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Lise Wortley on walking in the footsteps and clothing of historic female adventurers

Lise Wortley on walking in the footsteps and clothing of historic female adventurers

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Join Lise Wortley in the Cairngorms, where she once spent a month following in the footsteps and wearing the heavy tweeds of writer and hiker Nan Shepherd

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A Life More Wild

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Taking you outdoors and helping you connect with nature on wild walks with fascinating people.

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When she was 16, Lise Wortley read a book by the explorer Alexandra
David-Neel, who had undertaken a 14-year journey through Asia. The
idea of it stayed with her until ten years later, when she was
searching for a way to improve her mental health. It dawned on her
that David-Neel and other female adventurers like Nan Shepherd and
Henriette D’Angeville, were far less well-known than their male
counterparts. She set out to change that, by the incredible method
of recreating their journeys, in the clothing they wore at the
time. Join Lise now in the Cairngorms, to hear her stories of
spending a month walking in the tweeds and poncho tent that Nan
shepherd wore, travelling in David-Neel’s yak wool coat and
preparing for an ascent of Mont Blanc in Henriette D’angeville’s
tiny shoes. Lise is an ambassador for Passenger Clothing a
responsible outdoor clothing brand with a mission to inspire
meaningful escapism. This summer we’ve been working with them on a
few different exciting projects including a series of videos with
some of this season’s podcast guests. We’ve also teamed up to
create a pop-up holiday bus in the Lake District. Thank you to them
for sponsoring this podcast episode.
https://www.passenger-clothing.com/
https://www.canopyandstars.co.uk/britain/england/cumbria/hinterlandes/little-firs-from-passenger
https://www.instagram.com/woman_with_altitude/ A Life More Wild is
an 18Sixty production, brought to you by Canopy & Stars.
Production by Clarissa Maycock. Our theme music is by Billie
Marten.