Climbers

From Textile Designer to Thriving Outdoor Instructor. Empowering Women Through Outdoor Exploration and Leadership

Empowering Muslim Women in the Great Outdoors. Trekking to Everest, Broad Peak, and K2 Base camps, as well as summiting Mt. Kilimanjaro.

Professional rock climber. Following her passions, pushing her limits, and completing first ascents around the world.

Clinical Psychologist, queer vegan and a lover of all things outdoors. Awarded the Ultra Distance Scholarship in 2021 which is aimed at increasing representation of BAME cyclists in ultra distance cycling.

First female adaptive athlete to summit Aconcagua and row solo across the Atlantic Ocean!

First person to hand-cycle the Great Divide Mountain Bike Route from the Canadian border to the Mexico border.

Rock climber who recently completed a link up of all 83 Classic Rock climbs in the UK, while cycling 1,500 miles between them.

First Omani Woman to summit Mt Everest (2019) and First Arab Woman to summit Mt Amadablam (2021).

A plus-size outdoor adventurer and chiropractor on a mission to inspire and empower people to step into their power and live without limits. 

Award winning filmmaker, brand ambassador for Montane and current Ordnance Survey #GetOutside Champion

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

The first African American and first Black woman to climb Mount Everest.

Adventurer and Lead Researcher into Women in Adventure - Investigating the association between the outdoors and mental wellbeing in women.

The first Hungarian to climb the 7 summits!

Para-climber, cancer survivor & co-founder of Para Climbing London!

Running from the UK to Mongolia, finding stories of better ways of living in the climate crisis.

Solo climbing Mount Aconcagua and whitewater rafting the Grand Canyon!

Walking the Camino del Norte in Europe, walking the Kumano Kodo Trail in Japan and bike packing the length of Japan, over 4,000km!

Completed the Race Around Ireland in 2017, had a baby in 2018 and is riding in the Tour De France 2019!

Bike touring in Asia, climbing Denali and Aconcagua & finishing a 5,000 mile unsupported ski, kayak and bike from Arctic Russia in mid-winter, to the Bosporus Strait in Istanbul!

Current challenge - to be the first women to sail the 7 seas and to climb the highest summits of the world's 7 continents!

Associate Professor of planetary science at the University of Leicester, mountaineer, rower, rock climber, runner

Para-climber, Ambassador for @limbpower and public speaker, #AWA2017 winner for Sport and #SWOTY2017 Helen Rollason Award winner

From Challenge Sophie! 

From “Following The Arrows” Blog - The Adventures of a Pilgrim, Henro, Walker & Thru-hiker…: #70

From Mountain High - Her mission, to inspire people to step outside of their comfort zone!: The Tough Girl Podcast sponsored by Four Athletics!

First Welsh women to climb Mount Everest!

Climbing Coach and Outdoor Adventure Facilitator. Aiming to inspire and support women in their ambition to become independent rock climbers.

Her Quest for Adventure and Conservation, From Half Dome to Everest Base Camp. Empowering Youth Through Outdoor Education and Exploration.

Her love and passion for climbing and her work as Co-director of Climbers of Color (CoC) a platform for people to connect and teach Black people, people of color, and marginalized communities.

Adventure Athlete, Fellow of the RGS and Author of “Go Far: How Endurance Sports Help You Win At Life”.

Senior NHS Nurse and climber - sharing her love for the outdoors to inspire others to explore and be adventurous.

Adventure Activist - Her journey to climbing Mt. Everest and completing her “Pond to Peak” Challenge.

Visually impaired, traumatic brain injury survivor. Adventuring in the mountains around the world.

Leading a double life of adventure and engineering. Trained for an expedition to Svalbard 2022 and walking all 25 long distance trails in Cheshire #CheshireChallenge.

Planning and leading an expedition to climb Fox Jaw Cirque in East Greenland (2014)

Professional Boxer turned Mountaineer - Climbing Kilimanjaro (in 2 days!), Aconcagua & Mount Elbrus.

Athlete, advocate, and storyteller rewriting the narrative of who plays outside

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.

