Podcast
Outdoorsy Women+ Book Pod
Interview-style podcast with the authors of outdoor adventure stories by women and gender-expansive folks, hosted by author, thruhiker, trailrunner Christine Reed. An extension of the Outdoorsy Women+ Book Club. Books range from memoir, narrative non-fiction, fiction and stories in all outdoor adventure sports including hiking, running, mountaineering, rock climbing, kayaking, biking, snow sports, etc.
- Books chart
- #84
- Episodes
- 13
- Releases
- Every two weeks
- Typical length
- 55 min
- On air since
- 2026
- Latest episode
- 3 weeks ago
Episodes
13 episodes, newest first
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55 min
Edge of the Map by Johanna Garton
Season 1, Episode 12
Show notes
Author, Johanna Garton, unravels the mystery of mountaineer Christine Boskoff’s disappearance in the remote mountains of China with her partner, Charlie Fowler. The story of her death and the subsequent search for her body shined a light on the story of her impressive life as a young mountaineer and guide—summitting more 8000 meter peaks than any other woman had in the early 2000s and taking over the famed guiding service Mountain Madness after the tragic death of Scott Fischer.
Book Mentions from the episode
Edge of the Map by Johanna Garton
Into Thin Air by John Krakauer
Thirty Below by Cassidy Randall
To the Greatest Heights by Vanessa O’Brien
Mountaineering Women by Joanna Croston
Running While Black by Alison Mariella Desir
Connect with author Johanna Garton
Join the Outdoorsy Women+ Book Club
Book Club | Rugged Outdoorswoman
Connect with host Christine Reed
Read Christine’s Review of Edge of the Map
Check out the See Her Outside podcast
See Her Outside podcast Website
Thanks to our sponsors
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Credits
• Produced by: Christine Reed
• Music: Beginnings by Corals -
1 hr
Climbing Through by Melissa Strong
Season 1, Episode 11
Show notes
After becoming a rock-climber, leaving her party-girl ways behind, and meeting her wonderful husband, Melissa knew she'd found happiness in life. Then an electrocution accident brought her career as a sponsored climber crashing down. The support of her husband and community and a team of doctors set on repairing her badly damaged hands, allowed her to think: "Maybe I will climb again."
Book Mentions from the episode
Climbing Through by Melissa Strong
Rocky Mountain National Park: A Complete Hiking Guide by Lisa Foster
A Lady’s Life in the Rocky Mountains by Isabella Bird
Connect with author Melissa Strong
Join the Outdoorsy Women+ Book Club
Book Club | Rugged Outdoorswoman
Connect with host Christine Reed
Read Christine’s Review of Climbing Through
Thanks to our sponsors
Sawyer Products use code OUTDOORSYBOOKCLUB for 20% off
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Credits
• Produced by: Christine Reed
• Music: Beginnings by Corals -
1 hr 8 min
A Guide to Open Water Lifesaving by Virginia Eubanks (BONUS)
Season 1, Episode 10
Show notes
Dive into a powerful conversation with Virginia Eubanks, a leading journalist and political science professor at SUNY Albany, as she shares insights from her new memoir, A Guide to Open Water Lifesaving. Discover how the principles of open water and wilderness rescue can illuminate the path for caretakers of loved ones with PTSD.
Book Mentions from the episode
A Guide to Open Water Lifesaving by Virginia Eubanks
Open Water Lifesaving – The United States Lifesaving Association Manual (3rd Edition
How Emotions are Made by Lisa Feldman Barrett
Seven and a Half Lessons about the Brain by Lisa Feldman Barrett
The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk
Strangers Drowning by Larissa MacFarquhar
Connect with author Virginia Eubanks
Join the Outdoorsy Women+ Book Club
Book Club | Rugged Outdoorswoman
Connect with host Christine Reed
Read Christine’s Review of A Guide to Open Water Lifesaving
Thanks to our sponsors
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Credits
• Produced by: Christine Reed
• Music: Beginnings by Corals -
59 min
Unsupported by Bethany Adams (Book Club)
Season 1, Episode 9
Show notes
Discover the grit and determination that propelled Bethany to achieve over a hundred Fastest Known Time records and advocate for women in outdoor sports. Christine and Bethany delve into the challenges faced on the trail, the importance of community, and the transformative power of nature.
