women in the outdoors

  • Being a Woman [in the Outdoors] is Hard

    Being a Woman [in the Outdoors] is Hard

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    The wild doesn’t care about your gender. The mountains don’t lower themselves for your comfort, and the trail doesn’t ask your permission before it climbs. In nature, everything is earned. And for women navigating the outdoors — whether hiking solo, setting up camp, fishing alpine lakes, or glassing ridgelines for elk — the journey…

  • Taking Up Space in the Wild: Getting Past the Doubt

    Taking Up Space in the Wild: Getting Past the Doubt

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    “Where’s your husband?”“Are you sure you know how to use that?”“You’re out here alone?” I’ve heard it all. And every time, I get a little more rooted in my why. When I first started hunting, hiking, and fly fishing, I thought I needed to downplay my inexperience, shrink my presence, or laugh off the…