Aiming to be the first Iranian to climb the Seven Summits (only Mt. Everest to go!) and trekking 335 miles across the largest ice cap in the world, Greenland.

Modern-day ‘Alchemist’, passionate about turning challenge into opportunity and transforming the difficult stuff into ‘gold’

First woman to circumnavigate and summit Aconcagua in a single push - the Full 360!

Woman in the Wilderness: A Story of Survival, Love and Self-Discovery in New Zealand

Hiking the Annapurna Circuit in Nepal, backpacking the High Sierra Trail in California and trekking the Laugavegur Trail in Iceland!

First Lebanese women to climb the 7 Summits & going after the Explorers Grand Slam!

Bouldering in the Middle East: Using climbing to discover your country and culture, and empowering other Arab and Muslim women to do the same.  

Climber. Animal Lover. Physician. American Ninja Warrior. Surviving Cancer One Day At A Time

Surgeon for the NHS, Adventurer and only woman who walked with Robert Swan on the South Pole Energy Challenge in January 2018.

Climbing Kilimanjaro, cycling the length of New Zealand and spending 6 months cycling the Andes with Anna McNuff.

1st siblings and twins to climb the 7 Summits and reach the North and South Poles and complete the Explorers Grand Slam.

Running and Triathlon Coach and founder of Sparta Chicks!

Catching up with Mountaineer & Expedition Leader Jo Bradshaw discussing her summit of Mount Everest!

1st British woman to climb & paraglide from the summit of Mount Blanc, having ridden there from the UK on her motorbike!

One of only 46 female Winter Mountaineering Instructors (ever!), mountain bike, swim, run guide. Noisily taking up space in a male-dominated industry, bringing her peers along for the ride.

From Army Officer to Extreme Endurance Athlete. 12 challenges in 12 months. Including an Ironman, a multistage desert ultra-marathon, Mt. Aconcagua, and a 1000 mile self supported Lands’ End to John O’Groats cycle.

On a mission to summit all 14, 8000m peaks and become the youngest woman ever to do so.

Mum of 5. Ultra runner and high altitude mountaineer - completing the “High Double” Everest and Lhotse, followed by K2.

Adventurer and outdoor writer - Climbing all 282 of Scotland's Munros and walked 330km from her birthplace in Sheffield to her new home in Cockermouth, Cumbria.

Environmental Educator, Climber and founder of Climb Like A Woman (CLAW) - inspiring more women to climb in India.

Mountain Guide and Climber from India who is pushing the limits on rock, ice, and everything in between.

An adventurous mum whose aim is to inspire and encourage mums to adventure solo with kids.

Mountaineer & Mindset Coach. 1st Lebanese woman to summit Mt. Everest (2019) 

An Unlikely Outdoor Adventurer - Pushing the importance of representation.

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

Hiking, skiing and exploring wild places. Author of, “If I Live Until Morning, A True Story of Adventure, Tragedy and Transformation”

Ultra runner focused on FKT’s (Fastest Known Times) & Host of Womxn Of The Wild Podcast

Climbing the Matterhorn and starting an Adventure Travel company during the pandemic!

Thru-Hiker turned Ocean Rower! Rowed the Atlantic Ocean - January 2020

Mountaineer - Youngest woman to Summit Mt Everest from both the North and South sides at 21 years old.

Dealing with grief, climbing Mount Denali and a 7 summits update!

Fighting for Gender Equality with the InternationElles by riding the Tour De France 2019

CEO of She Ventures  |  Adventurer, entrepreneur and activist. Completed 6 of the 7 summits and going after the Explorers Grand-slam!

Professional mountaineer & first Australian woman to climb Mount Everest!

Oldest British women to summit Cho Oyu in 2016 and now heading to climb Ama Dablam in 2018!

Former Corporate Banker turned Mountaineer & one half of the all-female adventure team Dare two Do

43 married with 2 girls - diagnosed with an aggressive form of breast cancer, this is her story of survival, positivity and training for a triathlon while undergoing treatment.

1st woman to climb both sides of Mount Everest!

A mum-of-two, who has entered the world record books by becoming the fastest women to complete the Explorers’ Grand Slam challenge!

Explorer, Mountaineer & Expedition Leader