Outdoorsy Women+ Book Pod

Take to the Trees by Marguerite Holloway (Book Club)

Tue, 04 Aug 2026 05:00:00 -0400

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

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Produced by: Christine Reed
Music: Beginnings by Corals

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Farther by Heather Anderson (Book Club)

Tue, 21 Jul 2026 06:00:00 -0400

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

Farther by Heather Anderson

Thirst by Heather Anderson

Mud Rocks Blazes by Heather Anderson

Adventure Ready: A Hiker’s Guide to Planning, Training, and Resiliency by Katie Gerber and 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

Heather Anderson’s Website

Heather Anderson on Substack

Heather Anderson on Instagram

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Read Christine’s Review of Farther

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Produced by: Christine Reed
Music: Beginnings by Corals

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Mountaineering Women by Joanna Croston (BONUS)

Tue, 07 Jul 2026 06:00:00 -0400

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

To Live by Elisabeth Revol

Annapurna: A Woman’s Place by Arlene Blum

Waymaking edited by Helen Mort, Claire Carter, Heather Dawe, and Camilla Barnard

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Joanna Croston on Facebook

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Book Club | Rugged Outdoorswoman

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Christine Reed on Substack

Read Christine’s Review of Mountaineering Women

Christine Reed on Instagram

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Credits

Produced by: Maria Ordovas-Montanes
Music: The Garden by Corals

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The River's Daughter by Bridget Crocker (Book Club)

Tue, 23 Jun 2026 02:30:00 -0400

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

Hotshot by River Selby

Risk by Susan Norman

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Read Christine’s Review of The River’s Daughter

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Produced by: Maria Ordovas-Montanes
Music: Sunflower by Corals

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Thirty Below by Cassidy Randall (Book Club)

Tue, 09 Jun 2026 05:00:00 -0400

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

The Wager by David Grann

Going Up is Easy by Lydia Bradey

Enough by Melissa Arnot Reid

Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer

Touching the Void by Joe Simpson

Wild by Cheryl Strayed

Rising by Sharon Wood

Heartwood by Amity Gaige

Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy

A Marriage at Sea by Sophie Elmhirst

Connect with author Cassidy Randall

Cassidy Randall’s Website

Cassidy Randall on Substack

Cassidy Randall on Instagram

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Book Club | Rugged Outdoorswoman

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Read Christine’s Review of Thirty Below

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Produced by: Maria Ordovas-Montanes
Music: Skye by Corals

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America the Beautiful? by Blythe Roberson (Book Club)

Tue, 26 May 2026 03:30:00 -0400

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

Wild by Cheryl Strayed

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

Fieldwork by Iliana Regan

How to Love Men When You Hate Men by Blythe Roberson

Connect with author Blythe Roberson

Blythe Roberson’s Website

Blythe Roberson on Instagram

Join the Outdoorsy Women+ Book Club

Book Club | Rugged Outdoorswoman

Connect with host Christine Reed

Christine Reed on Substack

Read Christine’s Review of America the Beautiful?

Christine Reed on Instagram

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Credits

Produced by: Maria Ordovas-Montanes
Music: Beginnings by Corals

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Black Bear and Lookout by Trina Moyles (Book Club)

Tue, 12 May 2026 05:00:00 -0400

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

Black Bear by Trina Moyles

Lookout by Trina Moyles

Women Who Dig by Trina Moyles

Burning Ground by Pearl Luke

H is for Hawk by Helen MacDonald

How to Survive a Bear Attack by Claire Cameron

The Bear by Claire Cameron

Connect with author Trina Moyles

Trina Moyles — Website & Field Notes

Trina Moyles on Instagram

Join the Outdoorsy Women+ Book Club

Book Club | Rugged Outdoorswoman

Connect with host Christine Reed

Christine Reed on Substack

Read Christine’s Review of Black Bear

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Credits

Host: Christine Reed
Produced by: Maria Ordovas-Montanes
Music: Evergreen by Corals

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Welcome to the Outdoorsy Women+ Book Pod

Tue, 21 Apr 2026 12:00:05 -0400

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

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