See Her Outside: Stories From Women Who Adventure

Angie Lake | The GEA Alliance
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Get inspired with lessons from adventure that can't be learned indoors. Hear stories of women with a passion for the outdoors, from everyday athletes to activists breaking societal barriers to nature. By pushing limits in the wild, these women discover that they're more capable than they first thought-- and you are, too. Our nonprofit programs and adventure scholarships increase access to adventure for girls & women+, so that you'll always See Her Outside. Hosted by Angie Lake. Brought to you by the Alliance for Gender Equity in Outdoor Adventure.

  1. Aug 6

    🌲 What Makes a Fantastic Outdoor Leader: Resilience through a Rappelling Accident, NOLS Rejections, and Olympic Dreams with Jeannette Stawski

    On day 21 of an instructor course in the Wind River Range, Jeannette Stawski's rope dislodged a 250-pound boulder. It landed on her legs — 15 miles from the nearest trailhead, in a designated wilderness where no helicopter was coming fast. Since then, Jeannette has identified the ingredients that make a fantastic outdoor leader, and resilience is a muscle she's built through an entire career of setbacks that became pivots: Olympic dreams ended by back surgery, multiple NOLS rejections, and that day under the boulder. Jeannette and Angie talked about: Pivoting from pre-Olympic rowing camps to raft guiding in Glacier National Park after back surgery ended her Olympic dreamsGetting rejected by NOLS multiple times and how their coachable rejections shaped her careerThe rappelling accident in the Wind River Range and the rescue that followedThe gift she's giving her kids: a cross-country road trip to climb the Grand Teton without their parentsThe self-deprecation pattern in women outdoor leaders Check out these resources: The Outdoor Leader by Jeannette StawskiLeading ValiantlyJeannette on Instagram: @leadingvaliantlyJeannette on LinkedInGrand Canyon Rim-to-Rim, October 10, 2026 — women 50+The Cairn Project on IGThe Cairn Project's newsletterBecome a TrailblazerSummit Scholarship Foundation Like this episode? Leave a 5-star rating and review on your podcast app! You can help us close the gender gap outdoors and beyond: Become a Trailblazer. Your Adventure Fundraiser makes wilderness experiences possible for girls and women.Check out the Summit Scholarship Foundation.Send this episode to a friend who leads others outdoors. Make sure you subscribe to the See Her Outside Podcast so you don't miss a story! Follow on Spotify Subscribe on Apple Podcasts Listen on: Amazon, Pocket Casts, iHeartRadio, other platforms

    🌲 What Makes a Fantastic Outdoor Leader: Resilience through a Rappelling Accident, NOLS Rejections, and Olympic Dreams with Jeannette Stawski

  2. Jul 23

    ⛺ Campfire Stories from 70 Years Outdoors: Scout Wilkins on Idiot Badges, Animal Instincts, and Why Life Doesn't End at Any Age

    Meet a lifelong outdoor guide who has kept adventure in her life for 70 years and counting. You'll hear 7 campfire stories about what the wilderness has taught her. Scout Wilkins has been guiding since she was 11 years old — backpacking, horses and mules, rivers and canyons, winters as a ranch hand, a fire lookout tower in eastern Oregon, and these days guiding in places like the Zion Narrows. She has taken what she learned in the wilderness and mapped it over to the human-built environment: her trainings work to free people, systems, and cultures from being trapped in the idea that there is one right way. Check out these resources: Scout's personal coaching and guiding: TravelingLIGHT.lifeWordTrails — Scout's game to nurture an improvisational lifeGrand Canyon Rim-to-Rim, October 10, 2026 — women 50+The Cairn Project on IGThe Cairn Project's newsletterBecome a TrailblazerSummit Scholarship Foundation Like this episode? Leave a 5-star rating and review on your podcast app! You can help us close the gender gap outdoors and beyond: Become a Trailblazer. Your Adventure Fundraiser makes wilderness experiences possible for girls and women.Check out the Summit Scholarship Foundation.Send this episode to the Bessie Greener in your life — or the 22-year-old who needs one. Make sure you subscribe to the See Her Outside Podcast so you don't miss a story! Follow on Spotify Subscribe on Apple Podcasts Listen on: Amazon, Pocket Casts, iHeartRadio, other platforms

    ⛺ Campfire Stories from 70 Years Outdoors: Scout Wilkins on Idiot Badges, Animal Instincts, and Why Life Doesn't End at Any Age

  3. Jul 9

    The First Ukrainian Woman to Summit the Five Highest Mountains on Earth: What Mountaineer Antonina Samoilova Wants Women to Know About Fear

