Ep 100. Alpine Divorce Won't Happen to You If You Do This

By now you've probably seen it. The TikTok videos. The comments flooding in. Women sharing their own versions of being left behind on a trail by someone they trusted. Alpine Divorce is real.

But here's what nobody in that conversation is actually saying, and it's the thing I've been talking about since the very beginning of She Dreams of Alpine.

Every single one of those stories has one thing in common. And it is not only about having a bad boyfriend...

In this episode, I'm giving you the reframe that changes everything, and the answer that makes you immune to this. Not just Alpine Divorce, but the much bigger story women have been told about who the outdoors is and isn't safe for.

In this episode, I share:

• What Alpine Divorce actually is and why women's fear response to this trend makes complete sense
• The powerful reframe and answer that changes everything and that makes you immune to Alpine Divorce
• A personal story from 2015: the 43-mile trip I took as the only woman in a group of four guys, why I was terrified going in, and what actually happened out there
• Why the "choose the bear" conversation and Alpine Divorce are really the same conversation, and what both of them are pointing to underneath
• The story we've been told as women about the outdoors, who it's safe for, and why I think it's time we rewrite it
• What's coming at the free Solo Hiker Summit, June 3–5 — and why this episode is a preview of exactly what we're going to dig into there

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