Tough Girl Podcast 2021

Every episode is full of inspiring stories of women overcoming great challenges.

The Tough Girl Podcast won the Shextreme Best Adventure Podcast Award in 2019 & the Women's Sports Trust #BeAGameChanger National Award for Media Initiative of the Year 2018.

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Zelzin Aketzalli (Trail Name: Quetzal) - First Mexican person to have completed the triple crown of hiking in America. * 29th April *	Cadi Lambert An Adventurous Girl - Blog on adventure, travel, fitness & mental health! * 27th April *	Neruja Srikantharajah An Unlikely Outdoor Adventurer - Pushing the importance of representation. * 22nd April *
Natalie Warren Author of Hudson Bay Bound: Two Women, One Dog, Two Thousand Miles to the Arctic * 20th April *	Jai Bharathi Award winning Motorcyclist, Traveller & Author. Over 100,000+ kms on motorcycles through 7 countries. * 15th April *	Ann Raiho A 2,000-mile journey by paddle from Minneapolis to Hudson Bay * 13th April *
Alina “Abstract” Drufovka Colombian-American artist and thru hiker (Appalachian Trail, Pacific Crest Trail & Israel National Trail). * 8th April *	Mariam Berrada The @hijabi.hiker who is excited about sharing her journey into the outdoors #DiversifyOutdoors * 1st April *	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! * 30th March *
Shadi Ganjavian-Connor Fellow of the Royal Geographic Society and IBG Philanthropist, Adventurer, and founder of Team GC. #DareToBeDifferent * 25th March *	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) * 23rd March *	Winnie Poaty Congolese open water swimmer. Mental Wellness Advocate. * 18th March *
Marie Cheng Avid outdoor and adventure enthusiast, dog mum, and founder of Three Peaks Adventures. * 16th March *	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. * 14th March *	Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner The first woman to scale all 14, 8,000-meter peaks without the use of supplementary oxygen. * 11th March *
Yui Pow Redford First Asian woman to visit every sovereign country in the world! * 9th March *	Ashley Manning A plus-size adventurer who promotes body inclusion, equity and diversity in the outdoors * 4th March *	Dani Reyes-Acosta Athlete, advocate, and storyteller rewriting the narrative of who plays outside * 2nd March *
Helen Mort Poet & Author - ‘Never Leave The Dog Behind’ who explores the relationship between people, dogs and the great outdoors. * 25th February *	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. * 23rd February *	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. * 18th February *
Monisha Rajesh Author of “Around the World in 80 Trains”, Nat Geo Traveller Book of the Year. * 16th February *	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. * 11th February *	Santia Deck Professional athlete making history as the highest paid Female Professional American Footballer. * 9th February *
Kim Ingleby International Award Winning Mind & Body Coach. Passionate about helping people embrace fear, grow their confidence, and take action. * 4th February *	Sophia Danenberg The first African American and first Black woman to climb Mount Everest. * 2nd February *	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! * 28th January *
Genny Brown Aiming to be the first Aruban to ski to the South Pole and raise awareness on the devastating effects of Lyme Disease. * 26th January *	Katie Holmes Independent sports historian writing about women's distance running and sharing stories of female runners over 50. * 21st January *	Nazia Khatun An award winning fitness specialist, connecting neuroscience and fitness to help you fall in love with yourself * 19th January *
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. * 14th January *	Alice Dearing British Marathon swimmer. World and European Junior Champion. Co-founder of Black Swimming Association. * 12th January 2021 *	Jeannette McGill 1st South African woman to summit Manaslu, the 8th highest mountain in the world. * 7th January 2021 *
Lola Akinmade Åkerström Award-winning writer and travel photographer exploring culture through food, tradition, and lifestyles. * 5th January 2021 *

