Tough Girl Podcast
Episodes
Patricia Alcivar - Professional Boxer turned Mountaineer - Climbing Kilimanjaro (in 2 days!), Aconcagua & Mount Elbrus.
06 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Patricia Alcivar (Patty Boom Boom) was born on December 12, 1983 from parents who emigrated from Barranquilla, Colombia. She is one of four sisters wh...
Frankie Dewar - Writer, speaker and content creator, cycling 3,175km around the UK. Host of the Extraordinary Ordinary You Podcast.
04 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A lover of adventure: climbing, hiking, camping and fun, Frankie started biking in lock down and with very little experience took her second hand bik...
Zelzin Aketzalli (Trail Name: Quetzal) - First Mexican person to have completed the triple crown of hiking in America.
29 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Zelzin was born in Mexico city in the Iztapalapa neighborhood in Nov 1993. Since she was a girl, she was passionate about outdoor sports such as rowin...
Cadi Lambert - An Adventurous Girl - Blog on adventure, travel, fitness & mental health!
27 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Cadi in her own words: "Having lost a partner to suicide in 2014 I turned to being active in the outdoors to bring joy back into my life. Challengi...
Neruja Srikantharajah - An Unlikely Outdoor Adventurer - Pushing the importance of representation.
22 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Neruja shares more about her Tamil culture and her experiences with the outdoors. How she went from someone who didn't like being outside and never s...
Natalie Warren - Author of Hudson Bay Bound: Two Women, One Dog, Two Thousand Miles to the Arctic
20 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Natalie Warren is a Minneapolis-based author, scholar, and public speaker on environmental issues. A lifelong paddler and river lover, she canoed the...
Jai Bharathi - Award winning Motorcyclist, Traveller & Author. Over 100,000+ kms on motorcycles through 7 countries.
15 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jai Bharathi, an avid women motorcyclist, who co-founded the Hyderabad chapter of 'The Bikerni' an all-women motorcycle club in 2013. Jai has led moto...
Ann Raiho - A 2,000-mile journey by paddle from Minneapolis to Hudson Bay
13 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ann Raiho and Natalie Warren are childhood friends who in 2011 became the first women to paddle from Minneapolis to Hudson Bay following the 2,000-mil...
Alina "Abstract" Drufovka - Colombian-American artist and thru hiker (Appalachian Trail, Pacific Crest Trail & Israel National Trail).
08 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Alina "Abstract" Drufovka is a Colombian-American painter and illustrator based out of Philadelphia, PA. Alina has hiked the Appalachian Trail (2015...
Sacha Dench - an award-winning conservationist, adventurer and UN ambassador for Migratory Species.
06 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Sacha Dench (aka 'the human swan') is attempting something that has never been done before – a 3,000+ mile circumnavigation of Britain in a speciall...
Live video edition of the Tough Girl Podcast featuring PHASE Worldwide Patron Rosie Swale Pope MBE.
03 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This episode was filmed live (via Zoom) on the 31st March 2021 at 8pm and was live on the Tough Girl Challenges Youtube Channel. Thank you to all t...
Mariam Berrada - The @hijabi.hiker who is excited about sharing her journey into the outdoors #DiversifyOutdoors
01 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Mariam is known as the @hijabi.hiker on instagram her bio reads - A hijabi hiking around the UK to be inspired and inspire. Part time writer, wannabe...
Tania Aebi - solo circumnavigation of the globe in a 26-foot sailboat between the ages of 18 and 21, making her the first American woman and the youngest person (at the time) to sail around the world!
30 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In May 1985, when Tania was 18 years old, she cast off from the docks of South Street Seaport in lower Manhattan and sailed 27,000 miles around the wo...
Shadi Ganjavian-Connor - Fellow of the Royal Geographic Society and IBG Philanthropist, Adventurer, and founder of Team GC. #DareToBeDifferent
25 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Shadi is co-founder of a community interest company SHAPE Hampshire which provides Mind, Body and Education support to Hampshire Schools. Shadi i...
Liv Arnesen - First woman in the world to ski solo and unsupported to the South Pole (1994) – a 50-day expedition of 745 miles (1,200 km)
23 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Liv (pronounced 'leave') is a Norwegian educator, cross-country skier, adventurer, guide, and motivational speaker. Liv led the first unsupported wome...
Winnie Poaty - Congolese open water swimmer. Mental Wellness Advocate.
18 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Winnie shares her story in such a joyful and happy way, you can't help but smile listening to her talk. You can hear the passion she has for getting o...
