Outdoorsy Women+ Book Pod

Author, Johanna Garton, unravels the mystery of mountaineer Christine Boskoff’s disappearance in the remote mountains of China with her partner, Charlie Fowler. The story of her death and the subsequent search for her body shined a light on the story of her impressive life as a young mountaineer and guide—summitting more 8000 meter peaks than any other woman had in the early 2000s and taking over the famed guiding service Mountain Madness after the tragic death of Scott Fischer. Book Mentions from the episodeEdge of the Map by Johanna Garton Into Thin Air by John Krakauer Thirty Below by Cassidy Randall To the Greatest Heights by Vanessa O’Brien Mountaineering Women by Joanna Croston Running While Black by Alison Mariella Desir Connect with author Johanna GartonJohanna Garton on Instagram Johanna Garton’s Website Join the Outdoorsy Women+ Book ClubBook Club | Rugged Outdoorswoman  Connect with host Christine ReedChristine Reed on Substack  Read Christine’s Review of Edge of the Map Christine Reed on Instagram  Check out the See Her Outside podcastSee Her Outside podcast Website  Thanks to our sponsorsRocky Mountain Books  Sawyer Products  use code OUTDOORSYBOOKCLUB for 20% off Lemosho  use code CHRISTINE15 for 15% off Kula Cloth  use code OUTDOORSYBOOKCLUB for 10% off CreditsProduced by: Christine ReedMusic: Beginnings by CoralsSupport the show

After becoming a rock-climber, leaving her party-girl ways behind, and meeting her wonderful husband, Melissa knew she'd found happiness in life. Then an electrocution accident brought her career as a sponsored climber crashing down. The support of her husband and community and a team of doctors set on repairing her badly damaged hands, allowed her to think: "Maybe I will climb again." Book Mentions from the episodeClimbing Through by Melissa Strong Rocky Mountain National Park: A Complete Hiking Guide by Lisa Foster A Lady’s Life in the Rocky Mountains by Isabella Bird Connect with author Melissa StrongMelissa Strong on Instagram Melissa Strong’s Website Join the Outdoorsy Women+ Book ClubBook Club | Rugged Outdoorswoman  Connect with host Christine ReedChristine Reed on Substack  Read Christine’s Review of Climbing Through Christine Reed on Instagram  Thanks to our sponsorsRocky Mountain Books  Sawyer Products  use code OUTDOORSYBOOKCLUB for 20% off Lemosho  use code CHRISTINE15 for 15% off Kula Cloth  use code OUTDOORSYBOOKCLUB for 10% off CreditsProduced by: Christine ReedMusic: Beginnings by CoralsSupport the show

Dive into a powerful conversation with Virginia Eubanks, a leading journalist and political science professor at SUNY Albany, as she shares insights from her new memoir, A Guide to Open Water Lifesaving. Discover how the principles of open water and wilderness rescue can illuminate the path for caretakers of loved ones with PTSD. Book Mentions from the episodeA Guide to Open Water Lifesaving by Virginia Eubanks Unsupported by Bethany Adams Open Water Lifesaving – The United States Lifesaving Association Manual (3rd Edition  How Emotions are Made by Lisa Feldman Barrett Seven and a Half Lessons about the Brain by Lisa Feldman Barrett The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk Wild by Cheryl Strayed Strangers Drowning by Larissa MacFarquhar Connect with author Virginia EubanksVirginia Eubanks on Instagram Virginia Eubanks’ Website Join the Outdoorsy Women+ Book ClubBook Club | Rugged Outdoorswoman  Connect with host Christine ReedChristine Reed on Substack  Read Christine’s Review of A Guide to Open Water Lifesaving Christine Reed on Instagram  Thanks to our sponsorsRocky Mountain Books  Sawyer Products  use code OUTDOORSYBOOKCLUB Lemosho  use code CHRISTINE15 Kula Cloth  use code OUTDOORSYBOOKCLUB CreditsProduced by: Christine ReedMusic: Beginnings by CoralsSupport the show

Discover the grit and determination that propelled Bethany to achieve over a hundred Fastest Known Time records and advocate for women in outdoor sports. Christine and Bethany delve into the challenges faced on the trail, the importance of community, and the transformative power of nature.  Book Mentions from the episodeUnsupported by Bethany Adams Blood Sweat Tears edited by Christine Reed In the Shadow of the Mountain by Silvia Vasquez-Lavado Connect with author Bethany AdamsBethany Adams on Instagram Bethany Adams on Substack Join the Outdoorsy Women+ Book ClubBook Club | Rugged Outdoorswoman  Connect with host Christine ReedChristine Reed on Substack  Read Christine’s Review of Unsupported Christine Reed on Instagram  Thanks to our sponsorsRocky Mountain Books  Sawyer Products  use code OUTDOORSYBOOKCLUB Lemosho  use code CHRISTINE15 Kula Cloth  use code OUTDOORSYBOOKCLUB CreditsProduced by: Christine ReedMusic: Beginnings by Corals Support the show

