There is A LOT going on with the weather! This needed a little square❤️‍🔥 Thanks for sharing my story @bbcbreakfast 🤩 Love you Carol, it was very cold yes💚☔️🌬 🎥 @meghantheowen & @emilyalmondbarr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #mountainwomen #inspiringwomen #tv #bbcbreakfast #womenwhoexplore #mountaingirl #bbc #bbcnews #bbctravel #thisgirlcan #trekking #hiking #womenshistory #outdoorwomen #womanwithaltitude #wonderfulwildwomen #femaleadventurers #mountains #hikinggirls #neverstopexploring #sheexplores #travel #explore #himalayas #strongwomen #shemovesmountains #inspiringwomen #sheadventures #alexandradavidneel #nanshepherd #documentary

Thanks everyone who came to the @sidetrackedmag creators tour last night! I’m not going to lie, I was sheeeeting my pants about this talk because like the best of us, I became a recluse over covid and lost all my confidence and sense of self. For many a reason (!) I had serious imposter syndrome, especially when I looked at all the other speakers, thinking I wasn’t good enough. But you know what it was great and I loved how chilled the sidetracked team made the evening, adventure can sometimes feel inaccessible to some and like I always say you don’t have to walk through the himalayas with a chair on your back to have an adventure. Thank you to the Brighton crew who came you were all so lovely and to @jennytough for being the best host! Chairpack had a great day out too although I nearly left it on the 3am replacement bus home, the guy who hadn’t slept for 3 days took a real interest in it😂 . . . . . . . . . . . #womanwithaltitude #wildwomen #sidetracked #alexandradavidneel #mountainwoman #adventure #wonderfulwildwomen #mountainwomen #inspiringwomen #exploration #womenwhoexplore #mountaingirl #thisgirlcan #trekking #hiking #womenshistory #outdoorwomen #womanwithaltitude #femaleadventurers #femaletraveller #mountains #hikinggirls #fearlessfemales #neverstopexploring #sheexplores #explore #strongwomen #shemovesmountains #alpinebabes #inspiringwomen #sheadventures #expedition

I’ve been having a lovely time going back through photos for my @sidetrackedmag talk. Here are a few of my favourites from India✨🇮🇳 📸Beautiful images as always from @emilyalmondbarr and first image I’m with the brilliant @jangu_adventures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #mountainwomen #inspiringwomen #exploration #womeninfilm #sidetrackedmag #femalephotographer #thisgirlcan #trekking #hiking #womenshistory #outdoorwomen #womanwithaltitude #wonderfulwildwomen #femaleadventurers #femaletraveller #mountains #hikinggirls #fearlessfemales #neverstopexploring #sheexplores #travel #explore #himalayas #womeninfilm #shemovesmountains #alpinebabes #inspiringwomen #sheadventures #alexandradavidneel #expedition #documentary

OK here you go then. Apparently this is everyone’s favourite bit of the @bbcnews film so now you can watch it on repeat😂 This was the most exhausted I’ve ever been. I literally had nothing left and couldn’t move I was carrying so much heavy old stuff. This rock was the comfiest rock in the world, I loved it, I would have stayed there all night if it wasn’t pouring down sideways🤩 in hindsight I was probably a bit delirious✨ . . . . . . . . . . . #mountainwomen #inspiringwomen #womenwhoexplore #mountaingirl #scotland #hiddenscotland #thecairngorms #thisgirlcan #trekking #hiking #womenshistory #nanshepherd #outdoorwomen #womanwithaltitude #wonderfulwildwomen #femaleadventurers #femaletraveller #mountains #hikinggirls #bbc #neverstopexploring #sheexplores #travel #explore #strongwomen #shemovesmountains #alpinebabes #inspiringwomen #sheadventures #expedition #documentary

