Jennifer Pharr-Davis. Photo courtesy National Geographic Adventure
Two women were among the daredevils selected for National Geographic’s 2012 Adventurers of the Year List. One of them is Jennifer Pharr-Davis, who shattered the previous record for walking the Appalachian Trail this summer by speed-hiking up to 18 hours a day for 46 days.
Carissa Moore. Photo courtesy National Geographic Adventure
The other is 19-year-old Hawaiian surfer Carissa Moore, who won the women’s world title of surfing this year and will be the first woman to compete in the men’s Triple Crown of surfing later this month. Head over to the
National Geographic Adventure site to read interviews with
Carissa and
Jennifer, and see the profiles of the other Adventurer of the Year nominees. Then vote!
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