Letting Go of Winter
My legs stung with a throbbing pain from my first sunburn of the summer: a livid red. The pain served as a mark of passage from a dark Montana winter and dreary spring that had barely any sun for my...
View ArticleInterview: Elise Knicely // She Is ABLE
What is She Is ABLE? She Is ABLE is an Atlanta-based nonprofit that offers outdoor trips and experiences to marginalized women. We focus our efforts on women recovering from trafficking, exploitation,...
View ArticleWhen A Hike Is A Pilgrimage
One of the first things I learned about Melissa Coles was that she studied taekwondo and knows how to escape everything from headlocks to alligator attacks. One of the second was that she sends scores...
View ArticleAn Unexpected Tour of the Adirondacks
A crying girl, peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, and a supermarket parking lot. Not exactly the elements for an epic summit. But having missed the turn-off for our hike, we were now on the wrong side...
View ArticleExploring Women of the Explorers Club
Cheetahs, Penguins and Bears…oh my! These are just some of the century-old denizens that you will find inside the historic New York City Upper East Side mansion that serves as the headquarters of The...
View ArticleCasting for Recovery Offering Reel Support for Women Tackling Breast Cancer
“There were generations between some of us, but for this weekend and forever going forward, we are all sisters held by a common bond; a bond we surely did not ask for but are grateful for nonetheless....
View ArticleWomen in the Outdoors Week
Everyone benefits when women succeed, and we believe that the outdoors can provide the tools: confidence, strength, and community. Whether you’re brand new to outdoor sport or looking to build on your...
View ArticleUrban Parks Series: 3-Month Women’s March Check-in
I woke up in a haze. I couldn’t feel. I couldn’t think. I couldn’t move. I’d begun the previous night anticipating shattered glass ceilings and had ended it desperately searching for answers outside...
View ArticlePhoto Essay: One-Way Ticket To Hawaii
On a dark night last year, my closest friend Laura and I landed in Honolulu: backpacks, skateboards, and sleeping bags in tow. I had just spent months toiling as an intern at a major publishing company...
View ArticleLetting Go of Winter
My legs stung with a throbbing pain from my first sunburn of the summer: a livid red. The pain served as a mark of passage from a dark Montana winter and dreary spring that had barely any sun for my...
View ArticleNAÏVE HIKER: VOLCANOES
I was born and raised on the shores of New Jersey; the highest peak in my hometown is a whopping 29 feet above sea level. So mountains have always seemed like a foreign concept to me. Hiking was not an...
View ArticleInterview: Sally Johnson // REI / Outessa
Sally Johnson at REI had a good idea. A great idea, actually, and it all started with her observation that “women want to recreate differently and experience the outdoors differently.” After some...
View ArticleInterview: Elise Knicely // She Is ABLE
What is She Is ABLE? She Is ABLE is an Atlanta-based nonprofit that offers outdoor trips and experiences to marginalized women. We focus our efforts on women recovering from trafficking, exploitation,...
View ArticleWhen A Hike Is A Pilgrimage
One of the first things I learned about Melissa Coles was that she studied taekwondo and knows how to escape everything from headlocks to alligator attacks. One of the second was that she sends scores...
View ArticleAn Unexpected Tour of the Adirondacks
A crying girl, peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, and a supermarket parking lot. Not exactly the elements for an epic summit. But having missed the turn-off for our hike, we were now on the wrong side...
View ArticleExploring Women of the Explorers Club
Cheetahs, Penguins and Bears…oh my! These are just some of the century-old denizens that you will find inside the historic New York City Upper East Side mansion that serves as the headquarters of The...
View ArticleCasting for Recovery Offering Reel Support for Women Tackling Breast Cancer
“There were generations between some of us, but for this weekend and forever going forward, we are all sisters held by a common bond; a bond we surely did not ask for but are grateful for nonetheless....
View ArticleEdges
“You look like a beached whale,” Tyler called up to me. Thanks to fear, I barely winced at the insult. I peered at the vertical ice wall above me through fogged-over goggles. One of my crampons had...
View ArticleA Woman Beneath The Moon
August 29th, 2014 HWY 120 Eastbound, Yosemite National Park 6:30am y headlights lit the trees as I drove in silence. With the faint rise of the sun, the sky was a smear of painted clouds just beyond...
View ArticleInterview: Martina Brimmer, Swift Industries
Martina Brimmer is the Co-Founder and Creative Director of Seattle-based bicycle bag and pannier company, Swift Industries. This week, she’s taking over the Misadventures Instagram feed, to give us all...
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