Women’s Adventure is starting a book club and we want you to join! The first book we’re reading is “3 MPH” by Polly Letofsky, a memoir of her walk (literally!) around the world.
The film explores backcountry riding in South America in some of the most remote areas from Peru’s Cordillera Blanca to Chilean Patagonia. I had the opportunity to ask Nick Waggoner, the director, a few quick questions hours before the film opened in Salt Lake City.
Author Rita Gelman will speak in Frisco, Colorado on Nov. 27th. Will her encouragement and advice be enough to motivate you to take on the role of nomad? Her books have had that effect on others…
Tara Kusumoto recommends these three great books: River House: A Memoir, Becoming Odyssa: Epic Adventures on the Appalachian Trail, and
Food Heroes: 16 Culinary Artisans Preserving Tradition .
I opened Susan Casey’s new book, The Wave: In Pursuit of the Rogues, Freaks, and Giants of the Ocean, and read a few chapters before bed. I woke at 2am drenched in sweat, convinced that a four-story wall of water had swallowed me whole. The Wave is that good.
Nola Lee Kelsey compiles an indexed list of more than 750 organizations and volunteer opportunities around the world.
While writing her first novel at base camp, nearly 12,000 feet below K2′s 28,250-foot summit, Jennifer Jordan took a short hike and literally stumbled upon the hero of her second book, The Last Man on the Mountain.
ennifer Aist had to wing it when she took to the backcountry with her infant daughter, but she’s become an educator and expert about parenting in the great outdoors.
The real goal in life, says Barbara, is to collect experiences and enjoy people, not just to go shopping and buy and collect stuff. But you’ve got to confront yourself and make choices that are right for you.
How many dissatisfied women would assume a trip to India, Italy, and Bali could transform their lives à la Elizabeth Gilbert? I don’t care because thanks to the Eat, Pray, Love tour, women who ordinarily wouldn’t get out into the world WILL.
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