The outdoors can be a dangerous place and fear might initially keep you from trying new things. So here are four reasons why you should do it scared.
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The climbing stories you hear at base camp or around a campfire just might save your life. That’s why it matters who gets to tell stories of danger, joy, and survival. Too often the loudest voices don’t look like us. But for Sachi Koide, Sof Petros, and Theresa Silveyra—three accomplished women and genderqueer climbers of color—mountaineering is more than technical knowledge. It’s about community, power and courage.
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As a kid, I loved roller skating and occasionally ventured onto the ice rink at the mall during the winter. Back then, fear wasn’t even a consideration. If I fell, I simply brushed it off and kept going. So why does stepping out of our comfort zones feel so much harder as adults?
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How far would you go for a new hobby? Would you step off a cliff, dive into the ocean, or fly a canopy off a mountainside? If you’ve said “yes” to any of the above, you might be an adventurous Black woman. Daring, playful, curious, and connected to the natural world—we get it!—you are determined to live life to the fullest.
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Five BASE jumpers of color share why they jump, despite the high-stakes and risk involved in the sport.
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On the river, danger is the log spanning the river at chest level; the cave hiding behind the veil of the waterfall threatening to entrap you; or the decision to drive to the access point in terrible weather conditions.
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She described herself as feeling much more self-aware and much more nervous on her second BASE jump. But then she thought about how she had almost died while driving to work one day in Arizona—a rollover accident that left her with eight pins and a plate in her leg—and she decided to take the leap
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Ramadan Mubarak! This Ramadan, we’re celebrating Muslimah athlete, Jeri Villarreal. After growing up on the sidelines, she started competing in triathlons in her late 30s. In the past four years she has completed over 22 triathlons.
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So how do you know if your outdoor friends are good allies? And what do you do if they’re not? Here are seven reasons why they may be taxing the hell out of your emotional health.
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I can faintly hear three friends, clapping and cheering 15 feet below me, but the rock I sit on, the route I just finished, and the world all slowly start to drop away. I have never felt more alive.
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I cannot remember an exact moment in my life where I was taught to be afraid of white men and to keep my distance from them while playing outside or walking home from the school bus stop […] I didn't know the exact root of the fear, but it felt familiar, finely honed, and legitimate.
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Where the current pulled left, the water darkened. To my front and right, I could see slivers of light and air bubbles at the edges of the fishbowl’s rim. Water and air were being mixed and pushed downstream from the ledge. That must be where the real air is. At the surface.
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Solo backpacking is life lived on your own terms. You are free to come and go at your will and dial the difficity to the level you want. You are experiencing life boiled down to its purest form, with nothing but your shoes, your wits, and your thoughts to guide you through your journey.
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Then there’s the one time I used duct tape, super glue, and butterfly sutures to close a friend's eyebrow that was split from the mid-line to the corner of his eye.
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