Marie Cheng - Avid outdoor and adventure enthusiast, dog mum, and founder of Three Peaks Adventures.
16 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Marie in her own words: Hi there, my name is Marie and I'm based in the North of England in Sheffield after moving from London in November 2019. ...
Sue Barrett - First 'Adventure Queen' Grant Winner - A mother and daughter human powered mountain adventure of 1,300 miles, through 8 countries along the spine of the Alps.
14 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Sue is a passionate trail runner, cyclist and hiker. During this episode Sue shares more about her life, the challenges she has faced as she ente...
TOUGH GIRLS TALK ABOUT: ENDURANCE & MENTAL RESILIENCE
12 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On Thursday 25th February myself and Laura Kennington hosted a live event for mountain sports retailer Ellis Brigham focusing on endurance and mental ...
Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner the first woman to scale all 14, 8,000-meter peaks without the use of supplementary oxygen.
11 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner's interest in mountain climbing developed while she was growing up in Spital am Pyhrn, Austria. Her greatest dream—climbin...
Yui Pow Redford - First Asian woman to visit every sovereign country in the world!
09 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Yui is an educator, writer, and accomplished traveller who has been to more than 200 countries and territories, including Antarctica and the Arctic. ...
Ashley Manning - A plus-size adventurer who promotes body inclusion, equity and diversity in the outdoors.
04 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ashley is a lover of the outdoors and is passionate about whitewater rafting and hiking. Ashley has been dreaming about hiking the Appalachian T...
Dani Reyes-Acosta - Athlete, advocate, and storyteller rewriting the narrative of who plays outside
02 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dani is a storyteller, strategist, advocate, and professional big mountain athlete redefining who plays outside and how we build community with others...
Helen Mort - Poet & Author - 'Never Leave The Dog Behind' who explores the relationship between people, dogs and the great outdoors.
25 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Helen Mort has published two poetry collections with Chatto & Windus, 'Division Street' (2013) and 'No Map Could Show Them' (2015). She won the F...
Lee Vue - Paddling the Mississippi River (2,300+ miles) and her team winning first place in the Women's Voyageur Division in the Yukon River Quest, paddling 444 miles in 53 hours.
23 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Lee Vue is a creative professional with deep knowledge in communications and digital strategy committed to social impact. She graduated from the Unive...
EmmaLucy Cole - The joys and challenges of being a solo woman researcher, explorer and biker. Sharing more about spending 2 years with a Bedouin tribe in Sinai.
18 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
EmmaLucy Cole is a UK-based speaker, writer, explorer and researcher. She is a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, Associate Fellow of Higher ...
Monisha Rajesh - Author of "Around the World in 80 Trains", Nat Geo Traveller Book of the Year.
16 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Monisha Rajesh is a British journalist and travel writer whose writing has appeared in Time magazine, The New York Times, The Guardian, Vanity Fair an...
Kat Young - Hiker & Blogger at Attitude over Ability - Hiking the Coast to Coast UK, Alpine Pass Route, Switzerland and the South Island of New Zealand.
11 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Kat is a climate change consultant based in Oxfordshire. Striving for a healthy work-life balance Kat spends as much time as possible outdoors, mostly...
Santia Deck - Professional athlete making history as the highest paid Female Professional American Footballer.
09 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Queen Of Abs, Santia Deck, is a history-making Female Professional American Footballer and Social Media Influencer with over 700,000 loyal and en...
Kim Ingleby - International Award Winning Mind & Body Coach. Passionate about helping people embrace fear, grow their confidence, and take action.
04 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Kim in her own words I'm Kim Ingleby, Multi Award Winning Mind Body Coach, Author and TEDx Speaker. With a passion and purpose to help you...
Sophia Danenberg - The first African American and first Black woman to climb Mount Everest.
02 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In 2006 Sophia became the first African American and first Black woman to climb Mount Everest in the Himalayas. Sophia first major climb was at Mt ...
Lauren Woodwiss - Setting the WR for the fastest female pair to row the Atlantic Ocean & 8 weeks later coming 4th female in the Marathon des Sables!
28 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In 2019, Lauren Woodwiss, alongside her friend Jemma Rix, set the World Record for the fastest female pair to row across the Atlantic Ocean. 8 ...
Genny Brown - Aiming to be the first Aruban to ski to the South Pole and raise awareness on the devastating effects of Lyme Disease.
26 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Genny is from the sunny Dutch Caribbean Island of Aruba and moved to London 12 years ago. Prior to moving to the UK, Genny attended the University of ...
