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I'm Gail Straub and you're listening to She Explores.

The first time I went into the wilderness I had no clue what to expect and the guide that I had was one of my professors and he didn't really prepare us.

So I feel like, kind of like that because you do prepare for motherhood, it's never what you plan it to be.

This is Christina Frost.

We've known each other for a few years even though we've just met in person a couple of times.

We used to be a part of this virtual bi-weekly meeting for women starting communities and

companies in the outdoor industry.

Christina works a full-time job in the tech industry of San Francisco, but she couldn't resist

getting involved in the outdoor space as more and more women's ventures were rising to the surface.

I've always admired that she doesn't go into anything lightly and it's how she's

approached motherhood too. She didn't know what to expect when she had a baby girl

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