Autostraddle: When Climbing Mental Mountains Becomes Literal

My essay on the Curvy Kili Crew, a group of twenty plus-size women who hiked Kilimanjaro in Africa, is live on Autostraddle NOW! Writing this piece was its own adventure. It’s the first profile I’ve ever done and it’s the longest thing I’ve ever published. I had so much material I couldn’t use due to […]

Outside Magazine: Don’t Call Nature a Cure-All

My newest Outside Magazine piece is LIVE: Don’t Call Nature a Cure-All, wherein I describe what nature and hiking do for my mental health, how it can be a great tool in your self-care arsenal but not the only tool along with some nature/green space hacks for those who may have extra barriers to getting out. Read […]

Ask Jenny Bruso #2

Ask Jenny Bruso is a column for the quarterly magazine, Sisu, focused on grit, guts and what defines our experiences in the outdoors. Having work in actual print is the COOLEST and this magazine is gorgeously curated and smart. Buy it! I won’t be posting the newest columns as they come out as to not spoil them, […]

Group hike (local) – ACCESSIBLE – Steigerwald Lake – 6/29

PLEASE RSVP on form below for full info on hike (terrain details, carpooling, meet-up spots and time). Expect response e-mail within a few days. RSVPs close at 6pm (pst) the day prior to the hike. Unlikely Hikers creates safer, supportive, intentional, body-positive outdoor community for people underrepresented in outdoors culture (people of color, people of size, […]

Unlikely Hikers: Creating Space For Everyone On The Trail, One Group Hike At A Time – By, Mary Ann Thomas

Unlikely Hikers: Creating Space For Everyone On The Trail, One Group Hike At A Time – By, Mary Ann Thomas Writer and cyclist, Mary Ann Thomas, wrote about her experience on an Unlikely Hikers group hike. Read now! “These things — setting guidelines for the kinds of conversations we’d be having, acknowledging gender diversity within […]

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Autostraddle: When Climbing Mental Mountains Becomes Literal

Outside Magazine: Don’t Call Nature a Cure-All

Ask Jenny Bruso #2

Group hike (local) – ACCESSIBLE – Steigerwald Lake – 6/29

Unlikely Hikers: Creating Space For Everyone On The Trail, One Group Hike At A Time – By, Mary Ann Thomas

Ask Jenny Bruso Outtake #1

Ask Jenny Bruso #1

Group hike (local) – LOW INTENSITY – Drift Creek Falls – 6/8

Group hike – MINNEAPOLIS, MN – Minnehaha Regional Park – 6/1

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