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<strong>Elise Wortley:</strong> In her spare time, this Londoner follows in the footsteps of historical female adventurers, often wearing the same outfits they donned on their treks. Here, she's pictured at Cairngorms National Park in Scotland.

Elise Wortley: In her spare time, this Londoner follows in the footsteps of historical female adventurers, often wearing the same outfits they donned on their treks. Here, she's pictured at Cairngorms National Park in Scotland.

Emily Almond Barr

<strong>Hiking in style:</strong> Wortley also wears period-appropriate clothing, even when it's not as comfortable, and uses as much of the same equipment as the original explorers.

Hiking in style: Wortley also wears period-appropriate clothing, even when it's not as comfortable, and uses as much of the same equipment as the original explorers.

Emily Almond Barr

<strong>Getting outdoors: </strong>Wortley wants to encourage other women to experience nature on their own terms, away from the stresses of everyday life.

Getting outdoors: Wortley wants to encourage other women to experience nature on their own terms, away from the stresses of everyday life.

Olivia Martin McGuire

<strong>Blazing trails:</strong> Wortley has visited Sikkim, India, where she trekked with local women.

Blazing trails: Wortley has visited Sikkim, India, where she trekked with local women.

Emily Almond Barr

<strong>Winter walk: </strong>There, she climbed Kangchenjunga, the third highest mountain in the world.

Winter walk: There, she climbed Kangchenjunga, the third highest mountain in the world.

Emily Almond Barr

<strong>Journey to Iran: </strong>To re-create the 1930s journey of British-Italian explorer and travel writer Freya Stark, Wortley was able to secure a visa to Iran.

Journey to Iran: To re-create the 1930s journey of British-Italian explorer and travel writer Freya Stark, Wortley was able to secure a visa to Iran.

Emily Almond Barr

<strong>Alamut Valley: </strong>There, she ventured to the Alamut Valley, also called Valley of the Assassins.

Alamut Valley: There, she ventured to the Alamut Valley, also called Valley of the Assassins.

Emily Almond Barr

<strong>Added motivation: </strong>"I found that I actually understand their reading and their writing a lot more now that I've done it in the old stuff," Wortley says of her desire to wear period-specific clothing during her treks.

Added motivation: "I found that I actually understand their reading and their writing a lot more now that I've done it in the old stuff," Wortley says of her desire to wear period-specific clothing during her treks.

Olivia Martin McGuire