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Amazon Woman: Facing Fears, Chasing Dreams, and My Quest to Kayak the Largest River from Source to Sea
Written by Darcy Gaechter
Narrated by Laura Jennings
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Part memoir, part feminist manifesto, this narrative follows one woman's harrowing journey to become the first female to kayak the entire Amazon River.
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Darcy Gaechter
Darcy Gaechter is the first and only woman to kayak the entire length of the Amazon River. For the past fifteen years, she has been considered one of the world’s best female kayakers, leading expeditions in the continental United States, Alaska, Ecuador, Colorado, Idaho, Bhutan, Nepal, and Kenya. A speaker with the Aspen Center for Environmental Studies and the Colorado Whitewater Association, she currently resides in Colorado.
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