Lise Wortley - Woman with Altitude

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Science, Nature, Society & Culture, Places & Travel

4.6 • 732 Ratings

🗓️ 31 October 2024

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Clare meets ‘Woman with Altitude’ Lise Wortley who recreates the adventures of overlooked and forgotten female explorers.

As Lise takes Clare on a walk around her childhood village of Boxford in Suffolk, she tells Clare why she doesn’t just follow in the footsteps of these incredible women but even wears the same kind of clothing and footwear. Her latest expedition, in woollen skirts and specially made hob-nail boots, was an attempt to climb Mont Blanc on the same route as the French adventurer, Henriette D'Angeville. In 1838 Henriette was the first woman to summit Mont Blanc unaided, in other words without being lifted across the tricky parts as a previous female walker had done.

Lise's adventure didn't work out quite as expected and led to her taking a long and unexpected diversion up a completely different and less well known mountain.

Find out more about Lise on her website: www.womanwithaltitude.com/

Presenter: Clare Balding Producer: Karen Gregor

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