6/9/2023 0 Comments Breaking trail a climbing lifeThroughout her course work Blum tirelessly worked for the betterment of the global community. Blum attended Reed College and eventually went on to UC Berkeley to complete her PhD. These flashes of childhood memories, that have remained locked up in a heart-shaped secret diary until now, parallel the many adventures, failures, and triumphs alike, that Blum encountered as a woman in education, adventure, and with love.Īs an academic, with a PhD in biophysical chemistry, Blum has accomplished many professional firsts. Through recollections of her past, written as forewords in each of the chapters, her story unfolds. For most of her life she was encouraged to find a nice Jewish husband and settle down into the comfortable and rewarding life of a wife and mother. Breaking Trail is a unique and insightful glimpse into the heart, mind, and soul of Arlene Blum, one of the worlds most accomplished female mountaineers.Īrlene Blum was born in the heart of the Midwest to German and Russian Jewish parents. Alongside the earlier female accounts of adventure, in Breaking Trail Blum combines the genres of memoir and adventure writing beautifully. Blum can be considered a pioneer in women’s mountaineering in line with other great women mountaineers such as Fanny Bullock Workman, Annie Peck Smith, and Isabella Bird. If ever there has been an iconic figure in the canon of womens mountaineering literature Arlene Blum is she.
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