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Tough women adventure stories : stories of grit, courage and determination / edited by Jenny Tough.

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Summersdale, 2020.

Women adventurers.

Toughness (Personality trait)

9781787833005 (pbk.)

303 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.

Foreword / Jenny Tough -- Wild at heart / Aliénor le Gouvello -- Modern-day explorer / Ann Daniles -- Mango happy / Anna McNuff -- Where the musk oxen roam / Annie Lloyd-Evans -- Why me? / Anoushé Husain -- Alone in the Jungle / Antonia Bolingbroke-Kent -- Psiren song / Beth French -- Kayak-tivism / Carmen Kuntz -- The last of the nomads / Cat Vinton -- Soaking up the landscape / Emily Chappell -- Climb every mountain / Emma Svensson -- Ordinary things with extraordinary people / Ewa Kalisiewicz -- Tumping and tripping / Hannah Maia -- The great divide / Jenn Hill -- Pea and gravel soup / Julie Anne Christy -- Truly tough / Kate Rawles -- Building bridges / Misba Khan -- Moss/Tough skin / Paula Flach -- My why / Rea Kolbl -- In the face of fear / Rickie Cotter -- Learning to be tough / Sarah Outen -- It's just round the corner / Vedangi Kulkarni.

It's time we celebrated women in adventure. What does toughness mean to you? Perhaps it's being physically fit and mentally resilient. Perhaps it's doing something no one else has done before. Perhaps it's breaking down boundaries and proving what you can do, in spite of the naysayers. Perhaps it's travelling alone, immersing yourself in new cultures and meeting new people. Perhaps it's running ultramarathons in the blistering heat and beating off the competition. Perhaps it's conquering your fears. The badass adventurers in this collection are all fearless, intelligent, compassionate and curious about the world - and they all happen to be female. From ultra-distance bike-racing champions to world-first expeditions, they have set the bar high for what women are capable of. Let yourself be inspired by their stories of grit, courage, determination, triumph and heartbreak - you never know, it might lead to something incredible!

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