America the Beautiful? by Blythe Roberson (Book Club)

Mountaineering Women by Joanna Croston (BONUS)

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 EPISODE Mountaineering Women by Joanna Croston [https://bookshop.org/a/55440/9780500027172] Blood Sweat Tears edited by Christine Reed [https://bookshop.org/a/55440/9781734841824] Thirty Below by Cassidy Randall [https://bookshop.org/a/55440/9781419771538] A Light Through the Cracks by Beth Rodden [https://bookshop.org/a/55440/9781503903791] Space Below My Feet by Gwen Moffat [https://bookshop.org/a/55440/9781780226330] Honouring High Places by Junko Tabei [https://bookshop.org/a/55440/9781771602167] To Live by Elisabeth Revol [https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/to-live-fighting-for-life-on-the-killer-mountain-elisabeth-revol/9677d5dee1361684?ean=9781839810398&utm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=Bookshop+DSA&utm_term=bookshop&utm_content=85006548952655&msclkid=3a0b75ea66341cfa9cca1fadb46cfb87] Annapurna: A Woman’s Place by Arlene Blum [https://bookshop.org/a/55440/9781619026032] Waymaking edited by Helen Mort, Claire Carter, Heather Dawe, and Camilla Barnard [https://www.adventurebooks.com/products/waymaking] CONNECT WITH AUTHOR JOANNA CROSTON Joanna Croston on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/2steep] Joanna Croston on Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/joanna.see] JOIN THE OUTDOORSY WOMEN+ BOOK CLUB BOOK CLUB | RUGGED OUTDOORSWOMAN [https://www.ruggedoutdoorswoman.com/book-club] CONNECT WITH HOST CHRISTINE REED Christine Reed on Substack  [https://substack.com/@ruggedoutdoorswoman] Read Christine’s Review of Mountaineering Women Christine Reed on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/ruggedoutdoorswoman]  THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS Rocky Mountain Books  [https://rmbooks.com/pages/submit-a-proposal] Sawyer Products [https://www.sawyer.com/]  Use code OUTDOORSYBOOKCLUB for 20% off products (excludes sun hoodies) CREDITS * Produced by: Maria Ordovas-Montanes * Music: The Garden by Corals [https://uppbeat.io/t/corals/the-garden]

The River's Daughter by Bridget Crocker (Book Club)

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 EPISODE The River’s Daughter by Bridget Crocker [https://bookshop.org/a/55440/9781954118546] Hotshot by River Selby [https://bookshop.org/a/55440/9780802149497] Risk by Susan Norman [https://bookshop.org/a/55440/9781647429249] CONNECT WITH AUTHOR BRIDGET CROCKER Bridget Crocker’s Website [https://bridgetcrocker.com/] Bridget Crocker on Substack [https://substack.com/@bridgetcrocker] Bridget Crocker on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/bridgetcrocker] JOIN THE OUTDOORSY WOMEN+ BOOK CLUB BOOK CLUB | RUGGED OUTDOORSWOMAN [https://www.ruggedoutdoorswoman.com/book-club]  CONNECT WITH HOST CHRISTINE REED Christine Reed on Substack  [https://substack.com/@ruggedoutdoorswoman] Read Christine’s Review of The River’s Daughter [https://open.substack.com/pub/ruggedoutdoorswoman/p/book-review-the-rivers-daughter-by?r=1n6p7x&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true] Christine Reed on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/ruggedoutdoorswoman]  THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS Rocky Mountain Books  [https://rmbooks.com/pages/submit-a-proposal] Sawyer Products [https://www.sawyer.com/]  Use code OUTDOORSYBOOKCLUB for 20% off products (excludes sun hoodies) CREDITS * Produced by: Maria Ordovas-Montanes * Music: Sunflower by Corals [https://uppbeat.io/t/corals/sunflower]

Thirty Below by Cassidy Randall (Book Club)

