Adventuress

The twenty women profiled in this collection are from avariety of backgrounds and cultures. One thing they all have incommon is a deep desire for adventure. There’s Belén Castellówho left the comfort of a high-profile job to explore the worldon her bike; Gina Johansen who skied solo across the ArcticFinnmarksvidda plateau; Alienor Le Gouvello who horse trekkedover 3,300 miles across Australia; Cal Major who SUPed thelength of the UK to raise awareness of ocean plastic pollution;and other women, who tell of how they listened to their owninner voice, bucked tradition, and gave it everything they had.Told in their own words, their fascinating stories are illustratedwith jaw-dropping photographs of their adventures—onpasses in the Swiss Alps; under the stars in Hawaii; throughIceland’s lava fields; deep in the Guyanese jungle; from Mexico’sunderwater caves to the Sequoia forests of California. Fromthe ocean’s deepest canyons to the earth’s highest peaks,these extraordinary women offer readers the inspiration andencouragement they need to pursue their dreams—whateverthey are, wherever they may be.