Adventure Magazine Issue 227

DO EPIC SH*T!
#227
Editor, Steve Dickinson with the "Reluctant Adventurer" on a recent trip to the South Island.
Read the full story on page 80
THE FUTURE
IS HERE
I don’t really know many hardcore female trampers, a few, but
not many. We know loads of other sportswomen, but not many
trampers. On Facebook, the seeming hub of all things, there is
a tramping group, and it is excellent, really helpful. People post
images and ask questions, and it's engaging and interesting. So
I put on there, quite casually, a post asking, if there were any
women who would like to write about their tramping adventures,
either on their own, with friends or family.
Well, that opened up my eyes to a range of things;
• How many female trampers there are out there!
• How serious are some of those adventures are!
• How keen they were to write and share their adventures!
We were overwhelmed with interest, stories ranging from
climbing Everest to learning how to overcome simply going
outside and everything in between. There was, however, one
woman who did write to me in a very ‘woke’ fashioned email
and ripped a strip off me for using the word mother, daughter,
girlfriend; she felt it was defining and demeaning by sexuality
rather than achievement, which was never the intent. But the
upside of feeling like maybe I had phrased something incorrectly
was that nearly every submission, and there were a lot, typically
started with 'I am a mother of 3' 'I am so and so’s girlfriend.' 'I am
the daughter of a well know tramping icon in Nelson’.
The main flavour that these editorials left you with was one of
accomplishment and self-ownership. The age range was huge,
from 6 to 90, and the submissions came from every corner of
New Zealand. We could not fit in every submission, and if yours
is not here, please keep your eye on the website and tramping
issue in October.
There is some editorial here about high-end high achieving,
amazing female athletes. but the central core of this issue,
high achieving or not, is New Zealand women out there are
embracing the message on Annabel Anderson's cap, ‘Do EPIC
Shit’.
Steve Dickinson - Editor
The women who contributed with their personal
tramping stories are identified by this logo:
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yoUr AdventUre staRts Here
The future is here. It’s asking us to be ready, to think bigger. To embrace the
trail ahead and bring everyone with us along the way. Today, we celebrate our
first 40 years by looking forward to the next. #MerrellFuture40
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