When 6 in 10 women struggle to name an outdoor female role model, how are girls supposed to know they belong in adventure spaces?
Cheri and Aubryanna were two of the young adults selected for the Summit Scholarship Foundation's 2024 Mt. Baker youth climb.
Spoiler alert: This all-women’s rope team didn’t reach the physical summit of Mt. Baker. But they gained something just as powerful.
Angie sat down with Aubryanna and Cheri to talk about ambition, fear, belonging, and what it means to come together in sisterhood on top of a glacier.
We talked about:
- Data from a 2017 REI study on women in the outdoors
- What it was like to apply for a Summit Scholarship as a teen
- The story of the climb and the AWExpeditions team and guides
- The decision to turn around and not reach the summit
- Biggest lessons from their first mountaineering experience
- The difference between all-women's and coed wilderness trips
Send this episode to somebody who you think should turn their adventure into a force for good by becoming a Trailblazer!
Mentioned in this episode:
- Summit Scholarship Foundation. Applications open in late 2025.
- Become a Trailblazer! Your Adventure Fundraiser makes wilderness experiences possible for girls and women.
- AWExpeditions: AWE organizes mountaineering and remote adventures for women, by women.
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Brought to you by the Alliance for Gender Equity in Outdoor Adventure (GEA Alliance).
Hosted by Angie Marie Lake, edited by Alyson Castonguay, research assistance by Danielle Peecher
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