National Geographic just nominated Mountain2Mountain founder Shannon Galpin as one of its “Adventurers of the Year,” which should come as no surprise with all she’s done to transform the lives of women and girls in Afghanistan (and beyond). Most of the time, on a bike.

Having recently returned back to her own mountain in Breckenridge, Colorado, from Kabul—where she showed Afghanees a Kickstarter-funded photo exhibit of billboard-sized images of life in Afghanistan—Galpin is re-inspired.

“I founded Mountain2Mountain on the ethos of connecting communities and cultures. From the beginning, I wanted to use photography and art as a way to break through stereotypes and change perspectives in the goal of emphasizing our common humanity,” she tells TakePart…

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