As I have mentioned in my Facebook message, I am currently writing a short film for a class in university (Concordia) about two women aged 22 and 25. Briefly, the story happens when the girls stop at the Greenleaf Hut. My teacher asked us to do some research about our subject. Thus, I have some questions to ask you to make sure my story is realistic!

How many months do it takes to get to the White Mountains (considering you start from the very beginning in Georgia)?
Was there a point in your hike where you could not imagine yourself go back to ''reality''? Were you ever sacred to go back to the life you had before doing the AT?
Do you have any funny anecdotes or bad luck that happened on trail?
How were your relation with other hikers? Did you make good friends there?
What would be a typical discussion between thru-hikers in a hut be like (do you talk about your hike anecdotes or you talk about who you are)?
Do you have any examples of trail names?
How did your body changed due to the long distance hike?
What was your biggest motivation for doing the AT?
Do the huts in the Whites have that principle that you can stay for the night if you help with chores? ( Dixie from Homemade Wanderlust talked about that in a vlog I think)

Feel free to skip questions if you don't have any answers or just don't want to talk about certain things! :)

Thank you so much for your time!!

Sophie

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Sunday 22nd October - Part 5 - 7 women - 7 challenges EDITED!!!!! 0

Oct 23, 2017

Tough Girl Daily PODCAST! Sunday 22nd October - Part 5 - 7 women - 7 challenges EDITED!!!!!

Show notes

So pleased to have finished this edit!!
Plans for next week
Being in Lancaster Wednesday - Friday
Catching up with friends
Free weekend!
Back at the gym on Monday
New vlogs are coming out
Day 71 has gone live today!
Day 72 will be live tomorrow!
Check out www.toughgirlchallenges.com

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Saturday 21st October - Charity night at Liverpool Football Club!! 0

Oct 22, 2017

Show notes

Camp America interview done
Speaking with young people
Sell yourself
Editing 7 women - 7 challenges - getting rid of background noise, 6 hrs done….
Keeping the editing simple
This has to get out by Sunday
Charity night at Liverpool Football Club
https://www.justgiving.com/campaigns/charity/just4children/ourlittlewarrior
Our Little Warrior Campaign - fingers crossed over £10K was raised
Caught up with Ali from the Tough Girl Team
How can I support the volunteers who support me
Sunday plans… clear diary!!!
Too work focused at the moment
Yestival this weekend! Hopefully members of the TGT got to meet up as well
Have an awesome Saturday!
Speak to you soon
Lots of Love xx

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Friday 20th October - Uni work & Thinking about the men….!!! 0

Oct 21, 2017

Show notes

Staying at a B&B
Early breakfast
Heading straight to the library
Working with R.W. Connell - Journal time… getting men involved in gender equality
Research into UN Women
Thinking about my essay topic and linking it into the UN
Thinking about doing an internship with UN Women and working in New York
5,000 word essay… still formulating ideals
Academic wording….
Getting my head around the academic language
Being out of my comfort zone
How much work I have to do
Week 2 is over!
Scary how time is moving by
Full on day of uni work
Day 71 for the vlog…. issues with getting it uploaded to youtube…
Plans for tomorrow
I want to edit 7 women - 7 challenges!!!
Have an awesome Friday
Big love xx

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Thursday 19th October - Uni work & uni work & more uni work!!! 0

Oct 20, 2017

Tough Girl Daily PODCAST! Thursday 19th October - Uni work & uni work & more uni work!!!

Show notes

Drove to Lancaster
Attended my lecture
Headed to the library
Left at 5.45pm
Stayed in Morecambe
Got the books out again
Study… Study…. Study….
Early night…
Getting a discount on student railcards!
Cheap train travel
Hope you had a great day!
Speak to you tomorrow!
xx

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Wednesday 18th October - I want a holiday - give me sunshine!!!! 0

Oct 20, 2017

Tough Girl Daily PODCAST! Wednesday 18th October - I want a holiday - give me sunshine!!!!

