From scaling cliffs to navigating rapids, crushing trails, and embracing the cold, these powerhouse women redefine what it means to explore Knoxville’s wild spaces. Join us for an inspiring panel featuring (to be announced), as they share their boldest adventures, toughest challenges, and the mindset shifts that keep them pushing forward. Whether you’re a weekend warrior or a seasoned explorer, this conversation will fuel your fire to get outside, push limits, and own your space in the wild.

Moderator: Kat Bike

Stacy Gunnoe, Kayaking and Kicking Ass

Tina Rosling, Cold Water Plunger

Missy Petty, Regional Specialist | Southeast | Lead Knoxville Play Program, Little Bellas

Indya Kincannon, Knoxville Mayor and lover of the outdoors

Rebekah Lindsay, Cycling

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• Stacy Gunnoe
  Stacy has been a river runner since the age of 16, when she discovered her love of whitewater. She started video kayaking on the Ocoee during summer breaks in high school and soon began kayaking across the U.S. and internationally, seeking out new and challenging rivers.  She obtained her B.A. in Ecology from Brevard College while paddling local rivers as much as possible, especially the world-renowned rapids on the Narrows of the Green River where she honed her skills. She started to compete in extreme kayak races throughout the United States. In 2001 she competed on the U.S Freestyle kayaking team in squirt boating and placed  6 th place in Sort, Spain. She came to Knoxville in 2007, to attend the University of Tennessee and became a Family Nurse Practitioner.  She married her life partner, Andrew, on the Colorado River at the bottom of the Grand Canyon on a private rafting trip in 2011. Her love of rivers and the outdoors has evolved into one that includes her 2 girls with multi-day western river trips and paddle rafting around the Southeast. Stacy cherishes every moment she can on the river, whether it is continuing her love of whitewater, or floating down the calmer sections of our local Little River with her friends and family.

• Tina Rosling
  Tina has lived in Knoxville for the past 30 years and feels it is a great training ground for all the diverse activities she loves: biking, hiking, backpacking, swimming and winter time cold water plunges. As she has gotten older Tina has learned to embrace the cold. Jumping into 40 degree water on a cold day is a recurrent challenge and confirmation that we can do hard things and overcome fears on a daily basis. Eventually, it permeates to the rest of your life and makes all other cold weather activities manageable. 

• Missy Petty
  Missy hails from Knoxville and lives roughly 3 miles from 70 miles of trails. Guess where you can find me most of the time? If you guessed, at a fisheries trying to save imperiled fish species and the water they live in, you'd be correct! No, not what you guessed? Okay, I am a conservation biologist, and it's awesome, but where can i be found the rest of the time? On the trails or at cycling events, spreading the word, ripping, and riding. A curator of high fives and perma-stoke, i was a mentor for the Little Bellas Chattanooga Program and loved it so much, i went about starting a chapter in Knoxville in 2019. I love seeing the confidence built through the program and want to continue to empower girls in my region and bring rad women together to ride bikes. My passion, love for riding, and sharing that love most definitely makes me not just another fish in the sea. (see what I did there?) 

• Indya Kincannon
  Indya Kincannon is the City of Knoxville’s 69th Mayor and only the second female to hold this position.

  The Mayor’s administration focuses its efforts on public safety, affordable housing, connecting neighborhoods, a clean & resilient future, and good governance.

  Shortly after taking office, Mayor Kincannon started the City’s first $50 Million Affordable Housing Fund, and her administration continues to dedicate more money than any other to affordable housing in our ever-growing city.

  Mayor Kincannon is also a huge supporter of the outdoors, professionally and personally.

  In her first 5 years in office, she helped establish an Urban Forest Master Plan, completed some major enhancements in the Urban Wilderness, and expanded amenities in our greenspaces all across the city.

   One of the Mayor’s favorite pastimes is hitting the trails and greenways in the city, on bike or on foot. 

• Bekah Lindsay
  Bekah was born and raised in East Tennessee. Growing up in the Smoky Mountains fostered her love for all things outdoors. She especially loves hiking and exploring. As a college student she fell in love with road cycling, eventually becoming a member of the King University cycling team, learning all aspects of the race world. After a traumatic bike accident, she was forced to find another outlet to enjoy being outdoors. She found that outlet in running, specifically trail running. Joining her two loves together she trained and competed for sprint triathlons. In 2023 she was diagnosed with a progressive neuromuscular condition. Day-to-day activities became a struggle, though her life had drastically changed, her desire to be active did not. With the support of her family and friends she has been able to compete in an adaptive sprint triathlon, as well as adaptive kayaking, adaptive hiking and adaptive mountain biking.  She enjoys shredding the trails every chance she gets. When not hiking, biking or kayaking she can be found outside training and playing with her dog, Relay.

• Kat Bike
  Katherine Bike is a passionate advocate for women's voices in outdoor spaces. With a background in community engagement, she brings curiosity, warmth, and insight to every conversation. At Outlandish Adventure Festival, Katherine is thrilled to moderate the Women in the Outdoors panel, celebrating the strength and stories of adventurous women with the history of Knoxville.