Zelzin Aketzalli (Trail Name: Quetzal) - First Mexican person to have completed the triple crown of hiking in America. * 29th April *	Cadi Lambert An Adventurous Girl - Blog on adventure, travel, fitness & mental health! * 27th April *	Neruja Srikantharajah An Unlikely Outdoor Adventurer - Pushing the importance of representation. * 22nd April *
Natalie Warren Author of Hudson Bay Bound: Two Women, One Dog, Two Thousand Miles to the Arctic * 20th April *	Jai Bharathi Award winning Motorcyclist, Traveller & Author. Over 100,000+ kms on motorcycles through 7 countries. * 15th April *	Ann Raiho A 2,000-mile journey by paddle from Minneapolis to Hudson Bay * 13th April *
Alina “Abstract” Drufovka Colombian-American artist and thru hiker (Appalachian Trail, Pacific Crest Trail & Israel National Trail). * 8th April *	Mariam Berrada The @hijabi.hiker who is excited about sharing her journey into the outdoors #DiversifyOutdoors * 1st April *	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! * 30th March *
Shadi Ganjavian-Connor Fellow of the Royal Geographic Society and IBG Philanthropist, Adventurer, and founder of Team GC. #DareToBeDifferent * 25th March *	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) * 23rd March *	Winnie Poaty Congolese open water swimmer. Mental Wellness Advocate. * 18th March *
Marie Cheng Avid outdoor and adventure enthusiast, dog mum, and founder of Three Peaks Adventures. * 16th March *	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. * 14th March *	Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner The first woman to scale all 14, 8,000-meter peaks without the use of supplementary oxygen. * 11th March *
Yui Pow Redford First Asian woman to visit every sovereign country in the world! * 9th March *	Ashley Manning A plus-size adventurer who promotes body inclusion, equity and diversity in the outdoors * 4th March *	Dani Reyes-Acosta Athlete, advocate, and storyteller rewriting the narrative of who plays outside * 2nd March *
Helen Mort Poet & Author - ‘Never Leave The Dog Behind’ who explores the relationship between people, dogs and the great outdoors. * 25th February *	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. * 23rd February *	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. * 18th February *
Monisha Rajesh Author of “Around the World in 80 Trains”, Nat Geo Traveller Book of the Year. * 16th February *	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. * 11th February *	Santia Deck Professional athlete making history as the highest paid Female Professional American Footballer. * 9th February *
Kim Ingleby International Award Winning Mind & Body Coach. Passionate about helping people embrace fear, grow their confidence, and take action. * 4th February *	Sophia Danenberg The first African American and first Black woman to climb Mount Everest. * 2nd February *	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! * 28th January *
Genny Brown Aiming to be the first Aruban to ski to the South Pole and raise awareness on the devastating effects of Lyme Disease. * 26th January *	Katie Holmes Independent sports historian writing about women's distance running and sharing stories of female runners over 50. * 21st January *	Nazia Khatun An award winning fitness specialist, connecting neuroscience and fitness to help you fall in love with yourself * 19th January *
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. * 14th January *	Alice Dearing British Marathon swimmer. World and European Junior Champion. Co-founder of Black Swimming Association. * 12th January 2021 *	Jeannette McGill 1st South African woman to summit Manaslu, the 8th highest mountain in the world. * 7th January 2021 *
Lola Akinmade Åkerström Award-winning writer and travel photographer exploring culture through food, tradition, and lifestyles. * 5th January 2021 *

TOUGH GIRL PODCAST 2021

Zelzin Aketzalli

(Trail Name: Quetzal) - First Mexican person to have completed the triple crown of hiking in America. *** 29th April ***

Cadi Lambert

An Adventurous Girl - Blog on adventure, travel, fitness & mental health! *** 27th April ***

Neruja Srikantharajah

An Unlikely Outdoor Adventurer - Pushing the importance of representation. *** 22nd April ***

Natalie Warren

Author of Hudson Bay Bound: Two Women, One Dog, Two Thousand Miles to the Arctic *** 20th April ***

Jai Bharathi

Award winning Motorcyclist, Traveller & Author. Over 100,000+ kms on motorcycles through 7 countries. *** 15th April ***

Ann Raiho

A 2,000-mile journey by paddle from Minneapolis to Hudson Bay *** 13th April ***

Alina “Abstract” Drufovka

Colombian-American artist and thru hiker (Appalachian Trail, Pacific Crest Trail & Israel National Trail). *** 8th April ***

Mariam Berrada

The @hijabi.hiker who is excited about sharing her journey into the outdoors #DiversifyOutdoors *** 1st April ***

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! *** 30th March ***

Shadi Ganjavian-Connor

Fellow of the Royal Geographic Society and IBG Philanthropist, Adventurer, and founder of Team GC. #DareToBeDifferent *** 25th March ***

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) *** 23rd March ***

Winnie Poaty

Congolese open water swimmer. Mental Wellness Advocate. *** 18th March ***

Marie Cheng

Avid outdoor and adventure enthusiast, dog mum, and founder of Three Peaks Adventures. *** 16th March ***

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. *** 14th March ***

Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner

The first woman to scale all 14, 8,000-meter peaks without the use of supplementary oxygen. *** 11th March ***

Yui Pow Redford

First Asian woman to visit every sovereign country in the world! *** 9th March ***

Ashley Manning

A plus-size adventurer who promotes body inclusion, equity and diversity in the outdoors *** 4th March ***

Dani Reyes-Acosta

Athlete, advocate, and storyteller rewriting the narrative of who plays outside *** 2nd March ***

