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Mountain to Mountain: A Journey of Adventure and Activism for the Women of Afghanistan Hardcover – September 16, 2014
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"Shannon Galpin’s lovely cycling saga is an inspiring and illuminating window into the lives of modern day Afghan women and their continuing struggle to ride their own path to freedom, recognition, and equality." —Khaled Hosseini, New York Times bestselling author of The Kite Runner and And The Mountains Echoed"Mountain to Mountain reads like one of Shannon Galpin's bike rides, fast-paced and unpredictable. It traces her intimate journey as a survivor and her travels across a rugged terrain, in the process bringing alive a vital and poignant message: Equality for Afghan women means more than just voting rights or access to parliament—it means having the same basic freedoms as men."—Anand Gopal, author of No Good Men Among the Living"She sweeps you in, right from the beginning. And there is no exit. Shannon makes Afghanistan come alive on a personal level that no news story can ever replicate. I biked with her up mountains, hung out with her colleagues, visited schools, and constantly connected with real people, both local and foreign. The most passionate pages take place in women’s prisons, where the women are jailed for ‘adultery’...because they were raped. The most poignant, heart-pumping pages are when Shannon shares her own deepest darkest secret! This book is a winner....and so is Shannon."—Rita Golden Gelman, author of Tales of a Female Nomad: Living at Large in the World"Shannon is as brave as they come. For almost a decade she has battled the odds to empower Afghanistan’s dispossessed and disabled populations. Now, at a time when women’s rights are again under attack across South Asia, she provides a poignant story of how education and sport can overcome Taliban attacks and social neglect. Inspiring as only a real doer can be."—Parag Khanna, Senior Fellow, New America Foundation, and author of The Second World: Empires and Influence in the New Global Order"Read this touching story from Shannon Galpin, who utilizes her unique position as a western woman to immerse herself in Afghan culture. She had the courage to leave everything behind and use the bike to as a tool to lead a physical and political movement — a way towards freedom for the women of Afghanistan."—Marianne Vos, champion road bicycle racer and Olympic Gold medalist"Mountain to Mountain is nothing short of phenomenal. This captivating, inspiring and heart-warming memoir shows us all that, with unbounded and unwavering passion, determination and courage, change can happen and mountains can be moved, one pedal stroke at a time. Shannon Galpin, and the women of Afghanistan, I salute you and your illimitable strength. "—Chrissie Wellington MBE, four-time Ironman World Champion
"Full of vivid anecdotes, the narrative is most enjoyable when recounting the author’s chronicles of her travel and interactions with Afghans…her respect and love for the Afghan people is apparent, as are her nerve and determination to help those in need…an inspiring personal story of an American mountain biker finding her vocation as an international activist."—Kirkus Reviews"Readers seeking inspiration on how they can make a difference in the world will find it here…combined with a bit of luck, humor, and the strength to find a way to make dreams—yours and others—begin to come true."—Booklist
About the Author
SHANNON GALPIN is the founder and president of Mountain2Mountain, a nonprofit organization focused on helping women and children in Afghanistan. Her humanitarian efforts have been profiled on Dateline NBC, The New York Times, Outside Magazine, National Geographic Explorer, USA Today , CNN, MountainFlyer Magazine, and Women's Adventure Magazine.
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Kris
on September 25, 2014
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Shannon's book reads exactly like she is sitting down with you over a large pot of coffee telling you her story. It's captivating from start to finish and illuminates the realities of Afghanistan that many of us just don't hear about in the Western world. Mountain to Mountain is an important read for humanity and leaves you inspired to go follow you own wild hairs, because the world and our children need more passionate people like Shannon.
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An amazing look into the realities of a country that most of us hear so much about, but ultimately, know so little about. Shannon's story is inspiring and a call to action: we should all be doing more, be it on the other side of the world or in our own communities.
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on September 18, 2014
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Shannon Galpin's masterpiece of a memoir chronicles her transformation from a young rape survivor to a global activist, mother, singlespeed mountain bike racer, and a National Geographic Adventurer of the Year— she was the first woman to mountain bike in Afghanistan. For this reader, the book challenges perceptions of what it is to be a victim and an activist, an athlete and an adventurer, and what it is like to be a foreign woman in Afghanistan. She also writes honestly and passionately about being a single mother to her daughter, Devon, who is the unspoken catalyst in this page turner of a book. I highly recommend this to everyone—it is a bright spot in the current horror of world events, and Shannon is a role model to us all.
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on September 21, 2014
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A fascinating read -- part adventure travel, part pan-national social critique, part activist manifesto -- this book puts the reader at the front lines of the women's rights movement both in the U.S. and abroad with one of its most interesting and innovative leaders at work today.
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