everest six times. Melissa Arnot grew up just outside of Glacier National Park in Whitefish, Montana. After college, she started living off her car to save money and climb mountains. She first climbed Mount Rainier in 2001 and called it a "watershed moment". Arnot began teaching wilderness medicine in 2002 and began guiding on Mount Rainier with Rainier Mountaineering, Inc. in 2004. In 20 ...