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Afghanistan’s Highest Mountain Reopened to Climbers
The trail to summit of Noshaq now open to mountaineers as the Wildlife Conservation Society and others anticipate return of tourism to the mountain. Photograph by Anthony Simms/WCS Afghanistan Program...
View ArticleAdventurers of the Year in Their Own Words (Vote for the People’s Choice!)
Last Friday we announced the ten inspising 2013 Adventurers of the Year. Each has shown a long-term commitment to striving, suffering, and rejoicing in adventure—in diverse ways. They prove that great...
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Humanitarian Shannon Galpin on the “Streets of Afghanistan” Exhibition
Photograph courtesy Tony Di Zinno Shannon Galpin is one of ten 2013 Adventurers of the Year. Vote every day for the People’s Choice! On her most recent trip to Afghanistan in late October, human...
View ArticleMoveShake Video #3: Humanitarian, Adventurer of the Year Shannon Galpin
Each Thursday in June we’ll be featuring a different film from the MoveShake film series. This week’s film is about Shannon Galpin, founder of Mountain2Mountain and a 2013 Adventurer of the Year. When...
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Afghanistan’s Two-Wheeled Revolution: First Women’s Bike Racing Team Hits the...
The first women’s National Cycling Team of Afghanistan with Adventurer of the Year Shannon Galpin in the center; Photograph by Sarah Menzies From high atop the Shomali Plain north of Kabul, National...
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Climbing in Afghanistan: Adventure Beyond the Lifeline
High Camp on the Issik Glacier; Photograph courtesy Dylan Taylor The last time Dylan Taylor saw his climbing partner, Aiden, they were peering at each other from either side of a razor-wire fence...
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Afghan Cycles: Following the First Afghan National Women’s Cycling Team
Shannon Galpin was honored as a National Geographic Adventurer of the Year in 2013 for her work in Afghanistan. She will be returning to Afghanistan on Monday to distribute 50 bikes, cycling clothing,...
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Adventurer Shannon Galpin’s Memoir Explores Women’s Rights and Bikes in...
The first women’s National Cycling Team of Afghanistan; Photograph by Jayme Moye Taking action looks different for everyone. For Shannon Galpin, her action takes the form of empowering women and girls...
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Afghan Cycles: Pushing Gender and Cultural Barriers on Two Wheels
I didn’t go to Afghanistan to ride a bike. Yet six years ago, I started mountain biking in various parts of the country. I was working in the country with women and girls and discovered that despite...
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Afghan Women Fight Corruption for the Right to Ride
Women cycling in Afghanistan as part of the first national women’s cycling team. Photograph Deni Bechard They’ve been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize and featured in films and books. They were 2016...
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