Winnipeg Woman Embarks on Epic Thirty Minute Expedition to Steinbach

WINNIPEG, MB

Marco Polo, Thor Heyerdahl, Sir Francis Drake – these names are synonymous with exploration and adventure. Today we can add the name Alison Becker to the list, the daring young woman who, when visiting her friend Laura in Steinbach, became the first Winnipeger ever to venture beyond the Perimeter.

“My husband Ron and I discussed it for months. He was really against the trip,” said Becker. “‘You don’t know what’s out there,’ he said. ‘No one’s ever left and made it back.’ But I knew going to Laura’s Tupperware party was something I just had to do.”

Becker says she trained for months, venturing first a few metres, then a full kilometre, and eventually she was driving five, ten, fifteen kilometres outside Winnipeg. With each trip she slowly increased her endurance and stamina.