Thank you all for all the kind messages and comments from the @bbcnews film! It really means the world!🌎 I was a bit nervous to read the comments but they were mostly positive so thank you for being kind internet world! I have a few future trips up my sleeve which I’ll be sharing with you all soon😍 I’ll need to sell a lot of cheese to fund them but I’m sure I’ll get there✨ And a big thank you to @meghantheowen for putting the film together and being so lovely🤩 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #mountainwomen #inspiringwomen #exploration #womenwhoexplore #mountaingirl #brixton #bbc #press #bbclondon #bbcnews #nanshepherd #thisgirlcan #womenshistory #outdoorwomen #womanwithaltitude #wonderfulwildwomen #femaleadventurers #femaletraveller #mountains #hikinggirls #fearlessfemales #neverstopexploring #sheexplores #explore #himalayas #shemovesmountains #inspiringwomen #sheadventures #alexandradavidneel #expedition #documentary

✨Keep your eyes peeled tomorrow for something exciting!✨ @bbcnews 📸 a lovely moment with @bellettanna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #mountainwomen #inspiringwomen #exploration #bbc #womenwhoexplore #mountaingirl #scotland #visitscotland #hiddenscotland #thecairngorms #thisgirlcan #trekking #hiking #womenshistory #outdoorwomen #womanwithaltitude #wonderfulwildwomen #femaleadventurers #femaletraveller #mountains #hikinggirls #fearlessfemales #sheexplores #explore #strongwomen #shemovesmountains #alpinebabes #inspiringwomen #sheadventures #expedition #femalefilmmakerfriday

‘Thin mist, through which the sun is suffused, gives the mountain a tenuous and ghost-like beauty; but when the mist thickens, one walks in a blind world. And that is bad: though there is a thrill in its eeriness, and sound satisfaction in not getting lost.’ 🌬 Nan Shepherd, The Living Mountain🏔 📸 @emilyalmondbarr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #mountainwomen #inspiringwomen #exploration #womenwhoexplore #mountaingirl #scotland #visitscotland #femaleauthors #thecairngorms #thisgirlcan #trekking #nanshepherd #ukhiking #wildwoman #outdoorwomen #womanwithaltitude #wonderfulwildwomen #femaleadventurers #femaletraveller #mountains #hikinggirls #fearlessfemales #neverstopexploring #sheexplores #travel #explore #shemovesmountains #alpinebabes #inspiringwomen #sheadventures #documentary

WHAT’S NEXT?! Grace O’Malley, 1530-1603✨ A fearless leader by land and sea, a political pragmatist and politician, a ruthless pirate, a rebel, a negotiator and protective matriarch of her family and tribe, an inheritor of the Mother Goddess and Warrior Queen attributes of her remote ancestors. And above all else, a woman, who broke the mould and played a unique role in history💪 So what’s the plan I hear you say…well…I want to take a group of women with me on an epic quest to follow Grace’s footsteps, recreating her most famous journey to London to meet Queen Elizabeth I, rowing from West Ireland to Greenwich. Monks tried their hardest to write Grace out of history, but it was this famous meeting between two prominent female leaders that kept her firmly in the books… All I need to do now is find an old boat for us to row and some more funding and we can sail into the sunset! 📸1st illustration source unknown 📸2nd illustration by @miriamkleinstahl from one of my favourite books: Rad Women Worldwide by @k8shots 💙 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #mountainwomen #inspiringwomen #exploration #womeninexploration #womenwhoexplore #mountaingirl #ireland #visitireland #thisgirlcan #trekking #hiking #womenshistory #outdoorwomen #womanwithaltitude #wonderfulwildwomen #femaleadventurers #mountains #hikinggirls #fearlessfemales #neverstopexploring #sheexplores #seawomen #explore #strongwomen #shemovesmountains #alpinebabes #inspiringwomen #sheadventures #expedition #documentary #graceomalley