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 EPISODE Thirty Below by Cassidy Randall [https://bookshop.org/a/55440/9781419771538] The Wager by David Grann [https://bookshop.org/a/55440/9780307742490] Going Up is Easy by Lydia Bradey Enough by Melissa Arnot Reid [https://bookshop.org/a/55440/9780593594100] Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer [https://bookshop.org/a/55440/9780385494786] Touching the Void by Joe Simpson [https://bookshop.org/a/55440/9780060730550] Wild by Cheryl Strayed [https://bookshop.org/a/55440/9780307476074] Rising by Sharon Wood [https://bookshop.org/a/55440/9781680512625] Heartwood by Amity Gaige [https://bookshop.org/a/55440/9781668063613] Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy [https://bookshop.org/a/55440/9781250827951] A Marriage at Sea by Sophie Elmhirst [https://bookshop.org/a/55440/9780593854280] CONNECT WITH AUTHOR CASSIDY RANDALL Cassidy Randall’s Website [https://www.cassidyrandall.com/] Cassidy Randall on Substack [https://substack.com/@cassidyrandall?utm_source=global-search] Cassidy Randall on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/_cassidyrandall] JOIN THE OUTDOORSY WOMEN+ BOOK CLUB BOOK CLUB | RUGGED OUTDOORSWOMAN [https://www.ruggedoutdoorswoman.com/book-club]  CONNECT WITH HOST CHRISTINE REED Christine Reed on Substack  [https://substack.com/@ruggedoutdoorswoman] Read Christine’s Review of Thirty Below [https://open.substack.com/pub/ruggedoutdoorswoman/p/book-review-thirty-below-by-cassidy?r=1n6p7x&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web] Christine Reed on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/ruggedoutdoorswoman]  THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS Rocky Mountain Books  [https://rmbooks.com/pages/submit-a-proposal] Sawyer Products [https://www.sawyer.com/] CREDITS * Produced by: Maria Ordovas-Montanes * Music: Skye by Corals [https://uppbeat.io/t/corals/skye]

America the Beautiful? by Blythe Roberson (Book Club)

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 EPISODE America the Beautiful? by Blythe Roberson [https://tinyurl.com/z7zur2sy] How to Date Men When You Hate Men by Blythe Roberson [https://tinyurl.com/ymkn7ywf] Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert [https://tinyurl.com/46463uxu] Wild by Cheryl Strayed [https://tinyurl.com/y83aywrx] Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer [https://tinyurl.com/3ev6e9m9] An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz [https://tinyurl.com/3e6kwrhk] Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee Brown [https://tinyurl.com/3es9avxr] Our History is the Future by Nick Estes [https://tinyurl.com/za55zb9x] Dispossessing the Wilderness by Mark David Spence [https://tinyurl.com/yxhk2r55] The Uninhabitable Earth by David Wallace-Wells [https://tinyurl.com/4uptct4h] The Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth Kolbert [https://tinyurl.com/2w6puwmz] Fieldwork by Iliana Regan [https://tinyurl.com/4v79nybt] How to Love Men When You Hate Men by Blythe Roberson [https://tinyurl.com/mrcpmtrb] CONNECT WITH AUTHOR BLYTHE ROBERSON Blythe Roberson’s Website [https://blytheroberson.com/] Blythe Roberson on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/blythelikehappy] JOIN THE OUTDOORSY WOMEN+ BOOK CLUB BOOK CLUB | RUGGED OUTDOORSWOMAN [https://www.ruggedoutdoorswoman.com/book-club]  CONNECT WITH HOST CHRISTINE REED Christine Reed on Substack  [https://substack.com/@ruggedoutdoorswoman] Read Christine’s Review of America the Beautiful? [https://tinyurl.com/2p6p4cpc] Christine Reed on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/ruggedoutdoorswoman]  THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS Rocky Mountain Books  [https://rmbooks.com/pages/submit-a-proposal] Sawyer Products [https://www.sawyer.com/] CREDITS * Produced by: Maria Ordovas-Montanes * Music: Beginnings by Corals  [https://tinyurl.com/4twc4ucp]

Black Bear and Lookout by Trina Moyles (Book Club)

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 EPISODE Black Bear by Trina Moyles [https://bookshop.org/a/55440/9798897100347] Lookout by Trina Moyles [https://bookshop.org/a/55440/9780735279933] Women Who Dig by Trina Moyles [https://bookshop.org/a/55440/9780889775275] Burning Ground by Pearl Luke H is for Hawk by Helen MacDonald [https://bookshop.org/a/55440/9780802124739]  How to Survive a Bear Attack by Claire Cameron [https://bookshop.org/a/55440/9781039056350] The Bear by Claire Cameron [https://bookshop.org/a/55440/9780316230094] CONNECT WITH AUTHOR TRINA MOYLES Trina Moyles — Website & Field Notes [https://www.trinamoyles.com/] Trina Moyles on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/trinariannemoyles/] JOIN THE OUTDOORSY WOMEN+ BOOK CLUB BOOK CLUB | RUGGED OUTDOORSWOMAN [https://www.ruggedoutdoorswoman.com/book-club]  CONNECT WITH HOST CHRISTINE REED Christine Reed on Substack  [https://substack.com/@ruggedoutdoorswoman] Read Christine’s Review of Black Bear [https://substack.com/@ruggedoutdoorswoman/p-189325622] Christine Reed on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/ruggedoutdoorswoman]  THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS Rocky Mountain Books  [https://rmbooks.com] To submit a book proposal for consideration, check out: https://rmbooks.com/pages/submit-a-proposal [https://rmbooks.com/pages/submit-a-proposal]  Sawyer Products [https://www.sawyer.com/] CREDITS * Host: Christine Reed * Produced by: Maria Ordovas-Montanes * Music: Evergreen by Corals [https://uppbeat.io/t/corals/evergreen]