World of Her Own: 24 Amazing Women Explorers and Adventurers

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xii A WORLD OF HER OWN Tibetan Plateau the world’s highest and largest plateau which includes Tibet as well as sections of China and India As president of the Explorers Club Lorie’s job was to sup port explorers experienced ones such as Brazilian volcanolo gist Rosaly Lopes and newcomers such as Sewa Tripathi a stu dent of botany in Nepal Lorie’s work for the club kept her from exploring as much as she would have liked but as president she had the chance to promote exploration as a vital process in learning about our world and how to sustain it Whether on a stroll in New York City or on a climb up an Alpine peak Lorie has always carried the spirit of exploration with her When she faces challenges at work or home she relies on the skills of endurance and flexibility that all explorers develop Most of all she always holds in her mind memories of journeys and the chil dren in remote places for whose education she has raised funds On one of the walls of the Explorers Club headquarters in New York City is a photograph of mountaineer Annie Smith Peck Annie is one of the many explorers Lorie admires and one of the women you will discover in this book I have five words that I think our activity at the Explorers Club revolves around explore discover share preserve and sustain Lori stated on the National Geographic blog So basi cally go out and discover share our knowledge give back to the community and government work with businesses and bench scientists and tell what we have seen out there Explorers today figure out ways to preserve and sustain the things that are critical in our lives Exploration must be focused on learning and bringing back and adding to our overall body of knowledge