I’ll be speaking at the @sidetrackedmag creators tour down in Brighton Town on the 20th October if you would like to join!🏔 Hosted by the incredible @jennytough and sponsored by @craghoppers you can buy tickets through the link in @sidetrackedmag bio🌟 I’m still deciding what to wear for the occasion…I think you know what it might be💫 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #mountainwomen #inspiringwomen #exploration #womenwhoexplore #mountaingirl #creatorstour #sidetracked #sidetrackedmag #thisgirlcan #trekking #hiking #womenshistory #outdoorwomen #womanwithaltitude #wonderfulwildwomen #femaleadventurers #femaletraveller #mountains #hikinggirls #fearlessfemales #neverstopexploring #sheexplores #travel #explore #himalayas #shemovesmountains #alpinebabes #inspiringwomen #sheadventures #expedition #documentary

Did you know that I do sometimes wear normal clothes and do slightly normal things…here I am doing just that🌞✨🌕💫🌞 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #mountainwomen #inspiringwomen #exploration #womeninexploration #womenwhoexplore #mountaingirl #thisgirlcan #trekking #hiking #womenshistory #outdoorwomen #womanwithaltitude #wonderfulwildwomen #femaleadventurers #femaletraveller #mountains #hikinggirls #fearlessfemales #neverstopexploring #sheexplores #travel #explore #strongwomen #shemovesmountains #alpinebabes #inspiringwomen #sheadventures #alexandradavidneel #expedition #documentary #womeninfilm

I’ve worked with Fatima, Afghanistan’s only female tour guide for a little while now, and was hatching a plan to go to Bamiyan, a province in central Afghanistan with her as my guide. The fact that we can no longer go is not important, but I wanted to share why I was so keen to get there. Adventurer Freya Stark travelled though Bamiyan in the early 1900’s on one of her archaeological expeditions through Asia and the Middle East. It’s an incredible place, home to the famous Buddha niches, carved into the mountainside, that for 1500 years we’re the highest standing Buddha statues in the world. The taliban destroyed the Buddhas in 2001, but the niches where they once sat are still an incredible sight. What’s interesting is that in Freya Stark’s world, the Buddhas were still standing, and are prominent in all her expedition sketches and writing. I wonder how she felt, seeing them back then, giants in the rock, like nothing she would have seen before. Swipe to have a little look at Freya’s sketch, what Bamiyan looks like now and of course Freya Stark herself 🇦🇫 . . . . . . . . . #bamiyan #womanwithaltitude #femaleguide #womensupportingwomen #mountains #trekking #freyastark #womenauthors #womenintravel #hikingadventures #shemovesmountains #wonderfulwildwomen #trekking #explorers #bbctravel #mountainadventures #mountaingirl #outdoorwomen #outdoorgirl #femaleadventurer #femaleempowerment #afghanistan #sheexplores #shewhowanders #sheisnotlost #sheisthewild

Woweeee, breaking news here: @emilyalmondbarr (on the right there) has only gone and been nominated for a @bafta of the Welsh variety! ✨ If you havn’t seen Black and Welsh over on the BBC it’s amazing and has been nominated for 3 BAFTAS!! Including best director, best documentary and best photography (Emily)🌟 🌙 I knew @emilyalmondbarr was special the day I was sick as a dog with altitude, in a cold, abandoned house deep in the Himalayas and in an attempt to cheer me up, Emily used her precious last bit of data to show me a very odd chicken video on YouTube - it cracked me right up!✨What a woman🌟Thank you to you for believing in this project and for traipsing up mountains with me in the snow, rain, wind and sunshine🌞🏔 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #mountainwomen #inspiringwomen #womenwhoexplore #mountaingirl #womeninfilm #femalefilmmakers #bafta #thisgirlcan #trekking #hiking #womenshistory #bbc #bbctravel #outdoorwomen #womanwithaltitude #wonderfulwildwomen #femaleadventurers #femaletraveller #mountains #hikinggirls #fearlessfemales #neverstopexploring #sheexplores #travel #himalayas #strongwomen #shemovesmountains #inspiringwomen #sheadventures #expedition #documentary