About the Author Claude Tranchant was born in Aix-les-Bains (France). At the age of 21, she went to England and lived there for a while before returning to her home land where she worked in an Airline Company called Air Alpes before migrating to Australia in 1979. Claude is the mother of two children and has two grand-children. Claude Tranchant was neither a trekker nor a sporty person, though she took the challenge of crossing, alone, France and Spain on foot. On her return she was asked to write a book about her experiences and took her second challenge. Claude has proven that we are never too old to realize our dreams.