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    Preet Chandi - aka Polar Preet - 1st woman of colour to reach the South Pole
    • Feb 15
    • 3 min

    Preet Chandi - aka Polar Preet - 1st woman of colour to reach the South Pole

    Preet recently became the first woman of colour to complete a solo expedition in Antarctica. She completed the 700 miles in 40 days pulling
    Jessica Hepburn - Adventure Activist - Her journey to climbing Mt. Everest
    • Feb 8
    • 3 min

    Jessica Hepburn - Adventure Activist - Her journey to climbing Mt. Everest

    Jessica’s ‘adventure activism’ is, by her own admission, a bit of an accident as she hates exercise and considers herself to be the most unl
    Jessie Stevens - Youth Climate Activist, Cycled 570 miles from Devon to Glasgow for COP26
    • Dec 1, 2021
    • 3 min

    Jessie Stevens - Youth Climate Activist, Cycled 570 miles from Devon to Glasgow for COP26

    We first spoke with Jessie on October 19th 2021 where she shared more about her cycle challenge of riding 570 miles to Glasgow for COP26.
    Nahla Summers - WR for riding 5,000 miles on an ElliptiGO Bike across the UK while writing
    • Sep 14, 2021
    • 3 min

    Nahla Summers - WR for riding 5,000 miles on an ElliptiGO Bike across the UK while writing

    Nahla is a social change maker, a transformative coach, a podcaster, an accidental adventurer and a speaker.
    Belinda Kirk - Campaigner promoting the benefits of adventure for wellbeing.
    • Aug 21, 2021
    • 4 min

    Belinda Kirk - Campaigner promoting the benefits of adventure for wellbeing.

    An Explorer in her own right, Belinda has walked across Nicaragua, searched for camels in China's Desert of Death, discovered ancient rock p
    Ursula Martin - Walked 5,500+ miles across Europe from the Ukraine
    • Aug 17, 2021
    • 3 min

    Ursula Martin - Walked 5,500+ miles across Europe from the Ukraine

    Ursula Martin has spent the last two years walking alone from Kiev, Ukraine across Europe, over the Alps, to start on the Camino which would
    Ellen Piercy - Leading a double life of adventure and engineering.
    • Aug 12, 2021
    • 3 min

    Ellen Piercy - Leading a double life of adventure and engineering.

    I was a late starter to living more adventurously: in my late-thirties I realised that maybe I hadn’t left it too late and began to push my
    Vici Royle - Passionate Runner taking on her first 100K challenge - Race to the Castle!
    • Aug 7, 2021
    • 4 min

    Vici Royle - Passionate Runner taking on her first 100K challenge - Race to the Castle!

    Vici is a University administrator who finds her happy place in a pair of running shoes. She's been running for over 10 years, sparked by th
    Sarah Williams - Reflects on the end of 2020 and the start of 2021.
    • Aug 4, 2021
    • 4 min

    Sarah Williams - Reflects on the end of 2020 and the start of 2021.

    During this episode, I reflect back on the final 6 months of 2020 and the beginning of 2021.
    Dr. Katharine Ganly - Antarctic Doctor 2019-2021 (South Georgia, Bird Island & RRS James Clark Ross)
    • Jun 24, 2021
    • 3 min

    Dr. Katharine Ganly - Antarctic Doctor 2019-2021 (South Georgia, Bird Island & RRS James Clark Ross)

    Kat spent her early years in France and England, and has lived and studied in the Middle East (Syria, Egypt) prior to studying medicine, Kat
    Sacha Dench - an award-winning conservationist, adventurer and UN ambassador for Migratory Species.
    • Apr 6, 2021
    • 3 min

    Sacha Dench - an award-winning conservationist, adventurer and UN ambassador for Migratory Species.

    Sacha Dench (aka ‘the human swan’) is attempting something that has never been done before – a 3,000+ mile circumnavigation of Britain
    Live video edition of the Tough Girl Podcast featuring PHASE Worldwide Patron Rosie Swale Pope MBE.
    • Apr 3, 2021
    • 2 min

    Live video edition of the Tough Girl Podcast featuring PHASE Worldwide Patron Rosie Swale Pope MBE.

    This episode was filmed live (via Zoom) on the 31st March 2021 at 8pm and was live on the Tough Girl Challenges Youtube Channel.
    Anoushé Husain - Para-climber, cancer survivor & co-founder of Para Climbing London!
    • Jul 23, 2020
    • 2 min

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

    Anoushé works as a civil servant, and also writes, speaks and campaigns to encourage people that sport can be done by everyone, regardless o
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