I love weights, but it’s too far to get to the gym. So I make the farm my gym: I split wood and haul tires and do work on the farm, and that’s sort of my weight training portion. Ann Bancroft Read Quote
I love that place where you get in running where you’re just never out of breath and you just feel like you could go forever. I love that. I love feeling strong. Ann Bancroft Read Quote
I give a tremendous amount of weight to the mental aspect of physical activity and what it does for me. Ann Bancroft Read Quote
I think that women on expeditions often get sucked into giving 150 percent of themselves because they feel they have to prove themselves physically equal to men. We get ourselves into trouble and burn out. Ann Bancroft Read Quote
My brother Bill, who is a year older, is a climber, and when I was in the seventh grade, he taught me how to rappel off the frozen waterfall in our backyard. Ann Bancroft Read Quote
To push behind the dog sled and run in front of the dog sled. That was always an interesting job. Ann Bancroft Read Quote
Growing up in a rural setting in Minnesota, I was raised with the outdoors and a sense of adventure. Ann Bancroft Read Quote
