See Her Outside: Stories From Women Who Adventure
See Her Outside: Stories From Women Who Adventure
Podcast Description
Get inspired with lessons from adventure that can't be learned indoors.
Hear stories of women with a passion for the outdoors, from everyday athletes to activists breaking societal barriers to nature.
By pushing limits in the wild, these women discover that they're more capable than they first thought-- and you are, too.
Our nonprofit programs and adventure scholarships increase access to adventure for girls & women+, so that you'll always See Her Outside.
Brought to you by the Alliance for Gender Equity in Outdoor Adventure.
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Explores themes of gender equity in outdoor adventures, personal growth through challenging pursuits, and cultural perspectives in nature with episodes featuring topics like women's climbing experiences, personal advocacy in outdoor spaces, and the impact of chronic illness on adventure.
Get inspired with lessons from adventure that can’t be learned indoors.
Hear stories of women with a passion for the outdoors, from everyday athletes to activists breaking societal barriers to nature.
By pushing limits in the wild, these women discover that they’re more capable than they first thought– and you are, too.
Our nonprofit programs and adventure scholarships increase access to adventure for girls & women+, so that you’ll always See Her Outside.
Hosted by Angie Lake. Brought to you by the Alliance for Gender Equity in Outdoor Adventure.
On day 21 of an instructor course in the Wind River Range, Jeannette Stawski’s rope dislodged a 250-pound boulder. It landed on her legs — 15 miles from the nearest trailhead, in a designated wilderness where no helicopter was coming fast.
Since then, Jeannette has identified the ingredients that make a fantastic outdoor leader, and resilience is a muscle she’s built through an entire career of setbacks that became pivots: Olympic dreams ended by back surgery, multiple NOLS rejections, and that day under the boulder.
Jeannette and Angie talked about:
- Pivoting from pre-Olympic rowing camps to raft guiding in Glacier National Park after back surgery ended her Olympic dreams
- Getting rejected by NOLS multiple times and how their coachable rejections shaped her career
- The rappelling accident in the Wind River Range and the rescue that followed
- The gift she’s giving her kids: a cross-country road trip to climb the Grand Teton without their parents
- The self-deprecation pattern in women outdoor leaders
Check out these resources:
- The Outdoor Leader by Jeannette Stawski
- Leading Valiantly
- Jeannette on Instagram: @leadingvaliantly
- Jeannette on LinkedIn
- Grand Canyon Rim-to-Rim, October 10, 2026 — women 50+
- The Cairn Project on IG
- The Cairn Project’s newsletter
- Become a Trailblazer
- Summit Scholarship Foundation
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