Show notes

Wanting to go on holiday
Give me sunshine!
Cheap destination for holidays in December
Edited a vlog - Day 71(Still being uploaded to youtube)
Flynn is editing Day 72
Camp America interview & report written
Uni work - notes and preparation for lectures on Thursday and Friday
Taking breaks..
New interview for the Tough Girl Podcast
How I meet Zoe and why I wanted her on the podcast
Not being able to read anymore
Having a balanced day… but wishing I could have edited a podcast
Applying to be a volunteer
Reddit…. Not a clue!
I’m bored of myself complaining about how little time I have!
Mini holiday in Lancaster!
No checking e-mails… no Facebook…
New blog post coming soon - for Mighty Blue Podcast ( Need to write show notes)
Have a productive day!!!
Say yes - or say No!
E-mail me - sarah@toughgirlchallenges.com
Big love xx

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Tuesday 17th October - DOMS & Dishes!!!! 0

Oct 18, 2017

Show notes

Dealing with the DOMS
Reading Connell - Gender
Getting behind on my reading
Working at Ground
Washing dishes - making money
I need to get some speaking gigs!
Speaking at Wirral Girls School
New article on the website - What I learned from thru hiking the Appalachian Trail in 100 days
Reddit? How to use it?
Vlogs….
Missing footage..
Rowing the Pacific Ocean… to break the current record
Plans for tomorrow
Uni work or Tough Girl work…
Have an amazing day!
Big love xx

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Monday 16th October - Time to get back to the gym!!! 0

Oct 17, 2017

Show notes

Time to get back to the gym
Catching up with Chris Thomas
10 weeks of PT
New fitness goal - Getting my pull up back and running a fast mile
Feedback from his training plan
What could I have done differently in training for the AT
New Tough Girl Podcast coming out tomorrow - Meike Stones
Awesome interview with Megan Hine
Saving it for Christmas!
Christmas Special - 26th December
Storm Ophelia..
Applying for a job -“Earn more or spend less”
Still so much to do….
Whole body is knackered!
Sorry about e-mails and lack of response
Have an amazing Monday
Should I start setting an alarm??
Doing what I can do
Do what you can do!
Big love xx

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Sunday 15th October - Blog post - 4 Things The Women’s Adventure Expo Taught Me - By Emily Woodhouse 0

Oct 16, 2017

Tough Girl Daily PODCAST! Sunday 15th October - Blog post - 4 Things The Women’s Adventure Expo Taught Me - By Emily Woodhouse

Show notes

Emily Woodhouse

@TravellingLine

Adventurer | Entrepreneur | Writer | Cyclist | Mountain Rescue

Be Yourself - Know Yourself - Challenge Expectations

Takeaways

I feel like an imposter… but I’m not

2. Even the “proper” adventurers are winging it

3. Thousands of social followers doesn’t stop you from being a person

4. Nothing beats doing things in person

TAKE AWAY: We don’t appreciate the things we do every day. They’re so much a part of our life that we forget they might be interesting to other people.

TAKE AWAY: Just have a go. Don’t wait to be perfect. Don’t wait to be qualified. Make it up as you go along, you just have to start.

TAKE AWAY: Behind each social media account lies a person just like me and you. Don’t forget that!

TAKE AWAY: Reader: if you want to become an adventurer, go on adventures.

Read the Blog Post here: -

http://www.travellinglines.com/4-things-womens-adventure-expo-taught/

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Tough Girl Daily PODCAST! Saturday 14th October - Not very exciting… 0

Oct 15, 2017

Show notes

Working
Reading books and making notes 3 chapters done
Interview Anoushe Husain - See her Website - https://anoushehusain.com
Not leaving the house
Printing out my notes for week 1
Update on the vlog!
Gemma is going to be helping edit the vlogs
The plan - Flynn edit videos 70 - 79, Gemma 80 - 84, me 85 - 89 (vlogs 90 - 98 done)
Have an amazing weekend, whatever you have got planned
Follow along on twitter @_TOUGH_GIRL
Follow on Instagram @toughgirlchallenges
New blog post reading tomorrow
Big love xx

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Friday 13th October - 1st day back at University & being late! 0

Oct 14, 2017

Tough Girl Daily PODCAST! Friday 13th October - 1st day back at University & being late!

Show notes

Arriving late for my first lecture!
Not knowing where I was going!
Navigating through a building site
Moodle
Smashing it!
Getting myself organized!
Getting books out
Trying to find somewhere to stay in Lancaster
Late for my 2nd lecture!
Mentally drained
Trying to get back into the academic mindset
This is a good situation to be in
Get into my routine!
Big love
Have an awesome Friday!
xx

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Thursday 12th October - 2 New Interviews done! 0

Oct 13, 2017

Tough Girl Daily PODCAST! Thursday 12th October - 2 New Interviews done!