Book Mentions from the episode
Blood Sweat Tears edited by Christine Reed
In the Shadow of the Mountain by Silvia Vasquez-Lavado
Connect with author Bethany Adams
Join the Outdoorsy Women+ Book Club
Book Club | Rugged Outdoorswoman
Connect with host Christine Reed
Read Christine’s Review of Unsupported
Thanks to our sponsors
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Credits
• Produced by: Christine Reed
• Music: Beginnings by Corals -
51 min
We Became Wild by H.D. Carver (BONUS)
Season 1, Episode 8
Show notes
Journey with H.D. Carver, author of We Became Wild, and host Christine Reed on the Pacific Crest Trail. They discuss the importance of YA stories that show messy, “unlikeable”, and complicated characters. For girls and young women to understand that we aren’t done yet. Heather shares how she went from a kid who didn’t like reading to someone who longed to write something that kids like her could relate to.
Book Mentions from the episode
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
The Solace of Open Spaces by Gretel Ehrlich
Connect with author H.D. Carver
Join the Outdoorsy Women+ Book Club
Book Club | Rugged Outdoorswoman
Connect with host Christine Reed
Read Christine’s Review of We Became Wild
Thanks to our sponsors
Sawyer Products use code OUTDOORSYBOOKCLUB
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Credits
• Produced by: Christine Reed
• Music: Beginnings by Corals -
47 min
Take to the Trees by Marguerite Holloway (Book Club)
Season 1, Episode 7
Show notes
Climb the trees with Marguerite Holloway, author of Take to the Trees: A Story of Hope, Science, and Self-Discovery in America’s Imperiled Forests, and host Christine Reed. Marguerite shares how her work in environmental journalism and a love of the natural world passed down by her mother led her to learn to climb trees in her 50s. A beautiful community of women helped her dig deeper into the impacts of climate change on every tree species she came across, but also cling to threads of hope.
Book Mentions from the episode
Take to the Trees by Marguerite Holloway
Climate Wayfinding by Katharine Wilkinson
H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald
My Journey to Lhasa by Alexandra David-Neel
Connect with author Marguerite Holloway
Marguerite Holloway on Instagram
Join the Outdoorsy Women+ Book Club
Book Club | Rugged Outdoorswoman
Connect with host Christine Reed
Read Christine’s Review of Take to the Trees
Thanks to our sponsors
Sawyer Products use code OUTDOORSYBOOKCLUB
Lemosho use code CHRISTINE15
Kula Cloth use code OUTDOORSYBOOKCLUB
Credits
• Produced by: Christine Reed
• Music: Beginnings by Corals -
51 min
Farther by Heather Anderson (Book Club)
Show notes
Heather Anderson and Christine Reed talk about long trails, processing grief in nature, and sharing ourselves with the public. Farther: Eight Months on America’s Triple Crown Trails is the epic story of Heather’s Calendar Year Triple Crown— a journey which helped her heal and earned her the title of National Geographic Adventurer of the Year.
Book Mentions from the episode
Mud Rocks Blazes by Heather Anderson
Alone in Wonderland by Christine Reed
What We Owe to Ourselves by Nicole Antoinette
How to be Alone by Nicole Antoinette
Connect with author Heather Anderson
Join the Outdoorsy Women+ Book Club
Book Club | Rugged Outdoorswoman
Connect with host Christine Reed
Read Christine’s Review of Farther
Thanks to our sponsors
Credits
• Produced by: Christine Reed
• Music: Beginnings by Corals -
50 min
Mountaineering Women by Joanna Croston (BONUS)
Season 1, Episode 5
Show notes
Climb through history with Joanna Croston, author of Mountaineering Women: Climbing Through History, and host Christine Reed. Joanna shares how a thread of interest in women’s mountaineering stories and a casual list she’d been compiling over the years prepared her to create this chronology and possibly more in the future.
Book Mentions from the episode
Mountaineering Women by Joanna Croston
Blood Sweat Tears edited by Christine Reed
Thirty Below by Cassidy Randall
A Light Through the Cracks by Beth Rodden
Space Below My Feet by Gwen Moffat
Honouring High Places by Junko Tabei
Annapurna: A Woman’s Place by Arlene Blum
Waymaking edited by Helen Mort, Claire Carter, Heather Dawe, and Camilla Barnard
Connect with author Joanna Croston
Join the Outdoorsy Women+ Book Club
Book Club | Rugged Outdoorswoman
Connect with host Christine Reed
Read Christine’s Review of Mountaineering Women
Thanks to our sponsors
Use code OUTDOORSYBOOKCLUB for 20% off products (excludes sun hoodies)
Credits
• Produced by: Maria Ordovas-Montanes
• Music: The Garden by Corals -
1 hr
The River's Daughter by Bridget Crocker (Book Club)
Episode 4
Show notes
Join Bridget Crocker and Christine Reed as they wade through the challenges of being a woman in an overwhelmingly men’s space. Crocker’s memoir, The River’s Daughter, shines a light on the power structures of the riverrafting industry as she came up through the ranks as a guide in the nineties and early aughts, laying that beside the fraught dynamics of her childhood family dynamics and a thread of hope that wounds can be healed.
