XX Factor: A Woman’s Place is on Top

Outside Podcast

Sports, Wilderness

4.4 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 12 April 2017

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Back when men still believed the “weaker sex” were inferior climbers, Arlene Blum led a women’s ascent of Annapurna, the world’s tenth-highest peak. The 1978 climb put the first women—and first Americans, period—on the summit, but the death of two climbers sparked a controversy. Outside contributing editor Florence Williams talks with Blum and Alpinist editor in chief Katie Ives about why the expedition continues to inspire climbers and stir debate.

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0:00.0	This episode of the Outside Podcast is brought to by REI Co-op.
0:07.0	They want to make the outdoors the largest level playing field on earth.
0:11.0	In the spring they're kicking off new classes, events, and
0:15.0	travel programs designed specifically for women and they're also turning out
0:19.8	some cool new gear and not just the smaller, pinker version of a men's product.
0:26.1	Ash Price is a senior gear designer for technical box at REI.
0:30.7	What one thing that really bothers me is that a lot of packs used to just be quote-on-quote unisex and that really meant that they were built for a man and if a woman really wanted to use if she
0:43.7	could but it wasn't going to be as comfortable for her.
0:45.8	Ash has been working to update a backpack called the Flash 45 for women's bodies.
0:50.8	The new model has load stabilizing technology, contoured hip belt, a breathable back panel, and
0:56.4	attachment points for all your gear.
0:58.6	Oh, and starting in mid-April, you can get it in bright red. It's not something that's meant to blend in and kind of go under the radar.
1:08.0	It's bold, it's out there, and I think it's a nice way to kind of like take your spot in the outdoors.
1:15.6	Check out the Flash 45 or sign up for a free backpacking class at REI.com
1:20.7	slash Force of Nature. From Outside magazine and PRX, these are dispatches.
1:31.0	Stories from our writers in the field.
1:34.0	If you caught the show last week,
1:40.0	you already know we're trying to do something a little different here on the
1:43.7	podcast. Over the course the next few months we're going to be airing this
1:48.2	mini series called the Double X Factor. It's all about women and the stuff they do in the outdoors. And it's
1:54.9	part of a bigger campaign both on the podcast and the magazine to start telling
1:59.8	more stories about women and doing more stories by women.
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