Journey with H.D. Carver, author of We Became Wild, and host Christine Reed on the Pacific Crest Trail. They discuss the importance of YA stories that show messy, “unlikeable”, and complicated characters. For girls and young women to understand that we aren’t done yet. Heather shares how she went from a kid who didn’t like reading to someone who longed to write something that kids like her could relate to.  Book Mentions from the episodeWe Became Wild by H.D. Carver Wild by Cheryl Strayed The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger The Solace of Open Spaces by Gretel Ehrlich Connect with author H.D. CarverH.D. Carver on Instagram H.D. Carver’s Website Join the Outdoorsy Women+ Book ClubBook Club | Rugged Outdoorswoman  Connect with host Christine ReedChristine Reed on Substack  Read Christine’s Review of We Became Wild  Christine Reed on Instagram  Thanks to our sponsorsRocky Mountain Books  Sawyer Products  use code OUTDOORSYBOOKCLUB Lemosho  use code CHRISTINE15 Kula Cloth  use code OUTDOORSYBOOKCLUB CreditsProduced by: Christine ReedMusic: Beginnings by Corals Support the show

Climb the trees with Marguerite Holloway, author of Take to the Trees: A Story of Hope, Science, and Self-Discovery in America’s Imperiled Forests, and host Christine Reed. Marguerite shares how her work in environmental journalism and a love of the natural world passed down by her mother led her to learn to climb trees in her 50s. A beautiful community of women helped her dig deeper into the impacts of climate change on every tree species she came across, but also cling to threads of hope. Book Mentions from the episodeTake to the Trees by Marguerite Holloway Climate Wayfinding by Katharine Wilkinson H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald My Journey to Lhasa by Alexandra David-Neel Connect with author Marguerite HollowayMarguerite Holloway on Instagram Marguerite Holloway’s Website Join the Outdoorsy Women+ Book ClubBook Club | Rugged Outdoorswoman Connect with host Christine ReedChristine Reed on Substack  Read Christine’s Review of Take to the Trees  Christine Reed on Instagram  Thanks to our sponsorsRocky Mountain Books  Sawyer Products  use code OUTDOORSYBOOKCLUB Lemosho  use code CHRISTINE15 Kula Cloth  use code OUTDOORSYBOOKCLUB CreditsProduced by: Christine ReedMusic: Beginnings by CoralsSupport the show

Heather Anderson and Christine Reed talk about long trails, processing grief in nature, and sharing ourselves with the public. Farther: Eight Months on America’s Triple Crown Trails is the epic story of Heather’s Calendar Year Triple Crown— a journey which helped her heal and earned her the title of National Geographic Adventurer of the Year. Book Mentions from the episodeFarther by Heather Anderson Thirst by Heather Anderson Mud Rocks Blazes by Heather Anderson Adventure Ready: A Hiker’s Guide to Planning, Training, and Resiliency by Katie Gerber and Heather Anderson Alone in Wonderland by Christine Reed What We Owe to Ourselves by Nicole Antoinette How to be Alone by Nicole Antoinette Connect with author Heather AndersonHeather Anderson’s Website Heather Anderson on Substack Heather Anderson on Instagram Join the Outdoorsy Women+ Book ClubBook Club | Rugged Outdoorswoman Connect with host Christine ReedChristine Reed on Substack  Read Christine’s Review of Farther Christine Reed on Instagram  Thanks to our sponsorsRocky Mountain Books  Sawyer Products Lemosho Kula Cloth CreditsProduced by: Christine ReedMusic: Beginnings by CoralsSupport the show

Climb through history with Joanna Croston, author of Mountaineering Women: Climbing Through History, and host Christine Reed. Joanna shares how a thread of interest in women’s mountaineering stories and a casual list she’d been compiling over the years prepared her to create this chronology and possibly more in the future.  Book Mentions from the episodeMountaineering Women by Joanna Croston Blood Sweat Tears edited by Christine Reed Thirty Below by Cassidy Randall A Light Through the Cracks by Beth Rodden Space Below My Feet by Gwen Moffat Honouring High Places by Junko Tabei To Live by Elisabeth Revol Annapurna: A Woman’s Place by Arlene Blum Waymaking edited by Helen Mort, Claire Carter, Heather Dawe, and Camilla Barnard Connect with author Joanna CrostonJoanna Croston on Instagram Joanna Croston on Facebook Join the Outdoorsy Women+ Book ClubBook Club | Rugged OutdoorswomanConnect with host Christine ReedChristine Reed on Substack  Read Christine’s Review of Mountaineering Women Christine Reed on Instagram  Thanks to our sponsorsRocky Mountain Books  Sawyer Products  Use code OUTDOORSYBOOKCLUB for 20% off products (excludes sun hoodies) CreditsProduced by: Maria Ordovas-MontanesMusic: The Garden by CoralsSupport the show

