It may surprise you to learn, that trekking without any modern day clothing or equipment isn't actually all completely horrendous. In...

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...

I’ve been blown away by all the help I’ve been offered by friends, family and strangers since I started organising this expedition. The...

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: My Journey to Lhasa by Alexandra David-Néel This is the book that directly inspired the whole Woman with Altitude project, My Journey to Lhasa by Alexandra David-Néel. I first read this book when I was sixteen, and I just couldn't believe what Alexandra managed to achieve at a time when women just didn't do that sort of thing. Alexandra tra

Here are 5 of my favourite quotes from the one and only Alexandra David-Néel.

In 1911, Alexandra David-Néel left Paris for Northern India. This was the beginning of a 14 year journey through Asia, which would...