Friday Dec 08, 2023

Ep 42 - Jenny Tough - Adventurer and Writer

CW: We do mention eating disorders on this episode

What do solo adventurers teach us about resilience? Can we practise resilience to get us through the tough days and adversity we don't choose?

Jenny Tough describes herself as an Adventurer, Storyteller, Mountain Lover. In this episode we talk about solo adventures, fear, depression, eating disorders and what resilience means to her.

She is a writer and adventurer, and an enthusiast for all things endurance challenges, particularly in the mountains. Whether it be a race or a solo adventure, her desire to push her limits has led her to numerous corners of the world.

In 2021 she completed a global challenge to run, solo and unsupported, across a mountain range on every continent, including three world-first traverses. She’s also competed in long-distance bike packing races, including becoming the two-time first woman in the Silk Road Mountain Race and first woman in the inaugural Atlas Mountain Race – considered two of the toughest off-road bike races.

Outside of her personal pursuits, she has worked to get more people outside and challenging their own comfort zones, particularly women and girls, which she has championed by launching a book in 2020 called Tough Women: Adventure Stories.

Her book Solo, out now, is her account of her mountain range project. In it she says “Did I solve all of life’s big questions on this project? No. Did I figure out a few? Actually, yes. Every adventure teaches me something. That’s the value of adventure.”

Follow Jenny Tough here: @jennytough

Buy her book here: Solo by Jenny Tough

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Ep 42 - Jenny Tough - Adventurer and Writer

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