‘Heartfelt, passionate, infuriating and often devastating, this book will inspire you to fight for your right to tread your own path’ CAROLINE CRIADO PEREZ, author of Invisible Women<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
When Rachel loses five family members in five months, grief magnifies other absences. Running across moors and mountains used to help her feel at home in her body but now feels fraught with danger.<\/p>\n
Rachel goes in search of a new family: the foremothers who blazed a trail at the dawn of outdoor sport. She discovers Lizzie Le Blond who scaled the Alps in woollen skirts and photographed fearless women climbing, skating and tobogganing at breakneck speeds. Telling Lizzie’s story alongside her own, Rachel runs her way from bereavement to belonging, inspired by the tenacious women, past and present, who insist that breaking boundaries outdoors is, and always has been, in her nature.<\/p>\n
‘A book of limitless curiosity and eloquent passion’ The Times<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
When Rachel loses five family members in five months, grief magnifies other absences. Running across moors and mountains used to help her feel at home in her body and the world, but now she becomes painfully aware of her inability to run without being cat-called or followed by strange men, or to walk alone at night without fear. Her eyes are opened to injustices facing women in sport. Rachel goes in search of a new family: the foremothers who blazed a trail at the dawn of outdoor sport. She discovers Lizzie Le Blond, a courageous Anglo-Irishwoman who scaled the Alps in woollen skirts, photographed fearless women climbing, skating and tobogganing at breakneck speeds, and founded the Ladies’ Alpine Club. Telling Lizzie’s story alongside her own, Rachel runs her way from bereavement to belonging, in a world that feels hostile to women.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[15971],"product_tag":[5533,2086,27055,1624,259,28015,349,1269,2351],"class_list":["post-102955","product","type-product","status-publish","product_cat-travel","product_tag-active-outdoor-pursuits","product_tag-coping-with-death-bereavement","product_tag-gender-studies-women-girls","product_tag-history-of-sport","product_tag-memoirs","product_tag-national-parks-nature-reserves-general-interest","product_tag-social-cultural-history","product_tag-true-stories-of-heroism-endurance-survival","product_tag-womens-health","pa_book_author-hewitt-rachel","pa_cover-paperback","pa_dewey-796-5082-edition23","pa_imprint-vintage","pa_language-english","pa_pages-25200","pa_publisher-vintage","pa_readership-general-trade-code-k","first","onbackorder","taxable","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"yoast_head":"\n