著名的探险家和作家（Adventurer and author）,第一位独立到北极,和撒哈拉沙漠的女性（first solo woman to make the North Pole trekking,the first woman to walk across the Sahara Desert）.
Thayer 有很多精彩的话语,既反映了他的真实心态,也激励着千万人不畏艰难挑战人生.这里仅列举几则——”push on even when it seems impossible." ," A goal is only a dream if you don't have a plan." ;" My journey was like life itself," " We all have our problems as we traver to our goals,but we cai all reach our goals just as I did,one step at a time,never giving up on ourselves.If we reach for the top and believe we can do it,we can all make our dreams come true."; "Age is no barrier to your dreams and goals," ;"We regard our bodies as finely tuned machines that have to be maintained," "Once people start thinking they're over the hill,they are." ;" I like to see what's on the other side of the hill." .
