Shannon Galpin (born 1974) is an American activist, author, adventurer, and producer of the movie, Afghan Cycles. In 2013, she was named, National Geographic Adventurer of the Year.[1][2] Shannon started a US series of mountain biking camps called Strength in Numbers for women in their 20s and 30s who have experienced gender violence,[3] with the belief that "an army of women can change the world."[4] Shannon was runner up for two consecutive years in Elevation Outdoors Magazine's Resident Badass poll, in the Humanitarian category.[5]
^Lipinski, Jed (April 16, 2013). "Cycling Past an Afghan Taboo". The New York Times. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
^Whipple, Kelsey (Jun 13, 2012). "From Colorado to Kabul and back, Shannon Galpin's wild ride". Denver Westward. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
^"Names You Need To Know In 2011: Shannon Galpin, Mountain2Mountain". Forbes Magazine. 11 May 2010. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
^Miller, Sharry (January 24, 2014). "Bringing Afghan Art to Afghanistan". Women's Adventure. Retrieved 28 October 2014. Libero's photographs and Shannon's text provide a fascinating look at a region most of us view as war-torn and worthless. Through their eyes, we can clearly see that we are wrong in that assessment.
shannon, galpin, born, 1974, american, activist, author, adventurer, producer, movie, afghan, cycles, 2013, named, national, geographic, adventurer, year, shannon, started, series, mountain, biking, camps, called, strength, numbers, women, their, have, experie. Shannon Galpin born 1974 is an American activist author adventurer and producer of the movie Afghan Cycles In 2013 she was named National Geographic Adventurer of the Year 1 2 Shannon started a US series of mountain biking camps called Strength in Numbers for women in their 20s and 30s who have experienced gender violence 3 with the belief that an army of women can change the world 4 Shannon was runner up for two consecutive years in Elevation Outdoors Magazine s Resident Badass poll in the Humanitarian category 5 Galpin at the 2014 Texas Book Festival Contents 1 Life 2 Works 3 References 4 External linksLife editShe grew up in Bismarck North Dakota In 2006 she founded Mountain2Mountain 6 7 8 Works editStreets of Afghanistan Bridging Cultures Through Art Photographs by Libero Di Zinno Hatherleigh Company Limited 2013 ISBN 9781578264674 9 Mountain to Mountain A Journey of Adventure and Activism for the Women of Afghanistan St Martin s Press 16 September 2014 ISBN 978 1 4668 4705 7 https radicalhumanity net Site run by Shannon Galpin started in late 2016References edit Shannon Galpin 2013 Adventurers of the Year National Geographic nationalgeographic com 31 October 2012 Archived from the original on November 5 2012 Liv Beyond Shannon Galpin amp Afghan Cycles Coven Magazine Archived from the original on 2014 10 28 Retrieved 2014 10 28 Activist Shannon Galpin uses experience in Afghanistan to Colorado Elevation Outdoors Magazine 2013 02 28 Retrieved 2017 03 26 Shannon Galpin Strength in Numbers shannongalpin com Retrieved 2017 03 26 We Asked You Voted Meet Colorado s Resident Badasses Elevation Outdoors Magazine Elevation Outdoors Magazine 2016 02 07 Retrieved 2017 03 26 Lipinski Jed April 16 2013 Cycling Past an Afghan Taboo The New York Times Retrieved 28 October 2014 Whipple Kelsey Jun 13 2012 From Colorado to Kabul and back Shannon Galpin s wild ride Denver Westward Retrieved 28 October 2014 Names You Need To Know In 2011 Shannon Galpin Mountain2Mountain Forbes Magazine 11 May 2010 Retrieved 29 October 2014 Miller Sharry January 24 2014 Bringing Afghan Art to Afghanistan Women s Adventure Retrieved 28 October 2014 Libero s photographs and Shannon s text provide a fascinating look at a region most of us view as war torn and worthless Through their eyes we can clearly see that we are wrong in that assessment External links edithttp consciousmagazine co mountain to mountain http www summitdaily com news 13164266 113 galpin women afghanistan mountain www examiner com article mountain biking afghanistan shannon galpin has been there done that nbsp nbsp This biographical article about a United States activist is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Shannon Galpin amp oldid 1185733240, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
