Shannon Galpin (born 1974) is an American activist, author, adventurer, and producer of the movie, ''Afghan Cycles''. In 2013, she was named,

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Adventurer of the Year. 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, with the belief that "an army of women can change the world." Shannon was runner up for two consecutive years in Elevation Outdoors Magazine's Resident Badass poll, in the Humanitarian category.

Life

She grew up in

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. In 2006, she founded Mountain2Mountain.

Works

*''Streets of Afghanistan: Bridging Cultures Through Art,'' Photographs by Libero Di Zinno, Hatherleigh Company, Limited, 2013, * *https://radicalhumanity.net Site run by Shannon Galpin, started in late 2016

References

External links

*http://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 1971 births Living people Film producers from North Dakota American women writers People from Bismarck, North Dakota American women film producers 21st-century American women {{US-activist-stub