Adventure travel is a growth industry thanks to women over 40
Sports, culture and friendship attract more women to travel far
By Ariel Felton
January 16, 2024 at 5:00 a.m. EST
(Illustration by Simone Noronha for The Washington Post )
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Teri McCoy was 44 years old when she first discovered wanderlust.
She was attending a human resources conference in Denver but the mountains, the largest she had ever seen, beckoned on the horizon. “Later, during one of the personal development workshops, I was given a phrase to reflect on about allowing myself to have new experiences,” recalls McCoy. “It all just clicked.”