Katie Holmes - Independent sports historian writing about women's distance running and sharing stories of female runners over 50.
21 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Katie Holmes is a UK-based runner and charity consultant who loves cross country, track and park run. On her website she shares the stories of female ...
Nazia Khatun - An award winning fitness specialist, connecting neuroscience and fitness to help you fall in love with yourself
19 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Nazia has been defying stereotypes from an early age, from fitting into her role as an athlete and what would be accepted as a Bangladeshi female. ...
Renata Chlumska - Adventure athlete who became the first Swedish and Czech woman to climb Mount Everest and in 2005 did a circumnavigate of the lower 48 States of the United States by her own power.
14 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
During a journey to Nepal and the Himalayas, she first began to dream about climbing the world's highest mountain herself. And – following four yea...
Alice Dearing - British Marathon swimmer. World and European Junior Champion. Co-founder of Black Swimming Association.
12 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Alice is currently the only black person swimming for Britain on senior team. She is the World Junior marathon swim champion (2016). and is training t...
Jeannette McGill - 1st South African woman to summit Manaslu, the 8th highest mountain in the world.
07 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jeannette is the 1st South African woman to summit Manaslu, the 8th highest mountain in the world. She is also the first South African to ever attem...
Lola Akinmade Åkerström - Award-winning writer and travel photographer exploring culture through food, tradition, and lifestyles.
05 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Lola has photographed and dispatched from 70+ countries for various publications. She is the 2018 Travel Photographer of the Year Bill Muster Award ...
Jen McMahon and Kara Wilson - Road to 50 Miles
31 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"Road To 50 Miles" chronicles the journey of two women as they train for and run a 50-mile race, an ultramarathon. Their journey leads them on a dis...
Alison Walker - UK-based Malaysian ultra-runner completing the Smog Graham Round running over 300-kilometres in 54 hours and 33 minutes
29 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Alison Walker is a U.K. based Malaysian ultra runner who started running ultras in 2019. Alison holds several fastest Malaysian ultra times and h...
Gillian Larson - Thru-rider, riding over 10,000 miles through the most remote and wild places in the US with her equine teammates.
24 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Gillian Larson and her equine partners have accomplished numerous long distance solo rides on remote wilderness trails in the U.S. Together they have ...
Megan Al-Ghailani - Youngest woman to run from John O'Groats to Lands End (JOGLE) completely solo and unsupported.
22 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Megan is a runner, writer and adventurer from Manchester, UK. Megan in her own words: "I'm a relentless optimist who always tries to say ...
Charlotte Fowles - The Executive Adventurer, solo hiking whilst on chemotherapy & crossing the Australian outback in a 4x4 truck!
17 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Charlotte Fowles - also known as The Executive Adventurer - helps corporate leaders who are frustrated, lost or bored to rediscover their purpose, pa...
Marinel de Jesus - Lawyer, writer, avid mountain trekker and a full-time global mountain nomad #BeAPeakExplorer
15 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Marinel de Jesus was a former human rights lawyer from Washington, DC. In 2016, she founded her social enterprise, Peak Explorations, and media site...
Chemmy Alcott - 4X Winter Olympian and one of Great Britain's greatest ever skiers!
10 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
As a 4x Winter Olympian, a career high ranking of 8th in the World, 7x British National Overall Champion and the only British female skier to ever win...
Namira Salim - Space Diplomat, Future Astronaut, & Pioneering Polar Explorer!
08 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Namira Salim, a Space Diplomat, Future Astronaut, Pioneering Polar Explorer and Artist, is a prominent Pakistani based in the Principality of Monaco s...
Jean Muenchrath - Hiking, skiing and exploring wild places. Author of, "If I Live Until Morning, A True Story of Adventure, Tragedy and Transformation"
03 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Jean Muenchrath's passion for hiking, skiing and exploring wild places began as a child in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado. In 1982 she skied 223 mile...
Tazneem Anwar - aka Taz @ThisHijabiRuns. Championing diversity in running. Founder and Run Leader at Wycombe Women's Run Club.
01 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Tazneem is a UKA Run Leader, and works with ASICS Frontrunner. Her aim to inspire more women from the Black and Minority Ethnic communities to run. Ta...
Katie Visco - Adventurer and ultra endurance runner - Ran across America 2009 and ran across Australia in 2019!
26 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Katie Visco, who has been called a "bubbly and offbeat running, biking, soup-making, people-loving, community-building exclamation mark," started runn...
