During working hours they wear high heels, lipstick and linen suits … but in their leisure time they don hiking boots, wetsuits and safety harnesses.
They don’t care if their hair gets wet, their mascara smudged, or their acrylic nails take a beating.
During the week they rule the boardroom, on weekends they tame the wilderness. Zip-lining, sky-diving, rock-climbing, white-water rafting, abseiling, bungee-jumping: it’s a case of “have the gear, take the plunge”.
A new LinkedIn group, From High Heels to High Hills, provides a networking platform for these women to make it easier to find like-minded friends and colleagues and leverage special offers and excursions.
“Women, especially black women, are feeling more empowered,” says psychologist Sharon Munyaka. “We no longer feel we need to ask permission. If we want…