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Woman With Altitude Presents: Higher Than Any Man!

Elise Wortley takes on Henriette d'Angeville's pioneering Mont Blanc climb.

Bessie Coleman: Black Female Explorers you Should Know About

"Black women ain't never goin' to fly..." “Black women ain’t never goin’ to fly”, Bessie Coleman’s brother told her in 1919, whilst...

Zora Neale Hurston: Black Women Explorers you Should Know About

"I have the nerve to walk my own way, however hard, in my search for reality, rather than climb upon the rattling wagon of wishful...

The Living Mountain

The Living Mountain is like no other book I've read before. It's a poetic homage to The Cairngorm mountain range in the eastern Highlands...

Guess Who's Back...Back Again...

Since returning from following in Alexandra David-Neels' footsteps, to be honest I've been a bit lost and confused. The expedition was a...

The Story of the Yak Wool Hat

Somewhere along the way, during the final six month stretch of her 14 year journey, Alexandra David-Néel came across a fur hat in a patch...

5 Books that Inspired my Journey

I've always loved books, so here are five of my favourites, which in some way or another have influenced the Woman with Altitude project:...

It was the Fashion Darling

This famous image of Alexandra David-Néel below will be the inspiration behind everything I'll be wearing on my journey. The image was...

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