Amazin LeThi - Athlete and Global Advocate for LGBTQ equality in sports
24 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Amazin LêThi was born in Saigon where she was left in an orphanage by her mother. Amazin was then adopted by a white Australian family and became a ...
Amy Palmiero-Winters - Extreme Ultra Endurance Athlete and first female amputee to finish Western States and the Badwater Ultramarathon!
19 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Amy is a professional athlete, career-woman, mother and the founder of the One Step Ahead Foundation. After losing her left leg below the knee du...
Loretta Claiborne - Special Olympics Athlete, World-class runner and motivational speaker.
17 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Loretta was one of 9 children, and lived with her single mum and siblings. Loretta was born partially blind and intellectually challenged, she was una...
Tracy Edwards MBE - Round the World Sailor and Social Activist currently running The Maiden Factor Foundation fighting for the rights of all girls to an education
12 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Tracy was expelled from school at the age of 15 and with no exams or qualifications she left to travel the world. She began working on charter yachts ...
Susan Doram - Covert Adventurer, Pfaffing & spending 2.5 years cycling around the world!
10 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Susan took up cycling as a hobby about 10 years ago and since then has gone on to spend over 2 and a half years on a cycle tour around the world. ...
Dr Kerri Andrews - Author of Wanderers: A History of Women Walking
05 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Kerri Andrews is Senior Lecturer in English Literature at Edge Hill University. She writes about literary history, particularly untold or forgotten hi...
Khadijah Diggs - Team USA and Silver IronMan All-World Triathlete. Her mission is to Promote a Positive Image of Muslim Women and Islam in General through Sport.
03 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"I want to change the world, one race at a time" - Khadijah Diggs Khadijah is Mother, Project Manager and a Team USA and Silver IronMan All-World T...
Claire Hughes - Doing the Rickshaw Run in India, as well as being part of a mixed crew to row across the Atlantic Ocean, earning her a World Record!
29 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
When Claire hit 30, far from settling down and considering herself approaching middle age, she discovered a new lease of life and re-engaged with...
Dr. Betty Holston Smith - 79 years young, running 60 to 100 miles per week, sharing her knowledge about running, health and fitness.
27 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
At 79 years young, Dr. Betty Holston Smith has the fitness level of your average 30-year old and looks at least 20 years younger than she is! Dr....
Hetty Key - Adventurer and Lead Researcher into Women in Adventure - Investigating the association between the outdoors and mental wellbeing in women.
22 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Hetty in her own words: I live for adventure. Being outdoors is more than a hobby to me - I thrive on it, rely on it and couldn't imagine life with...
Jools Walker - AKA Lady Velo, is a cycling advocate, activist, blogger, presenter and award winning author.
20 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Jools shares more on her award-winning blog, VéloCityGirl, which focuses on different aspects of cycling, including cycle-style, her own adventures ...
Deana Ortega a badass single mom who has jammed her way around the roller derby circuit for the past 12 years. Author of My Derby Romance.
15 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Deana Ortega is a badass single mom who has jammed her way around the roller derby circuit for the past 12 years. Having overcome addiction, negotiate...
Sara Safari - Aiming to be the first Iranian to climb the Seven Summits (only Mt. Everest to go!) and trekking 335 miles across the largest ice cap in the world, Greenland.
13 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Sara Safari is an author, speaker, mountain climber, college professor, Electrical Engineer and advocate for women empowerment. Sara was born in ...
Catherine Dixon (Cat) and Rachael Marsden (Raz) cycling around the world to set a new WR for being the fastest women to circumnavigate on a tandem!
08 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Catherine Dixon (Cat) and Rachael Marsden (Raz) – known as TandemWOW – had an ambition to raise £1 a mile as they cycled around the world on a ta...
Ruqsana Begum - Muay Thai world champion in 2016, and the world's first female Muslim boxing champion
06 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
As a young woman from a Bangladeshi, Muslim family, Ruqsana struggled for years to balance her faith and culture with the fast, furious and brutal spo...
Cath Pendleton - First Person to swim one mile inside the Antarctic Polar Circle!
01 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On 22nd February 2020, Welsh ice swimmer Cath Pendleton made history by becoming the first person to ever swim an Ice Mile inside the polar Antarctic ...
Cara Yar Khan - Humanitarian and Disability Advocate sharing more about her life and doing a 12-day Grand Canyon descent and expedition on horseback
29 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
International human-rights advocate, Cara Elizabeth Yar Khan, deep in the throes of an aggressive, fatal muscle-wasting disease, ventures out on a dar...
