The Stories We Carry
/What if your mother was right to worry? Should you hold back?
In 2010, Kitty Galloway walked from Washington to Montana with her partner and dog (Photo courtesy Kitty Galloway)
“Strength and courage do not mean the absence of fear.”
— Kitty Galloway
If there’s anything universal that most long-distance hikers dislike, it’s road walking. Asphalt is hot, tough on joints and tiring.
But the edges of roads, if we’re willing to pay attention, can offer as many lessons as any steep alpine ridgeline. Road walking, as it turns out, has just as much capacity to change us.
On this episode, Kitty Galloway tells the story of something that happened on a highway in Idaho, which shifted her worldview.
It’s a story about confronting the all-too-common narrative that women are vulnerable — victims in the making. And it’s a story about strength, fear, and learning to accept that two opposing truths can be valid at the same time.
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For Further Listening
If you enjoy this story, check out the episode “Acceptance.” It’s about how a freak accident changed one woman’s relationship with climbing, and with her parents.
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