    Antonina Samoilova's mountaineering career began with a breakup, two weeks' notice, and a one-way ticket to Antarctica. Antonina is the first Ukrainian woman to summit the five highest mountains on Earth — Everest, K2, Kanchenjunga, Lhotse, and Makalu — and in 2024 she made history by summiting Everest and Lhotse in a single 24-hour push. She grew up as a city girl in central Ukraine with zero outdoor background, and her message for women is as direct as the routes she climbs: fear is a door, not a wall. Antonina and Angie talked about: Growing up in a landlocked city in Ukraine with no mountains and no outdoor role modelsHer first mountain — Kilimanjaro — and swearing she'd never climb again (she lied)The breakup that sent her to Antarctica on two weeks' notice, and how that trip changed everythingSummiting Everest just four months after AntarcticaRunning out of oxygen on Kanchenjunga at 8,400 meters — and her only option was to keep climbingSummiting Everest and Lhotse back-to-back in exactly 24 hoursWhy she believes women's biggest limits live in their heads, not their bodiesManaging your menstrual cycle at extreme altitudeHer current "fear frontier": public speaking in EnglishWhat's next — Nanga Parbat and the full Crown of the Earth Check out these resources: Antonina's websiteAntonina on Instagram: @tonya.samoilovaThe Cairn Project on IGThe Cairn Project's newsletterBecome a TrailblazerSummit Scholarship Foundation Like this episode? Leave a 5-star rating and review on your podcast app! You can help us close the gender gap outdoors and beyond: Become a Trailblazer. Your Adventure Fundraiser makes wilderness experiences possible for girls and women.Check out the Summit Scholarship Foundation.Send this episode to a friend who wants to climb an 8,000m peak. Make sure you subscribe to the See Her Outside Podcast so you don't miss a story! Follow on Spotify Subscribe on Apple Podcasts Listen on: Amazon, Pocket Casts, iHeartRadio, other platforms

    The First Ukrainian Woman to Summit the Five Highest Mountains on Earth: What Mountaineer Antonina Samoilova Wants Women to Know About Fear

  4. Jun 29

    🎤 Rachel Entrekin Live at Wild Woman Race Weekend (Bonus episode)

    Ultrarunner Rachel Entrekin joined the First 50k Sisterhood and hundreds of other women running the Wild Woman Trail Runs races on June 19-21, 2026. We recorded our conversation in case you weren't there IRL! Rachel Entrekin is a pro trail runner and record holder who most recently outright won the Cocodona 250 race in Arizona. Rachel and Angie talked about: Traits that make for a strong runner (that society sometimes weaponizes against women)The life-changing moment in the middle of Cocodona 2026 and what she's passing onto other womenHow sharing your story with others can shape the future of trail culture Learn more: The First 50k SisterhoodRachel on Instagram: @rachel__entrekinWild Woman Trail RunsStart your own Adventure FundraiserThe Cairn Project on Instagram: @thecairnproject

    🎤 Rachel Entrekin Live at Wild Woman Race Weekend (Bonus episode)

  5. Jun 25

    🏃‍♀️ Human-First Run Coaching, Fueling for Sport, and Why Trail Culture Needs Your Story with Zoë Rom

    Our First 50k Sisterhood runners ran their first ultramarathon last weekend, and Coach Zoë was one of the folks who made it so successful. Zoë Rom is a journalist, coach, podcast host, and ultrarunner based in Carbondale, CO. She co-hosts Your Diet Sucks and The Trailhead Podcast. Zoe's journalism focuses on public lands and the environment. She coaches endurance athletes through Microcosm Coaching, where she designed the First 50k Sisterhood's training program alongside her partner TJ David. We talk about: Why carbs are queen and other women’s nutrition talkWhen should you hire a coach?Coaching the First 50k Sisterhood and what shifted for the 15 womenMental barriers she sees for women athletes and why "just be confident" misses the pointWhat trail races can do to be more welcoming of womenZoë’s path to 2nd place at Leadville in 2024What perimenopausal listeners of Your Diet Sucks are asking aboutInsta-Coach: Zoe answers one-sentence coaching questions on toddlers, treadmills, night miles, and making carbs less scaryWhy YOUR story can be just as impactful as Rachel Entrekin’s! Check out these resources: 🏃‍♀️ Microcosm Coaching 📱 More from Zoë 💌 Meet the First 50k Sisterhood runners (and read their stories!) ➡️ The Cairn Project on IG ✨ The Cairn Project's newsletter 🥾 Become a Trailblazer 📅 Summit Scholarship Foundation Like this episode? Leave a 5-star rating and review on your podcast app! You can help us close the gender gap outdoors and beyond ⁠⁠⁠⁠Become a Trailblazer⁠⁠⁠⁠. Your Adventure Fundraiser makes wilderness experiences possible for girls and women. Check out the⁠⁠⁠⁠ Summit Scholarship Foundation⁠⁠⁠⁠. Share this episode with a woman in your life who has a wild business idea she hasn't acted on yet. Make sure you subscribe to the See Her Outside Podcast so you don't miss a story! ⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow on Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Subscribe on Apple Podcasts⁠⁠⁠⁠ Listen on:⁠⁠⁠⁠ Amazon⁠⁠⁠⁠,⁠⁠⁠⁠ Pocket Casts⁠⁠⁠⁠,⁠⁠⁠⁠ iHeartRadio⁠⁠⁠⁠,⁠⁠⁠⁠ other platforms⁠⁠⁠⁠

