May 22, 2020: hear me in conversation with Shohreh Davoodi on the Redefining Health & Wellness Podcast: Discovering Body Liberation in the Great Outdoors with Jenny Bruso! On the next episode of the Unlikely Hikers Podcast & LIVE Show, we’ll be talking about how to #RecreateResponsibly during COVID-19. May 21: our latest episode, Unlikely Hikers Podcast 08: Ash Manning, is available for download NOW! You can find it on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google, Stitcher and many other podcast apps. You can watch the episode on YouTube. April 19: Shop Dia&Co and support Unlikely Hikers!
Welcome.
I’m a queer, fat, femme, writer, hiker, group hike leader and founder of Unlikely Hikers. A late bloomer to the outdoors, it wasn’t until 2012 that I went on the hike that would change the course of my life from career waitress to outdoor leader and advocate for underrepresented outdoorspeople.
Outside, I discovered a connection with nature, a sense of place in a world I struggle to fit into and joyful movement. I also found outdoor culture to be often hostile to those less represented, so I set out to disrupt this through writing about my experiences in search of community. This lead to the creation of Unlikely Hikers. The outdoors should be for EVERYBODY and EVERY BODY.
I live and adventure in Portland, Oregon, but you can find me all over the country leading hikes with Unlikely Hikers.
–Jenny Bruso, she/her/hers | me@jennybruso.com