Show notes

Interview with Jen Bricker
Catching up with Adelaide Goodeve
Doing an introduction for the “Wild Show”
Check out www.SpartaChicks.com
Check out Adelaide’s Newsletter
Check out The Lilly Wild Show Podcast
Reading and Patrons gifts
Responding to e-mail
Thank you Helen for the questions for Beth French
Thank you Morgan for help with my to do list!
Top tip for to do lists - Have a master to do list and a daily to do list
“you know!”
Vlog 98 uploaded (but not published!)
We are up to vlog 69!
4 weeks since the Appalachian Trail
Catching up with friends - Abbie & Lucy
45 e-mails down to 20!
Early night
1st lecture tomorrow!
Big love - have an awesome day!
XX

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Wednesday 11th October - 400,000 downloads & speaking at Rotary 0

Oct 12, 2017

Show notes

400,000 downloads of the Tough Girl Podcast!!!!
The goal of 500,000 downloads…..
Having patience!
Rotary Club of West Wirral - 31st Charter Dinner
The power of challenging yourself
Long evening
Starting speaking at 10.15pm
Great food!
Content of my talk…
How I can improve on it!
Good to get back to public speaking
Lots of interviews being booked in
Needing address from Patrons!
132 patrons
Needing more time
Weekend plans
Getting booked in with my PT - Chris Thomas
Starting back at the beginning
Have fun!
Sign up for some new challenges!
Big Love xx

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Tuesday 10th October - So close to 400,000 downloads…. 0

Oct 11, 2017

Show notes

New episode of Tough Girl Podcast
So close to 400,000 downloads….
Will I reach 500,000 by the end of the year?
Ideas to hit 500,000
Reading and study - Critical debates in Media and Cultural Studies….
Reaching out to women for the Tough Girl Podcast
Having a week of interviews - batch production
Giving a talk tomorrow night… working on my speech - The Power of Challenging Yourself.
Wearing heels..
Getting frustrated
Being approached by companies
Ticking over - ebbing & flowing
Come and follow on instagram stories @toughgirlchallenges
Sorry about the vlogs

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Monday 9th October - Study Time - “Gender, Sex & Bodies” 0

Oct 10, 2017

Tough Girl Daily PODCAST! Monday 9th October - Study Time - “Gender, Sex & Bodies”

Show notes

Starting to study
Gender, Sex & Bodies
Reading - A vindication of the Rights of Woman - Mary Wollstonecraft (1792)
The Second Sex - Simone de Beauvoir “One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman”
Active reading from journal and books - 1) quick read 2) highlight sections 3) words I don’t understand etc
Trying to get back into study mode
Catching up with Cathy O’Dowd
The Business of Adventure
Money & Time
New project….
Catching up with Jo Jo (from 7 women - 7 challenges)
Needing to get 7 W - 7 C edited and uploaded
Not getting anything done from my to do list
Lost footage for day 99….
What I need to figure out… Balance
How much have I taken on…
Patience!!
Going back to re-record the daily podcast!!
Speak soon - Lots of Love xx

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Sunday 8th October - “Why I’m ok with being a hypocritical sexist” - written by Bex Band - The Ordinary Adventurer. 0

Oct 9, 2017

Tough Girl Daily PODCAST! Sunday 8th October - “Why I’m ok with being a hypocritical sexist” - written by Bex Band - The Ordinary Adventurer.

About Bex Band

Fed up with my 9-5 routine, I quit my job as a teacher to be what most people only dream of...an adventurer! It paid off. I now live a nomadic existence travelling from one adventure to the next - going on and leading expeditions, carrying out conservation work and searching for cool new things to do along the way. This is now my job!

I want to inspire more people to go on adventures to learn the value of experiences over things and to reconnect with our natural world. I'm proof that wealth, fitness and experience aren't what you need to achieve this....determination and kindness did me just fine!

Check out her website - http://www.theordinaryadventurer.com

Read the blog post- http://www.theordinaryadventurer.com/inspiration/sexism-in-the-outdoors/