Image credit: Pexels Guest blog by Hollie Jones Travelling can have many interesting — and sometimes challenging — consequences for our bodies. Jet lag, stomach problems, and dehydration can all be impacted by travel. But did you know that travelling can affect your period too? In this post, we’ll be exploring the different ways that…
By Hannah Thorley We recently had the pleasure of speaking to Claire from the Helen Bamber Foundation (HBF), who is leading the Happy Women Together – Walking Challenge, this August - where a group of nine women will be climbing the three highest peaks in the UK. But this is a challenge with a difference.…
Women’s Adventure Expo first came in touch with Eternal Landscapes’ owner, Jessica Brooks, when her love of wild swimming brought her and her fellow cold-water swimmer’s attention to one of the speakers at the WAEXPO conference back in 2017. Since then Jess – and her dynamic team of Mongolian women - have continued her mission…
WAExpo 2018 Highlights Words By Jessica Strange Photos By Frit Sarita Tam A drizzly morning welcomed aspiring adventurers, but it did nothing to dampen their spirits last weekend as a mass of attendees flocked to the Women’s Adventure Expo 2018. Hosted at the quirky interactive science museum, We the Curious, early bird guests could take part…
Throughout this year we’ll be collaborating with Devon-born adventure businesswoman, Jessica Brooks. in this interview, Jess shares with us her experience of setting up Eternal Landscapes,a sustainable travel company in Ulaanbataar, and gives insight into how - with a team of strong women behind her - she’s working to make the adventure travel industry more…
June 21st: it may be the summer solstice, but things are going to get ice-cold at our london-based conference ‘Women in the Polar Regions’. You’ve probably heard all about ‘The Heritage of Women in Exploration’ by now (do check out our recent blog posts if you’ve missed out on our programme previews!), but today we’d…
With less than two weeks to go before our special suffrage centenary event takes off at the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) in London on 21st June, we’ve got the latest info on our speakers and programme. We’ve got intriguing, untold stories from contemporary explorers, academic research presentations, and film footage from women sharing their…
‘Everyone can be an ambassador for adventure in their daily life. It’s all about talking the talk and walking the walk every day. There is a world of adventure to explore every time you step outside your front door’. Anna-Marie Watson. Half the battle of committing to and completing an adventure, whether it be…
The Women’s Adventure Expo are thrilled and honoured to announce that we will be joined next week by Lucky Chhetri and Khim Kumari of 3 Sisters Adventure Trekking in Nepal. This is one of the projects we have been hoping to support since WAExpo began, and we have just launched an urgent Crowdfunding campaign to…
“For far too long, in many walks of life, women haven’t been treated as equals. I’m glad I can say that the adventure community, consisting of open minded souls, has acted on this heinous crime. The Women’s Adventure Expo is back in Bristol for the second year. It’s grown, no, flourished! I’ve seen this…