As soon as you see the thin red line plotting their planned route across New Zealand’s Southern Alps, you know: these girls are in for, as Anna Smoothy puts it, “a good old-fashioned sufferfest.” Anna joins Janina Kuzma and Ayako Kuroda on this grueling challenge—one that is admittedly more painful than fun. If that sounds like your kind of adventure, then EAST WEST is just for you.