Helen Mort

Poet & Author - ‘Never Leave The Dog Behind’ who explores the relationship between people, dogs and the great outdoors. *** 25th February ***

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. *** 23rd February ***

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. *** 18th February ***

Monisha Rajesh

Author of “Around the World in 80 Trains”, Nat Geo Traveller Book of the Year. *** 16th February ***

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. *** 11th February ***

Santia Deck

Professional athlete making history as the highest paid Female Professional American Footballer. *** 9th February ***

Kim Ingleby

International Award Winning Mind & Body Coach. Passionate about helping people embrace fear, grow their confidence, and take action. *** 4th February ***

Sophia Danenberg

The first African American and first Black woman to climb Mount Everest. *** 2nd February ***

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! *** 28th January ***

Genny Brown

Aiming to be the first Aruban to ski to the South Pole and raise awareness on the devastating effects of Lyme Disease. *** 26th January ***

Katie Holmes

Independent sports historian writing about women's distance running and sharing stories of female runners over 50. *** 21st January ***

Nazia Khatun

An award winning fitness specialist, connecting neuroscience and fitness to help you fall in love with yourself *** 19th January ***

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. *** 14th January ***

Alice Dearing

British Marathon swimmer. World and European Junior Champion. Co-founder of Black Swimming Association. *** 12th January 2021 ***

Jeannette McGill

1st South African woman to summit Manaslu, the 8th highest mountain in the world. *** 7th January 2021 ***

Lola Akinmade Åkerström

Award-winning writer and travel photographer exploring culture through food, tradition, and lifestyles. *** 5th January 2021 ***

(Trail Name: Quetzal) - First Mexican person to have completed the triple crown of hiking in America. * 29th April *

An Adventurous Girl - Blog on adventure, travel, fitness & mental health! * 27th April *

An Unlikely Outdoor Adventurer - Pushing the importance of representation. * 22nd April *

Author of Hudson Bay Bound: Two Women, One Dog, Two Thousand Miles to the Arctic * 20th April *

Award winning Motorcyclist, Traveller & Author. Over 100,000+ kms on motorcycles through 7 countries. * 15th April *

A 2,000-mile journey by paddle from Minneapolis to Hudson Bay * 13th April *

Colombian-American artist and thru hiker (Appalachian Trail, Pacific Crest Trail & Israel National Trail). * 8th April *

The @hijabi.hiker who is excited about sharing her journey into the outdoors #DiversifyOutdoors * 1st April *

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! * 30th March *

Fellow of the Royal Geographic Society and IBG Philanthropist, Adventurer, and founder of Team GC. #DareToBeDifferent * 25th March *

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) * 23rd March *

Congolese open water swimmer. Mental Wellness Advocate. * 18th March *

Avid outdoor and adventure enthusiast, dog mum, and founder of Three Peaks Adventures. * 16th March *

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. * 14th March *

The first woman to scale all 14, 8,000-meter peaks without the use of supplementary oxygen. * 11th March *

First Asian woman to visit every sovereign country in the world! * 9th March *

A plus-size adventurer who promotes body inclusion, equity and diversity in the outdoors * 4th March *

Athlete, advocate, and storyteller rewriting the narrative of who plays outside * 2nd March *

Poet & Author - ‘Never Leave The Dog Behind’ who explores the relationship between people, dogs and the great outdoors. * 25th February *

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. * 23rd February *

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. * 18th February *

Author of “Around the World in 80 Trains”, Nat Geo Traveller Book of the Year. * 16th February *

Hiker & Blogger at Attitude over Ability - Hiking the Coast to Coast UK, Alpine Pass Route, Switzerland and the South Island of New Zealand. * 11th February *

Professional athlete making history as the highest paid Female Professional American Footballer. * 9th February *

International Award Winning Mind & Body Coach. Passionate about helping people embrace fear, grow their confidence, and take action. * 4th February *

The first African American and first Black woman to climb Mount Everest. * 2nd February *

Setting the WR for the fastest female pair to row the Atlantic Ocean & 8 weeks later coming 4th female in the Marathon des Sables! * 28th January *

Aiming to be the first Aruban to ski to the South Pole and raise awareness on the devastating effects of Lyme Disease. * 26th January *

Independent sports historian writing about women's distance running and sharing stories of female runners over 50. * 21st January *

An award winning fitness specialist, connecting neuroscience and fitness to help you fall in love with yourself * 19th January *

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. * 14th January *

British Marathon swimmer. World and European Junior Champion. Co-founder of Black Swimming Association. * 12th January 2021 *

1st South African woman to summit Manaslu, the 8th highest mountain in the world. * 7th January 2021 *

Award-winning writer and travel photographer exploring culture through food, tradition, and lifestyles. * 5th January 2021 *