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positively newsworthy GOOD NEWS FROM AROUND THE GLOBE.
1 The Will of a Woman REMEMBERING HER STORY. by Alison McEvoy
Elise Wortley, of ‘Woman with Altitude’, replicates the journeys of forgotten female explorers and adventurers. At age 16, Elise read ‘My Journey to Lahsa’ by Alexandra David-Neel. She was enthralled, not just during reading it, but for years to come with Alexandra’s epic 14 year journey throughout Asia. Against significant odds, as a poor pilgrim, Alexandra arrived in the forbidden city of Lhasa, the capital of Tibet. Elise desires to experience what Alexandra and women like her experienced, and makes her journeys
using only the equipment which would have been available at the time to the female explorer herself. Elise, and her all female team, follow in these footsteps to keep the stories of women’s adventures and achievements alive. To bring them back to life in the minds of modern day women and inspire women of the moment by showing them just ‘what the will of a woman can do.’ Her journeys are documented through her website and she manages to raise funds along the way for a number of
“These are the forgotten shoulders upon which women may stand.” women’s charities. These are the forgotten shoulders upon which we as women may stand. Remembering the stories of these women enables us to dream bigger, stretch farther and wider with our hopes and plans and goals. As one historical woman poet said, let’s not let ‘washing the dishes get in the way of our sublimer wishes’! Alexandra certainly did not hold herself back from her will to journey, and neither does Elise.
womanwithaltitude.com