Join Bridget Crocker and Christine Reed as they wade through the challenges of being a woman in an overwhelmingly men’s space. Crocker’s memoir, The River’s Daughter, shines a light on the power structures of the riverrafting industry as she came up through the ranks as a guide in the nineties and early aughts, laying that beside the fraught dynamics of her childhood family dynamics and a thread of hope that wounds can be healed.  Book Mentions from the episodeThe River’s Daughter by Bridget Crocker Hotshot by River Selby Risk by Susan Norman Connect with author Bridget CrockerBridget Crocker’s Website Bridget Crocker on Substack Bridget Crocker on Instagram Join the Outdoorsy Women+ Book ClubBook Club | Rugged Outdoorswoman  Connect with host Christine ReedChristine Reed on Substack  Read Christine’s Review of The River’s Daughter Christine Reed on Instagram  Thanks to our sponsorsRocky Mountain Books  Sawyer Products  Use code OUTDOORSYBOOKCLUB for 20% off products (excludes sun hoodies) CreditsProduced by: Maria Ordovas-MontanesMusic: Sunflower by Corals Support the show

Join Cassidy Randall and Christine Reed as they explore the inspiring story of the first all-women’s ascent of Denali in 1970—unpacking the societal doubts and personal challenges they faced in order to quietly redefine what is possible for women in mountaineering. We wouldn’t be where we are today without the Denali Damsels.  Book Mentions from the episodeThirty Below by Cassidy Randall The Wager by David Grann Going Up is Easy by Lydia Bradey Enough by Melissa Arnot Reid Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer Touching the Void by Joe Simpson Wild by Cheryl Strayed Rising by Sharon Wood Heartwood by Amity Gaige Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy A Marriage at Sea by Sophie Elmhirst Connect with author Cassidy RandallCassidy Randall’s Website Cassidy Randall on Substack Cassidy Randall on Instagram Join the Outdoorsy Women+ Book ClubBook Club | Rugged Outdoorswoman  Connect with host Christine ReedChristine Reed on Substack  Read Christine’s Review of Thirty Below Christine Reed on Instagram  Thanks to our sponsorsRocky Mountain Books  Sawyer Products CreditsProduced by: Maria Ordovas-MontanesMusic: Skye by CoralsSupport the show

Laugh along with Blythe Roberson and Christine Reed as they talk National Park road trips and a boatload of book recommendations. What started out as a journey to challenge the gender narrative (or more specifically which gender gets to tell what narrative) becomes an exploration of conservation, ecotourism, and inequality. Book Mentions from the episodeAmerica the Beautiful? by Blythe Roberson How to Date Men When You Hate Men by Blythe Roberson Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert Wild by Cheryl Strayed Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee Brown Our History is the Future by Nick Estes Dispossessing the Wilderness by Mark David Spence The Uninhabitable Earth by David Wallace-Wells The Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth Kolbert Fieldwork by Iliana Regan How to Love Men When You Hate Men by Blythe Roberson Connect with author Blythe RobersonBlythe Roberson’s Website Blythe Roberson on Instagram Join the Outdoorsy Women+ Book ClubBook Club | Rugged Outdoorswoman  Connect with host Christine ReedChristine Reed on Substack  Read Christine’s Review of America the Beautiful? Christine Reed on Instagram  Thanks to our sponsorsRocky Mountain Books  Sawyer Products CreditsProduced by: Maria Ordovas-MontanesMusic: Beginnings by Corals Support the show

Black Bear and Lookout by Trina Moyles (Book Club) Discover how outdoor life, personal loss, and deep relationships shape the narratives of Trina Moyles' memoirs, Lookout and Black Bear. In this episode, we delve into her experiences as a fire lookout, her connection with bears, and how her storytelling explores love, identity, and environmental challenges. Book Mentions from the episodeBlack Bear by Trina Moyles Lookout by Trina Moyles Women Who Dig by Trina Moyles Burning Ground by Pearl Luke H is for Hawk by Helen MacDonald  How to Survive a Bear Attack by Claire Cameron The Bear by Claire Cameron Connect with author Trina MoylesTrina Moyles — Website & Field Notes Trina Moyles on Instagram Join the Outdoorsy Women+ Book ClubBook Club | Rugged Outdoorswoman  Connect with host Christine ReedChristine Reed on Substack  Read Christine’s Review of Black Bear Christine Reed on Instagram  Thanks to our sponsorsRocky Mountain Books  To submit a book proposal for consideration, check out: https://rmbooks.com/pages/submit-a-proposal  Sawyer Products CreditsHost: Christine ReedProduced by: Maria Ordovas-MontanesMusic: Evergreen by Corals Support the show

Join Christine Reed, author of Alone in Wonderland, for the Outdoorsy Women+ Book Pod. We interview authors of adventure stories by women and gender-expansive individuals in the outdoors. Explore the intersection of outdoor pursuits and the craft of storytelling, including behind-the-scenes insights into how these books are written. Read along and join the discussion with the Outdoorsy Women+ Book Club Find Christine on Substack and Instagram Shop the Outdoorsy Women+ Book Club Picks at the Rugged Outdoorswoman Bookshop Support the show