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Finding Your Feet Rhiane Fatinikun

Finding Your Feet By Rhiane Fatinikun

Finding Your Feet by Rhiane Fatinikun


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Finding Your Feet: The how-to guide to hiking and adventuring by Rhiane Fatinikun

'I hope this book inspires you to kick down barriers, go on adventures and empower the people around you to do the same. That's how we create change.' Rhiane Fatinikun knows just what an impact a connection with nature can have on your life. Finding Your Feet is Rhiane's essential guide to exploring the British countryside for Black women and women who often feel unsafe in remote places, offering practical tips, favourite walks and routes from across the UK, showcasing the best of nature's beauty. Read on for compelling accounts of Rhianes own experiences, inspiring interviews, handy info boxes and stunning photography. This user-friendly toolkit of a book covers: - Choosing the right kit - Understanding a paper mapNavigating, and what to do if you get lost - Being responsible and staying safe - Different types of hikes, from the local park to night time, and coastal to mountain - Favourite British walks with handy maps and full descriptions of the routes - Adventures along Scotland's iconic Glencoe Pass, around the spectacular Wales Coastal Path and through Cornwall's wild landscapes to Land's End. The outdoors is a powerful space, and everyone has the right to enjoy it. Finding Your Feet is the perfect 'how to' guide to doing just that.

About Rhiane Fatinikun

Rhiane Fatinikun MBE is an adventurer, TV presenter and advocate who founded the UK's largest Black female-led lifestyle and outdoor collective Black Girls Hike, formed in response to a lack of safe spaces for Black women in nature. Rhiane is also an Ambassador for the Wildlife Trusts and Mountain Training, and in recognition of her work she is a recipient of the RGS Geographical Award. Acknowledged as a Positive Role Model for Gender at the National Diversity Awards, listed as one of Forestry Englands 10 most powerful women in nature, and named Campaigner of the Year by The Great Outdoors Awards, in 2024 Rhiane was awarded an MBE for services to nature and diversity.

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION PART 1: WHY? My story Strength Courage Determination Inspiration: Liz Drysdale Belonging Community Inspiration: Bushra Schuitemaker Belief Leadership Inspiration: Carla Khouri Friendship Inspiration: Cherelle Harding Wellness Achievement Inspiration: Amelia Hursham Empowerment Inspiration: Oge Ejizu PART 2: HOW? How to begin hiking Choosing the right kit Nutrition Navigation How to read a paper map Choosing the right map: topography and scale Grid lines and references Contour lines How not to get lost, and advice if you do Walking for fitness Before your hike On your hike After your hike Staying motivated Training for more ambitious routes And finally Hiking isnt just mountains Night hikes Park hikes Coastal hikes Sunrise hikes Mountain hikes Going a little further Long-distance hikes Advanced adventuring How to be safe and responsible Staying safe in the outdoors Responsible hiking PART 3: WHERE? Time to get hiking! Walk 1: Borrowdale to Scafell Pike Walk 2: Glencoe Walk 3: London Waterway Hike: Limehouse Basin to Little Venice via the Grand Union Canal Interview: Kwesia Interview: Chantelle Lindsay Walk 4: Manningtree to Dedham Vale Walk 5: Ouse Valley Interview: Soraya Abdel-Hadi Walk 6: Port Eynon to Rhossili Walk 7: Ravenscar to Robin Hoods Bay circular walk Interview: Jo Moseley Interview: Steph Dwyer Walk 8: Sennen Cove and Lands End Interview: Yvette Curtis Walk 9: St Bees Circular Interview: Amira Patel Walk 10: The Peaks: Monyash Circular Interview: Debbie North EPILOGUE: TIME TO GET OUT THERE INDEX ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Additional information

GOR013742031
9781844866878
1844866874
Finding Your Feet: The how-to guide to hiking and adventuring by Rhiane Fatinikun
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
2024-07-04
224
N/A
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