{"product_id":"blood-sweat-tears","title":"Blood Sweat Tears","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA powerful collection of essays shattering the taboos around the female body in the world's most extreme and male dominated environments.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBlood Sweat Tears\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003edismantles the glossy myth of the fearless female adventurer and replaces it with something far more honest, raw, and powerful. This groundbreaking collection reveals a truth rarely spoken aloud: adventuring in a female body is a specific, messy, and consistently undervalued act of endurance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom high altitude mountaineering to transcontinental running to life inside the male dominated military, these unflinching stories capture what happens when natural cycles collide with extreme environments. Feel the panic of a climber getting her period on Aconcagua with no supplies. Run alongside a Marine officer whose cycle is mistaken for a medical emergency. Each narrative exposes both the physical realities and the quiet cultural blind spots women navigate in pursuit of their limits.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy turns harrowing, defiant, and darkly funny,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBlood Sweat Tears\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a rallying cry and a validation. It honours the grit it takes not only to push the body to extremes, but to do so in a world that still undervalues what women endure. Every page insists on the same truth: bleeding, pushing, and surviving is its own form of heroism.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Christine E. Reed","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":48905221472408,"sku":"9781771607926","price":25.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0641\/6718\/2488\/files\/BLOODSWEATTEARS_bncc.jpg?v=1782505228","url":"https:\/\/rmbooks.com\/products\/blood-sweat-tears","provider":"Rocky Mountain Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}