Book Mentions from the episode
The River’s Daughter by Bridget Crocker
Connect with author Bridget Crocker
Join the Outdoorsy Women+ Book Club
Book Club | Rugged Outdoorswoman
Connect with host Christine Reed
Read Christine’s Review of The River’s Daughter
Thanks to our sponsors
Use code OUTDOORSYBOOKCLUB for 20% off products (excludes sun hoodies)
Credits
• Produced by: Maria Ordovas-Montanes
• Music: Sunflower by Corals -
58 min
Thirty Below by Cassidy Randall (Book Club)
Episode 3
Show notes
Join Cassidy Randall and Christine Reed as they explore the inspiring story of the first all-women’s ascent of Denali in 1970—unpacking the societal doubts and personal challenges they faced in order to quietly redefine what is possible for women in mountaineering. We wouldn’t be where we are today without the Denali Damsels.
Book Mentions from the episode
Thirty Below by Cassidy Randall
Going Up is Easy by Lydia Bradey
Touching the Void by Joe Simpson
Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy
A Marriage at Sea by Sophie Elmhirst
Connect with author Cassidy Randall
Join the Outdoorsy Women+ Book Club
Book Club | Rugged Outdoorswoman
Connect with host Christine Reed
Read Christine’s Review of Thirty Below
Thanks to our sponsors
Credits
• Produced by: Maria Ordovas-Montanes
• Music: Skye by Corals -
48 min
America the Beautiful? by Blythe Roberson (Book Club)
Episode 2
Show notes
Laugh along with Blythe Roberson and Christine Reed as they talk National Park road trips and a boatload of book recommendations. What started out as a journey to challenge the gender narrative (or more specifically which gender gets to tell what narrative) becomes an exploration of conservation, ecotourism, and inequality.
Book Mentions from the episode
America the Beautiful? by Blythe Roberson
How to Date Men When You Hate Men by Blythe Roberson
Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee Brown
Our History is the Future by Nick Estes
Dispossessing the Wilderness by Mark David Spence
The Uninhabitable Earth by David Wallace-Wells
The Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth Kolbert
How to Love Men When You Hate Men by Blythe Roberson
Connect with author Blythe Roberson
Join the Outdoorsy Women+ Book Club
Book Club | Rugged Outdoorswoman
Connect with host Christine Reed
Read Christine’s Review of America the Beautiful?
Thanks to our sponsors
Credits
• Produced by: Maria Ordovas-Montanes
• Music: Beginnings by Corals -
56 min
Black Bear and Lookout by Trina Moyles (Book Club)
Episode 1
Show notes
Black Bear and Lookout by Trina Moyles (Book Club)
Discover how outdoor life, personal loss, and deep relationships shape the narratives of Trina Moyles' memoirs, Lookout and Black Bear. In this episode, we delve into her experiences as a fire lookout, her connection with bears, and how her storytelling explores love, identity, and environmental challenges.
Book Mentions from the episode
Burning Ground by Pearl Luke
H is for Hawk by Helen MacDonald
How to Survive a Bear Attack by Claire Cameron
Connect with author Trina Moyles
Trina Moyles — Website & Field Notes
Join the Outdoorsy Women+ Book Club
Book Club | Rugged Outdoorswoman
Connect with host Christine Reed
Read Christine’s Review of Black Bear
Thanks to our sponsors
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Credits
• Host: Christine Reed
• Produced by: Maria Ordovas-Montanes
• Music: Evergreen by Corals -
2 min
Welcome to the Outdoorsy Women+ Book Pod
Show notes
Join Christine Reed, author of Alone in Wonderland, for the Outdoorsy Women+ Book Pod. We interview authors of adventure stories by women and gender-expansive individuals in the outdoors.
Explore the intersection of outdoor pursuits and the craft of storytelling, including behind-the-scenes insights into how these books are written.
Read along and join the discussion with the Outdoorsy Women+ Book Club
Find Christine on Substack and Instagram
Shop the Outdoorsy Women+ Book Club Picks at the Rugged Outdoorswoman Bookshop
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