She Explores Alone with Her Thoughts on the Welsh Coastal Path: Hiranya de Alwis Jayasinghe
Nov 7, 2018
45:16
Hiranya de Alwis Jayasinghe set out to be the first BAME woman in the United Kingdom to thru hike the Welsh Coastal Trail. She didn't achieve her goal, but after 570 miles on foot, she could hear herself loud and clear.
Women featured in this episode: Hiranya de Alwis Jayasinghe
Hosted by Gale Straub
In this episode, you'll hear:
- What the ~870 mile Welsh Coastal Path is
- Why Wales is so important to Hiranya
- Why she chose to hike solo
- "On your own? You're very brave." What Hiranya heard most often about being on her own and why she thinks that is
- Why what is deemed a "good adventure" feels like a hierarchy
- How trails in the US are different than the Welsh Coastal Path
- How hiking solo gave Hiranya a new appreciation for her body
- Balancing comfort and challenge on a long hike
- How Brexit brought out a resurgence of racism in the UK and how Hiranya experienced this as a South Asian woman on the path
- Whether or not people are talking about DEI and the outdoors in the UK
- Gender norms Hiranya observed on the path
- How she felt when she got off the trail after 48 days
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Resources
- Hiranya's blog: Life Moves in Cycles
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Music is by Josh Woodward, Jason Shaw, Lee Rosevere, and Kai Engel using a Creative Commons Attribution license.
Music is also by Sun Shapes