MEET GEORGIA VERRY: FIGHTING FIT THROUGH MARTIAL ARTS Georgia Verry likes pink. She prefers her mouth guard with sparkles, and walking out to the sugary tunes of Britney Spears’ “Hit Me Baby One More Time”. Georgia could also most likely knock you out with a single blow. The 23 [...]
A BRIEF HISTORY OF WOMEN CLIMBING MOUNT EVEREST This season, Mt Everest has seen more successful summits than ever before. A record number in excess of 700 summits has smashed the previous record of 667 set in 2013. The recent news of Lhakpa Sherpa (44), from Nepal setting a new record [...]
HEAR THE CALL OF THE WILD: The best PODCASTS to fuel your adventurous spirit. If you are anything like me and you spend a bunch of time commuting Podcasts are a great way to fill in time, fuel your wanderlust, learn more about the wild and get inspired. I [...]
“When something gives you the chance to work on yourself in that way, gives you personal time and allows you to press pause and by extension, make you a better parent, partner and person, you have to make time for it.” As Ali pushed on towards the finish [...]
“Forget all the reasons why this has the potential to fail, and focus on the one reason why you could succeed.” Picture running a marathon. Now picture running a marathon in 38 degrees. Multiply this by 6, and voila, you have the infamous Marathon des Sables, a trail ultramarathon divided into [...]
INTERVIEW WITH FAITH DICKEY From the Californian desert, to the ragged peaks of the French Alps via the Czech Republic, you can find Faith Dickey seeking out the most daring gaps to set her highline. As one of the female pioneers of slacklining, Faith has established herself as an important figure [...]
"I love challenging myself physically and mentally in all sports and whatever life throws at me. I'm addicted to adrenaline and anything with two wheels. Female empowerment, progression of sport, French Bulldogs, marketing and media is my passion.” Caroline Buchanan is a woman on a mission and we can’t get enough [...]
A MIRACULOUS JOURNEY BACK TO THE TRAILS Amanda was 18km away from the finish line of the Great Southern Endurance Run, a 180km ultramarathon running over the Victorian Alpine’s most unforgiving terrain. And she was leading the women’s field by a country mile. She had been running for over 40 hours [...]
LET US GRANT YOUR ADVENTURE WISH The Tavel Play Live Women’s Adventure Grant is not about ‘Insta-worthy’ pictures of smiling women with perfect hair or pink washing the adventure space. It is a genuine effort to improve the visibility of women’s participation, skills and sense of achievement, promoting tangible [...]
GUT HEALTH AND WHAT YOU CAN DO TO IMPROVE IT With the increasingly alarming diagnosis of digestive issues such as Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Crohn’s disease and celiac disease, it is no surprise that we are hearing more and more about the importance of gut health. Specialised books, fermented foods and hip kombucha [...]
