Elise (Lise) Wortley is an adventurer, writer and speaker on a mission to open up the outdoors space. Lise's community project Woman with Altitude, is dedicated to empowering people through the stories of pioneering women adventurers, while showing that adventure is not just about conquering or winning, but about connecting to people and the natural world. Lise's project has received widespread media attention, and her writing has featured in outlets such as The Guardian, The Financial Times and The Telegraph. Lise recently starred in Channel 4's ALONE, surviving 34 days in the Canadian wilderness, earning runner-up in this ultimate survival test in one of the most beautiful but challenging landscapes on earth.

Throughout her twenties, Lise suffered from severe anxiety, and endlessly searched for ways to relieve her mental health issues. Eventually she began to find some comfort in the outdoors, and inspiration in books about the ground-breaking stories and achievements of overlooked women adventurers. Now, Lise brings to life these women's incredible stories by literally walking in their footsteps, re-creating their expeditions using only what was available to them at the time. 

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Of course, these journeys are far from straightforward. Lise has discovered that hiking the valleys of Iran in hobnail boots, climbing a Himalayan mountain in a corset and sleeping on a rainy mountainside in tweed is a whole new level of complexity - especially without any modern expedition gear, hiking boots, waterproof clothing, or indeed, modern day sports bras...

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Lise is currently planning her next adventure and is attempting to sit still long enough to write her first book. 

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