After 28 years as an English professor,
Rae Raptor reinvented herself as the world’s oldest woman highliner
…and then crashed, came to faith, and wrote her story.
“Let us go on and take the adventure that shall fall to us.” —C.S. Lewis
“Let us go on and take the adventure that shall fall to us.” —C.S. Lewis
Author
When sixty-year-old Rae Raptor—a recently retired English professor—steps onto a one-inch ribbon of webbing suspended hundreds of feet above the ground, she has no idea where this first step will lead.
Currently seeking an agent.
Speaker
Drawing on her experience as a retired professor, author, and the world’s oldest woman highliner, Rae speaks about fear, aging, reinvention, balance, and faith. Her presentations combine storytelling, humor, reflection, and scenes from the world of highlining and outdoor adventure.
Slackliner
At sixty, Rae retired and took up slacklining to maintain balance in older age. Step by step, slacklining became her passion. Smitten, she aspired to highline—slacklining at dizzying heights, over gorges and canyons. What began as a search for balance and self-mastery eventually exposed a spiritual hunger.
