{"product_id":"tough-broad-from-bird-watching-to-base-jumping-how-outdoor-adventure-improves-our-lives-as-we-age-paperback","title":"Tough Broad: From Bird-Watching to Base Jumping--How Outdoor Adventure Improves Our Lives as We Age - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCaroline Paul\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e-bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Gutsy Girl\u003c\/i\u003e, a funny, inspiring, deeply researched exploration into the science and psychology of the outdoors and our place in it as we age\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e-now in paperback.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCaroline Paul has always filled her life with adventure: From mountain biking in the Bolivian Andes to pitching a tent, mid-blizzard, on Denali, she has never been a stranger to the exhilaration the outdoors can hold. Yet through it all, she has long wondered, \u003ci\u003eWhy aren't women, like men, encouraged to keep adventuring into old age? \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eTough Broad\u003c\/i\u003e is her quest to understand not just how to live a dynamic life in a changing body, but why we must. She dives deep into the current research on aging, and highlights the results with the stories of women like ninety-three-year-old hiker Dot Fisher-Smith, eighty-year-old scuba diver Louise Wholey, fifty-two-year-old BASE jumper Shawn Brokemond, sixty-four-year-old birdwatcher Virginia Rose, and the many septuagenarian Wave Chasers who boogie board together in the San Diego surf. These women aren't experts. But their experiences and the scientific studies that back them up offer important insight into our own physical and emotional health as we age, showing that growing older is no reason for women to sell themselves short. \u003ci\u003eTough Broad\u003c\/i\u003e is a high-spirited call for women to embrace the outdoors, not back away from it, in our fifties, sixties, seventies, and beyond, casting our own futures in a new and dazzling light.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCaroline Paul\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Gutsy Girl: Escapades for Your Life of Epic Adventure\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eYou Are Mighty: A Guide to Changing the World\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eLost Cat: A True Story of Love, Desperation, and GPS Technology\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as the memoir \u003ci\u003eFighting Fire \u003c\/i\u003eabout becoming one of the first female firefighters in San Francisco, and the novel \u003ci\u003eEast Wind, Rain\u003c\/i\u003e. A longtime member of the San Francisco Writers Grotto, she lives in San Francisco.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 13, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51979095441709,"sku":"9781639736362","price":19.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/nYj9IIa8UV9781639736362.webp?v=1775818953","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/tough-broad-from-bird-watching-to-base-jumping-how-outdoor-adventure-improves-our-lives-as-we-age-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}