It's Wild Heart's Birthday

Sosena Samson — but you know her as Sosi

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The Trail

Her Journey

Checkpoint 1: The Spark

Sosi as a baby

Faded studio photo of a young Sosi laughing with two friends against a vintage backdrop

Checkpoint 2: The Tomboy Years

Young Sosi with friends, studio backdrop

Sosi as a teenager posing with two friends against a painted car-and-beach studio backdrop

Checkpoint 3: Cutting Loose

Teenage Sosi and friends, studio backdrop

Sosi and a friend embracing outdoors, both dressed up in traditional Ethiopian dresses

Checkpoint 4: First Flight

Sosi and a friend in traditional dress

Sosi taking a relaxed mirror selfie wrapped in a woven blanket

Checkpoint 5: Chasing Summits

Gheralta climb — no ropes, no fear

Close-up portrait of Sosi wearing a traditional beaded necklace

Checkpoint 6: Wait, I Did That?

Jumped off a boat near Mombasa

Sosi smiling outdoors in a white dress with pink embroidery

Checkpoint 7: The Next Horizon

Next up: Ras Dashen

Fearless

Peaks Climbed

Gheralta, and counting

Times She Scared Us

Volcanoes Walked On

Erta Ale's lava lake, Ethiopia

People She's Threatened to Run Over

(allegedly)

Favorite escape: Bahir Dar

1994

The Year She Arrived

Turns out 1994 was a pretty great year all around — flip a card.

Psst... her favorite rum raisin scoop 👀

You're the sweetest, even with the raisins in it 🍦

Her Story, Animated

A short animated adventure, just for her

Make a Wish

Blow Out the Candles

A two-tier pink and cream birthday cake with Sosi's name on it and 5 candles on top

Make a wish and blow 🎂💨

Happy Birthday, Sosi.

Here's to every peak you'll climb, every place you'll wander, and every story still waiting to be lived.

— with love, always

Here's to your next adventure 🏔️✨

Not so fast...