    🏃‍♀️ Human-First Run Coaching, Fueling for Sport, and Why Trail Culture Needs Your Story with Zoë Rom

  6. Jun 11

    📖 Blending Mountains + Medicine into a Memoir: Tap Dancing on Everest with Grit Lit Featured Author Mimi Zieman

    Mimi was a third-year medical student when she signed on as the sole medical officer and only woman on a four-climber expedition attempting the east face of Everest from Tibet (a route that had only been climbed once before). If you love what Mimi has to say, her memoir was the featured book in our last winter Grit Lit box. Join Grit Lit now and you'll get our welcome box plus the next quarterly box this summer. Proceeds fund wilderness scholarships for girls and women. Mimi Zieman is a physician, writer, and the 2025 Georgia Author of the Year for her memoir Tap Dancing on Everest, also selected as the Best Memoir of 2024 by the American Writing Awards. Mimi and Angie talk about: Training to be the sole medical officer on an Everest expedition while still a third-year med studentSolo backpacking in Nepal in a pre-internet eraWhy Mimi became an OB/GYN after a bad teenage appointmentThe beauty and challenge of being the sole woman on an Himalayan expeditionWhat menstruating adventurers should know before heading into the backcountryAdvice for women who want to write a book, and behind the scenes of writing a vulnerable memoir 📚 Join Grit Lit — Tap Dancing on Everest was in last winter's box! Check out these resources: 📖 Tap Dancing on Everest by Mimi Zieman 🌐 mimiziemanmd.com 📱 Mimi on Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok ✏️ Medicine, Mountains, & More on Substack ➡️ The Cairn Project on IG ✨ The Cairn Project's newsletter 🥾 Become a Trailblazer 📅 Summit Scholarship Foundation Like this episode? Leave a 5-star rating and review on your podcast app! You can help us close the gender gap outdoors and beyond ⁠⁠⁠Become a Trailblazer⁠⁠⁠. Your Adventure Fundraiser makes wilderness experiences possible for girls and women. Check out the⁠⁠⁠ Summit Scholarship Foundation⁠⁠⁠. Share this episode with a woman in your life who has a wild business idea she hasn't acted on yet. Make sure you subscribe to the See Her Outside Podcast so you don't miss a story! ⁠⁠⁠Follow on Spotify⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Subscribe on Apple Podcasts⁠⁠⁠ Listen on:⁠⁠⁠ Amazon⁠⁠⁠,⁠⁠⁠ Pocket Casts⁠⁠⁠,⁠⁠⁠ iHeartRadio⁠⁠⁠,⁠⁠⁠ other platforms⁠⁠⁠

    📖 Blending Mountains + Medicine into a Memoir: Tap Dancing on Everest with Grit Lit Featured Author Mimi Zieman

  7. May 28

    🌲 How to Build a Sustainable Career in Seasonal Work with Sasha Clonts of Guide Theory

