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Episode 93: Marinel de Jesus, Sara Frenning & Expanding Opportunities for Women Guides & Porters
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On this episode: small successes, women porters, and the Himalaya. We’re talking with Marinel de Jesus and Sara Frenning about the Porter Voice Collective and their project for a women-led trek on the Great Himalaya Trail.
Marinel is a digital nomad, founder of Brown Gal Trekker, Equity Global Treks and The Porter Voice Collective, where Sara is a researcher. Both joined us from Nepal, which wis the longest distance we’ve recorded a show from to date.
In this Episode- KM 82: The Porter Voices of Peru’s Camino Inca – a documentary project of The Porter Voice Collective
- Great Himalaya Trail – website
- Fundraiser for the Great Himalaya Trail trek
- Statistics on Nepal tourism (PDF)
- Brown Girl Trekker – Marinel’s website
- Equity Global Treks
- The Porter Voice Collective
- Facebook: @browngaltrekker
- Instagram: @browngaltrekker
- X (formerly Twitter): @bgtexplorations
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