TY  - BOOK
AU  - Galpin,Shannon
TI  - Mountain to mountain: a journey of adventure and activism for the women of Afghanistan 
SN  - 1250046645 (hardback)
PY  - 2014///
CY  - New York
PB  - St. Martin's Press
KW  - Galpin, Shannon
KW  - Cycling
KW  - Afghanistan
KW  - Women political activists
KW  - United States
KW  - Women social reformers
KW  - Women
KW  - Services for
KW  - Violence against
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - Women's rights
N1  - Single-speeds in a war zone -- Genesis -- Inshallah -- Turning point -- Speakeasies and motorcycles -- Motherhood -- Road trips and prisons -- Financial fear -- The barrette -- Whore -- Panjshir Valley -- Strength in numbers -- Epilogue: A two-wheeled revolution
N2  - Being inspired to act can take many forms. For some, it's taking a weekend to volunteer. For Shannon Galpin, it meant leaving her career, selling her house, launching a nonprofit and committing her life to advancing education and opportunity for women and girls. Focusing on the war-torn country of Afghanistan, Galpin and her organization, Mountain2Mountain, have touched the lives of hundreds of men, women and children. In addition to launching the non-profit, in 2009 Galpin became the first woman to ride a mountain bike in Afghanistan. Now she's using that initial bike ride to gain awareness around the country, encouraging people to use their bikes "as a vehicle for social change and justice to support a country where women don't have the right to ride a bike." Galpin describes her first forays into fundraising, her deep desire to help women and girls halfway across the world, her love for adventure and sports, and her own inspiration to be so much more than just another rape victim. During her numerous trips to Afghanistan, Shannon reaches out to politicians and journalists as well as everyday Afghanis -- teachers, prison inmates, mothers, daughters -- to cross a cultural divide and find common ground. She narrates harrowing encounters, exhilarating bike rides, humorous episodes, and the heartbreak inherent in a country that is still recovering from decades of war and occupation
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