    Seasonal workers know the feeling: You love the community, the adventure, the purpose, and then every fall you get laid off, change your address, and try to figure out health insurance, again. Sasha Clonts is the founder of Guide Theory, a platform helping seasonal workers build more sustainable, empowered lives through coaching, community, and practical tools. Sasha and Angie talk about: The COVID-era burnout that pushed her to change her life and workSelling her car, buying a van, and ending up at a Taos rafting companyFalling in love with the seasonal lifestyle before she even knew how to raftWhy empathy is one of the most powerful tools adventure leaders can holdWhy she was the wrong fit for full-time raft guiding (and what that taught her)How she built her business, Guide Theory, to help seasonal workers find sustainability in finance and lifestyleCuriosity as the antidote to imposter syndromeWhat corporate employees can learn from seasonal workers See Her Outside is partnering with⁠⁠ Western Colorado University's Outdoor Industry MBA⁠⁠ — a remote degree program built for people who want to lead, build, and create in the outdoor space. If you've ever thought about building a career or business in the outdoor industry, WCU's Outdoor Industry MBA was made for you. Check out these resources: 🛶 Guide Theory programs: guidetheory.com 📱 Guide Theory on Instagram: @guidetheory ⁠➡️ The Cairn Project on IG⁠ ⁠✨ The Cairn Project's newsletter⁠ 🥾⁠ Become a Trailblazer⁠ 📅⁠ Summit Scholarship Foundation⁠ 🎓⁠⁠ Western Colorado University Outdoor Industry MBA⁠⁠ If you want to put a big seasonal adventure on your own calendar, join us in the Grand Canyon on October 10, 2026 for our Rim-to-Rim hike! It’s a bucket list trip, and proceeds fund wilderness scholarships for girls and women. ⁠⁠Learn more here. Like this episode? Leave a 5-star rating and review on your podcast app! You can help us close the gender gap outdoors and beyond ⁠⁠Become a Trailblazer⁠⁠. Your Adventure Fundraiser makes wilderness experiences possible for girls and women. Check out the⁠⁠ Summit Scholarship Foundation⁠⁠. Share this episode with a woman in your life who has a wild business idea she hasn't acted on yet. Make sure you subscribe to the See Her Outside Podcast so you don't miss a story! ⁠⁠Follow on Spotify⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Subscribe on Apple Podcasts⁠⁠ Listen on:⁠⁠ Amazon⁠⁠,⁠⁠ Pocket Casts⁠⁠,⁠⁠ iHeartRadio⁠⁠,⁠⁠ other platforms⁠⁠

    🌲 How to Build a Sustainable Career in Seasonal Work with Sasha Clonts of Guide Theory

  8. May 14

    🛶 Paddling 1,400 Miles to the Arctic with Women She Met on FaceTime: First Documented All-Women's Crew on a Historic Voyageur Route with Helena Karlstrom

    ⁠Hike Rim to Rim in the Grand Canyon this October!⁠ Four women set off on a 1,380-mile paddle from Lake Superior to the Hudson Bay, and became the first publicly documented all-women's crew to complete the historic Voyageur route to York Factory. Along the way they crossed a 9-mile portage on day one, paddled multiple 40-mile days through wildfire smoke, navigated a teammate's POTS diagnosis and another's torn rotator cuff, and went a full first week on the Boundary Waters meeting 150 paddlers — not one of them a woman. This conversation with teammate Helena Karlstrom is about networking your way into the trip of a lifetime, the group dynamics that get you to the Arctic, and why simply being visible on the water is a form of activism. Helena and Angie talk about: The Appalachian Trail trip her freshman year that changed her trajectoryHow Girl Scouts gave her an outlet to connect with other women outsideThe Appalachian Trail trip her freshman year that changed her trajectoryHow the Hudson Bay Girls met and dreamt up this expedition and planning the entire expedition over ZoomPartnering with Save the Boundary Waters and the Northern Lakes Canoe BaseNavigating a teammate's POTS diagnosis and another's torn rotator cuff mid-tripFinishing the final day with a 17-hour, 55-mile paddle to the ArcticGroup dynamics, personal growth, and paddling as advocacy Check out these resources: 📱 Hudson Bay Girls on Instagram: @hudsonbaygirls 🛶 More about the expedition: https://www.hudsonbaygirls.com/ 📖 Our episode with Natalie Warren, author of Hudson Bay Bound ⁠➡️ The Cairn Project on IG⁠ ⁠✨ The Cairn Project's newsletter⁠ 🥾⁠ Become a Trailblazer⁠ 📅⁠ Summit Scholarship Foundation⁠ Like this episode? Leave a 5-star rating and review on your podcast app! You can help us close the gender gap outdoors and beyond ⁠⁠Become a Trailblazer⁠⁠. Your Adventure Fundraiser makes wilderness experiences possible for girls and women. Check out the⁠⁠ Summit Scholarship Foundation⁠⁠. Share this episode with a woman in your life who has a wild business idea she hasn't acted on yet. Make sure you subscribe to the See Her Outside Podcast so you don't miss a story! ⁠⁠Follow on Spotify⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Subscribe on Apple Podcasts⁠⁠ Listen on:⁠⁠ Amazon⁠⁠,⁠⁠ Pocket Casts⁠⁠,⁠⁠ iHeartRadio⁠⁠,⁠⁠ other platforms⁠⁠

    🛶 Paddling 1,400 Miles to the Arctic with Women She Met on FaceTime: First Documented All-Women's Crew on a Historic Voyageur Route with Helena Karlstrom
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Get inspired with lessons from adventure that can't be learned indoors. Hear stories of women with a passion for the outdoors, from everyday athletes to activists breaking societal barriers to nature. By pushing limits in the wild, these women discover that they're more capable than they first thought-- and you are, too. Our nonprofit programs and adventure scholarships increase access to adventure for girls & women+, so that you'll always See Her Outside. Hosted by Angie Lake. Brought to you by the Alliance for Gender Equity in Outdoor Adventure.

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