Shannon Galpin
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Shannon Galpin (born 1974) is an American activist and author.
In 2013, Galpin was named National Geographic Adventurer of the Year.[1][2] Shannon started a US series of mountain biking camps called Strength in Numbers for women in their 20s and 30s who have experienced gender violence,[3] with the belief that "an army of women can change the world."[4] Shannon was runner up for two consecutive years in Elevation Outdoors Magazine's Resident Badass poll, in the Humanitarian category.[5] In 2025 Shannon founded the non-profit Combat Apathy which provides an umbrella for social activism through street art, public art installations, film making, graphic novels, and multi-media story telling.[6] Shannon's latest project is the Afghan Women's Sports archive. The archive will preserve the history of Afghan women's athletic achievements through art and recorded and written story telling before the history is erased forever.[7]
She grew up in Bismarck, North Dakota. In 2006, she founded Mountain2Mountain.[8][9][10]
