Bethany Adams Book Reading

Thursday, April 16, 2026 at 6 PM

Join us Thursday, 4/16 at 6pm in the i Run LOCAL shop, Saratoga Springs, New York for a special book reading from Bethany Adams, local author of 'Unsupported: A story of moving fast and letting go – Setting a speed record in the Adirondack Mountains.'

Adams is a writer, mountain athlete and experiential educator. She is the first woman to achieve 100 Fastest Known Times (FKTs), and in 2020 she and Katie Rhodes became the first women to climb all 46 Adirondack High Peaks unsupported. Her stories of endurance and healing through nature have been published in Trail Runner and Outside magazines and in the short story collection Blood Sweat Tears (Rugged Outdoorswoman Publishing, 2024).

Adams is a proud community ambassador for She Jumps and a member of Team VJ Shoes USA. She can be found on Instagram at @bethany.climbs.

A certain percentage of proceeds from Unsupported will be donated to 46Climbs, an organization that raises awareness around suicide through physical movement and mountain climbing. The 2020 hike that Rhodes and Adams completed and later made history with was dedicated to 46Climbs. Mental health struggles and suicide touch every family; Unsupported aims to offer light on a subject that is often kept in the darkness.

Praise for Unsupported:

“Adams is perseverance personified.” - Amanda K. Jaros, Author of In My Boots: A Memoir of Five Million Steps along the Appalachian Trail

Pre-order the book at www.ruggedoutdoorswoman.com (books will be available for purchase at the event).