Ashly Winchester - Ultra runner focused on FKT's (Fastest Known Times) & Host of Womxn Of The Wild Podcast
24 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Ashly Winchester an avid ultra-runner, backpacker, rock climber, and mountaineer. She also loves chasing FKT's (Fastest Known Times) and revels in imm...
Vedangi Kulkarni - The youngest woman to have circumnavigated the world on bicycle. 160 days to pedal 29,000km, across 14 countries!
22 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Vedangi Kulkarni recently became the youngest woman to have circumnavigated the world on bicycle. It took her 160 days to pedal 29000km, across 14 cou...
Rosaria Barreto - Movement is Medicine - using exercise to help women and seniors with clinical health conditions
17 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Rosaria "Rosie" Barreto, also known as the Vitality Coach, helps women and seniors live happier and healthier through the power of exercise! With a ba...
Darcy Gaechter - First woman to kayak the Amazon River, 4,300 miles from the source to the sea!
15 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Darcy Gaechter is the first and only woman to kayak the Amazon River from source to sea. She has been whitewater kayaking for twenty-one years an...
Rhiane Fatinikun - Founder of Black Girls Hike UK and Tales of a Hiker.
10 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Black Girls Hike (BGH) is a safe space for black women to enjoy the outdoors and be themselves without feeling judged or misunderstood. It's is abou...
Kristin Knight Pace - Finishing the 2015 Yukon Quest a 1,000 Mile Sled Dog Race and the 2016 Iditarod.
08 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In 2009, after a crippling divorce that left her heartbroken and directionless, Kristin decided to accept an offer to live at a friend's cabin outside...
Dr. Tekemia Dorsey - Ironman & CEO of the International Association of Black Triathletes (IABT)
03 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Tekemia Dorsey is the CEO of the International Association of Black Triathletes, and Owner of IABT MultiSport Racing. Dr. Dorsey is the founder of...
Carla Molinaro - Breaking the women's record for Land's End to John O'Groats, running the length of Britain in just 12 days, 30 minutes and 14 seconds!
01 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Carla in her own words: I am an elite ultra runner, running coach and adventurer who seeks out events that are slightly harder than the average. I ...
Lauren Gay - Travel Blogger & Podcaster - Inspiring black women to embrace nature and outdoor recreation through adventure.
27 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Lauren is a single mom with a propensity for adventures, travel, and nature. Lauren works as a travel writer and social media influencer who is passio...
Alexandra Nemeth the first Hungarian to climb the 7 summits!
25 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Alex in her own words: I had my first taste of climbing mountains in March 2012 when I made a solo three-week trek in the Nepal Himalayas. The ex...
Alicia Doyle - Journalist & Author of 'Fighting Chance', winner of 2 Golden Gloves championship titles and named, The California Female Fight of the Year in 2000
20 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Fighting Chance is written by Alicia Doyle, an award-winning journalist who discovered boxing at age twenty-eight in the late 1990s when she went on a...
Lipa Nessa - Sports Activist, Coach & Co-founder of the 'I Think She's Offside' Podcast
18 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Lipa was formally a semi-professional footballer and now she's a grassroots coach and sports activist. Lipa's passion for football is constantly grow...
Ailsa MacDonald - Ultra Runner and Distance Triathlete, Canadian National Champion for 100 miles & Ironman Canada 2018 winner.
13 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Ailsa, 39, is an ultra endurance athlete who has a passion for long distances races and triathlons! Ailsa holds six course records and two overall win...
Nicole Snell - CEO Girls Fight Back, Solo Adventurer, Hike Lead @blackgirlstrekkin
11 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Nicole purchased Girls Fight Back in 2020 because of her passion for empowering women and helping others. She is dedicated to bringing the message of ...
Sarah Williams - Reflections on 2019 & and the start of 2020. Plus answering questions from the Tough Girl Tribe.
07 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On the 5th Year Anniversary of the Tough Girl Podcast I've taken this as an opportunity to share more about what's been going on over the past 12 mont...
Mya-Rose Craig - "Bird Girl" - 18-year-old British Bangladeshi top world teen birder, conservationist and environmentalist
06 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Mya-Rose in her own words: "I love birds and wildlife & am a naturalist, conservationist and environmentalist wanting to save our planet and everyt...
Saray Khumalo - Zambia-born South African explorer and mountaineer. In May 2019, she became the first Black African woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
04 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Saray is the first black African woman to ski to the South Pole and summit Mt Everest 66 years after the mountain was first summited in 1953. Sa...
