By Our Readers on January 11, 2012
Surrounded by couples in lip locks and rogue packs of 16-year-old Italian boys, we five female travel companions counted together the last seconds of 2011. “Tre, due, uno!” The crowd erupted with slurred shouts of “buono anno!” and I realize this night makes up for a year of lost time.
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By Our Readers on December 12, 2011
Spend an afternoon walking in the woods, swim bare breasted under a waterfall, push yourself through waves in the ocean or sing your heart out around a campfire. Feel yourself wild and powerful and a precious part of the life that grows all around you.
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By Jennifer on December 8, 2011 | Cycling Tips, Cycling Toolbox
When friends couldn’t join me on an adventure, I finally ventured out solo. And, as usual, I had a marvelous time. The moral of the story: You must seek adventure and then make it happen. Which adventure-finding methods work best for you?
Posted in Blog, Stories, Travel, Your Sport | Tagged Cycling Tips, Cycling Toolbox |
By Jennifer on December 1, 2011 | Jayme Otto, Lifestyle, Nutrition, skiing, Snow, Stories, Tips
Do you feel the effects of the seasons? How do you maintain health and happiness through these chilly months? Winter has just begun, so let’s all band together, striving for wellness and joy this year!
Posted in Blog, Health, Lifestyle, Nutrition, Prevention, Stories, Tips, Your Sport | Tagged Jayme Otto, Lifestyle, Nutrition, skiing, Snow, Stories, Tips |
By Our Readers on November 29, 2011 | skiing, Snow Toolbox
Whether you’re a female skier looking to learn from other women, a couple yearning for the steep and deep, a family wanting to visit South America or an expert skier seeking a one-of-a-kind Alaska heli skiing trip, World Extreme Skiing Champion Kim Reichhelm offers unique experiences with a common theme of progression.
Posted in Blog, Event, Skills, Snow, Stories, Training | Tagged skiing, Snow Toolbox |
By WAm on November 21, 2011 | Lifestyle, Stories, Tips, Travel
I prefer to travel alone. I’m at my most selfish and self-indulgent when I fly solo. I also feel at my most vulnerable. Sometimes, I go to countries where a wandering single white woman is an attraction in and of itself. Are there moments of discomfort? Of course. Do I feel in danger? Very rarely.
Posted in Articles, Blog, Stories, Tips, Travel | Tagged Lifestyle, Stories, Tips, Travel |
By Our Readers on November 14, 2011 | Hiking Toolbox
You know that feeling when everyone thinks you are a little crazy? But, instead you know that your choices are the sanest ones you could make? That’s how I felt about a month ago…
Posted in Hiking & Backpacking, Reader Stories | Tagged Hiking Toolbox |
By WAm on November 10, 2011 | Stories, Tips, Water
As I lay there, face down on the bottom of the passage, I reveled in the quietude of my breath under trillions of gallons of seawater. I was alone and I was content. I knew they would be searching for me and with any luck, they’d find me before my teeth started to chatter.
Posted in Blog, Skills, Stories, Tips, Water, Your Sport | Tagged Stories, Tips, Water |
By Becca on November 9, 2011 | Lifestyle, Women
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.
Posted in Blog, Books and Films, Gear, Stories, Travel | Tagged Lifestyle, Women |
By WAm on November 9, 2011 | Travel, Water
The pace of our training is the first challenge. I start slowly and clumsily; putting my thumbs in the wrong places and struggling to manhandle ropes into messy half-remembered knots. When your life depends on that knot, you’ve got to know it instinctively. The ocean doesn’t give you a second chance because you’re a beginner.
Posted in Blog, Stories, Travel, Water, Your Sport | Tagged Travel, Water |
By Our Readers on November 7, 2011
I’ll admit, I was in for this ride for all the wrong reasons. My reasoning for signing up was so I’d hopefully get in better shape and come back a certified yoga teacher. I had no intention to come back with a changed outlook on the world at large.
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By Jennifer on November 3, 2011 | Adventure Racing, Climbing, Cycling, Cycling Toolbox, Health, Running, Stories, Triathlon
This is our first adventure race, and we are doing it together, for fun, and with no competitive intentions. We’re the only all-female team in the two-person open division. Our goals: Have fun and don’t finish DFL (dead effing last). But she is smoking me, and we are actually doing pretty well.
Posted in Blog, Climbing, Cycling, Hiking & Backpacking, Running, Stories, Stories, Tips, Training, Water, Your Sport | Tagged Adventure Racing, Climbing, Cycling, Cycling Toolbox, Health, Running, Stories, Triathlon |
By WAm on November 2, 2011 | Destinations, Travel
They say patience is a virtue, but when it comes to travel, I’m not that virtuous. When I arrived in India a few weeks ago to complete the Rickshaw Run, I realized that mentality wouldn’t work. With a 7-horsepower, two-stroke engine, the auto-rickshaws we’d be steering across India run at an average of 35 mph.
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