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Jan 4, 20223 min read
Kristen Berkeley - City girl who moved to the subarctic! Advocating diversity and inclusion outdoors
Kristen (she/her) is originally from Toronto and has been living in the Northwest Territories for nearly four years.
Jan 1, 20223 min read
Eleanor Carey - Adventurer and Ocean Rower, 2x GWR holder for rowing 2,400 miles
Eleanor Carey is the first Australian woman to row across the mid-Pacific Ocean. Rowing 2,400 miles from California to Hawaii.
Dec 30, 20214 min read
Julie Veloo - Canadian Adventurer for Good. Expeditions Chief, Horse Trek Mongolia
Born the youngest of 6 children and raised in small town in Northern B.C. Canada, Julie never expected she would end up in Mongolia, feeding
Dec 28, 20213 min read
Gowri Varanashi - Environmental Educator, Climber and founder of Climb Like A Woman (CLAW)
Gowri is a naturalist and environmental educator who loves finding an excuse to be outdoors in nature—and climbing is one of her favourite e
Dec 25, 20214 min read
Anna Taylor - Rock climber who recently completed a link up of all 83 Classic Rock climbs in the UK
Anna is an up and coming British trad climber based in the Lake District. She has multiple climbs in the E6-E8 range on her CV and favours b
Dec 23, 20214 min read
Annie Voigt - Running 1,000km solo from the lowest to highest point of Germany
Annie in her own words:
“My adventure career began with climbing, when I ticked off nearly every single box of "Mistakes to Avoid While Tra
Dec 21, 20213 min read
Pammy Johal - Founder and Operations Director of Backbone. Celebrating Diversity Through Adventure.
About Pammy:
Born in the 60’s in inner city Coventry to a Sikh immigrant family. At 16, a school trip introduced her to the mountains wher
Dec 18, 20213 min read
Ann Bancroft - First women to ski to both poles, and lead the first all women's expedition to the...
Minnesota native. Earned a teaching degree from the University of Oregon and taught a short few years before joining a team to dogsled to th
Dec 16, 20213 min read
Marcia Roberts - First woman to record an official time for cycling 1,725 miles from LEJOG and back
As she approached middle age, Marcia discovered a love for getting on her bike and riding a long way. In fact, when things got tough cycling
Dec 14, 20212 min read
Preeti Khattri - Engineer, trail runner, and founder of trail running company Nepal Trail Series.
“I come from the land of beyuls, the sacred valleys according to Himalayan Buddhism, where the physical and spiritual world connect with eac
Dec 11, 20213 min read
Debbie North - Wheelchair user, “Making the inaccessible accessible”
Since becoming a wheelchair user Debbie has campaigned tirelessly to break down barriers in all aspects of promoting accessibility for all.
Dec 9, 20214 min read
Jill Wheatley - Visually impaired, traumatic brain injury survivor. Adventuring in the mountains
“In the blink of an eye, I went from being an active, autonomous athlete to suffering a traumatic brain injury (TBI) that took 70% of my vi
Dec 7, 20213 min read
Anja Madhvani - Completing her first ultra the Marathon Des Sables with undiagnosed Pulmonary Tuberc
Anja Madhvani is a writer and drinks industry worker with a passion for adventure.
Anja studied classical piano performance at The Univers
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