Zahrah Mahmood - aka 'The Hillwalking Hijabi' sharing more about her passion for hill walking and climbing Ben Nevis, Scotland.
04 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Zahrah is a Muslim woman of South Asian heritage, who lives in Scotland. Zahrah got into hiking three years ago when a friend took her out for a walk ...
Karen Darke - Modern-day 'Alchemist', passionate about turning challenge into opportunity and transforming the difficult stuff into 'gold'
04 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Karen Darke is a British Paraplegic adventurer, athlete and author. Karen was a keen runner and mountaineer (climbing both Mont Blanc and the Matterho...
Lungi Mchunu - Intrepid Sailor, Adventurist, Explorer, Speaker and Climate Change Activist.
04 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
After a year of facing her childhood fear of open seas, Lungi wrote her name in history by being the first African female to sail to the Arctic on her...
Nikki Love - Adventure Runner, Ran 63 marathons in 63 days in 2017. Training to run 2,500 miles on a treadmill in 63 days…
30 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Nikki in her own words; I'm here to do my best, be my best, have a blast and meet as many people as I can along the way. I'm Chasing Extraordinary!...
Jana Paremoud - Climbing the Matterhorn and starting an Adventure Travel company during the pandemic!
28 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Jana was born in Russia, and her parents moved to the U.S. when she was 12. Her first experiences with hiking was heading out with her parents to New ...
Anoushé Husain - Para-climber, cancer survivor & co-founder of Para Climbing London!
23 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Anoushé works as a civil servant, and also writes, speaks and campaigns to encourage people that sport can be done by everyone, regardless of phys...
Michelle Griffith-Robinson OLY - Former GB Olympian, wife, mother of 3, lifestyle coach, personal trainer and Ambassador for Diabetes UK
21 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Michelle Griffith-Robinson OLY is a former Olympic athlete who represented Great Britain in the Triple jump. Michelle was the first woman in the UK ...
Selene Yeager - 'The Fit Chick', Pro Mountain Bike Racer, Author & All-American Ironman triathlete
14 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Selene Yeager is a top-selling professional health and fitness writer who lives what she writes as a NASM certified personal trainer, USA Cycling cert...
Paula McGuire - Everyday adventurer, anxiety survivor, trier, fail-er, author. Currently trying something new every day in 2020.
09 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Paula is an adventurer, speaker and author, but, most of all, she's a trier. For thirty years Paula suffered crippling anxiety, panic attacks and depr...
Sabrina Pace-Humpreys - Ultra runner, going from Anxiety to Accomplishment - Running the Marathon des Sables and challenging Rural Racism
07 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Sabrina a 42 year young mum of 4 and grandmother of 2, comes on the Tough Girl Podcast to share more about her early life, dealing with racism from a ...
Jessica "Dixie" Mills - Thru-Hiker & Vlogger walking 500 miles on the Camino de Santiago (the French Way)!
02 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We have been following Jessica (Trail name - Dixie) since 2016 when we first spoke with her about her thru hike of the Appalachian Trial, we then caug...
Sally Gunnell - The only woman to hold the World, Olympic, European, and Commonwealth Gold Medals at the same time!
30 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Sally Gunnell is an Olympian who won Olympic gold in the 1992 400-meter hurdles and took gold at the 1993 World Championships in the 400-meter hurdle...
Elisabet Barnes - Queen of the Desert Ultra, 2x winner of Marathon des Sables (2015/2017) - looking to transition out of competitive running.
25 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Elisabet is a Swedish ultra running athlete, who is also a two time winner of the toughest footrace on the planet - the Marathon des Sables - which sh...
Suzanne "Sunny" Stroeer - First woman to circumnavigate and summit Aconcagua in a single push - the Full 360!
23 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Sunny started leading multi-day backcountry trips in the mid-2000s as a student at Harvard College. She went on to obtain an MBA from Harvard Busine...
Alex Mason - Thru-Hiker turned Ocean Rower! Rowed the Atlantic Ocean - January 2020
18 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Alex, 36, is a multi-discipline adventurer, since 2015 she has hiked over 9,400 miles across America and New Zealand on the Pacific Crest, Appalachian...
Danielle Brown MBE - 2x Paralympic Gold Medallist,1st disabled athlete to represent England in the able-bodied team, Speaker & Inclusion Champion
16 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Danielle in her own words… "I've always had big dreams for my future. Even though I didn't always have a clear idea of what that success would lo...