Ellen Piercy - After setting a challenge she had no idea she could achieve, crossing Svalbard on skis. Ellen has found a passion for cold adventures and a new version of herself.

<div>Ellen started to get into adventure in her late 30s. By day she work as an engineering, by night, she dream of adventure. </div> <div> </div> <div>In 2017 she wanted a new, big, scary challenge and decided on an arctic expedition - crossing Svalbard. </div> <div> </div> <div>Ellen has never been anywhere that cold before and she didn’t’ know how to ski! She didn’t know if the challenge that she had decided on would even be achievable.</div> <div> </div> <div>The Svalbard Expedition was meant to go ahead in 2020, when Ellen was 42. It was postponed from 2020 to 2021 and again to 2022. </div> <div> </div> <div>To keep herself motivated, during the delays and wanting to focus on building her endurance, she set herself a more local project – the Cheshire Challenge to walk all 25 long distance paths in Cheshire totalling 1,500km.</div> <div> </div> <div>In January 2022, Ellen had her sabbatical booked, and found out the Svalbard crossing would be going ahead in April. </div> <div> </div> <div>During this podcast Ellen shares more about the challenge, the lessons learned and provides top tips and advice to help you with your next adventure. </div> <div> </div> <div>New episodes of the Tough Girl Podcast go live every Tuesday at 7am UK time - Hit the subscribe button so you don’t miss out. </div> <div> </div> <div>Support the mission to increase the amount of female role models in the media especially in relation to adventure and physical challenges. Visit <a href= "http://www.patreon.com/toughgirlpodcast" target="_blank" rel= "noopener" data-saferedirecturl= "https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.patreon.com/toughgirlpodcast&source=gmail&ust=1666233886291000&usg=AOvVaw3TlvGpXCCvfA10NINRsabV">www.patreon.com/<wbr />toughgirlpodcast</a> and subscribe - super quick and easy to do and it makes a massive difference. Thank you.</div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div><strong>Show notes</strong></div> <ul> <li>Who is Ellen?</li> <li>Age 45….</li> <li>The concept of identity </li> <li>Describing herself pre and post Svalba