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DON’T MISS THESE POSTS:

May 16: Unlikely Outdoors – May 16 – Issue 04
May 8: I Don’t Hike to Lose Weight. I Hike Because I Love it.
April 27: A Party Girl’s Fresh Start
March 27: Shop!
January 24: Does this Mountain I Just Climbed Make Me Look Fat?

Upcoming Events:

May 19: CANCELLED – Group hike – General
June 2: Group hike – Atlanta! – Sweetwater Creek
June 9: Group hike – Low Intensity – Forest Park
June 10: Group hike – Nice & Slow – Tualatin Hills Nature Park
June 13: Queer Adventure Storytelling
June 30: Group hike – General – Siouxon Creek
July 7: Group hike – Low Intensity – tba

(See events page for more info.)

@jennybruso on Instagram

That lil dot on the shadow of the bridge is me all dumbfounded with awe, wild with insignificance and meaning all at once. I can’t wait for everything.

Portland: this event is happening today at 6pm and it’s FREE. I’ve somehow found myself on the line-up 🤷🏻‍♀️ I’ll be giving a daypack demo! Come see me, @theventureoutproject, @wilddiversity and @homeworkhikes takeover @nextadventure!

Overwhelmed is an understatement, but I let myself sleep until noon today and my girlfriend went to the store to get stuff to make me breakfast and damn, I’ve got no complaints for a moment.

Who do I know in ATLANTA?! @outdoorjournaltour, @latinxhikers, who else?! @unlikelyhikers will be there June 2nd! Who’s coming?!? Tag a friend! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I know it will be HOT, so we’re starting early and keeping it short. Tell your friends and LET'S HIKE! RSVP on our FB page or on the blog (link in profile will get you halfway there). ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ DATE: Saturday, June 2nd. LOCATION: Sweetwater Creek. We'll be meeting at the Interpretive Center. TIME: 8am TRAIL STATS: less than 3 miles, less than 200 ft. elevation gain. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ This hike is sponsored by, REI. We'll have some snacks and beverages at the end thanks to them! #unlikelyhikers

@UnlikelyHikers on Instagram

“It was at the age of 12 that I decided I wanted to thru hike the Appalachian Trail during my first section hike. Unfortunately not long after I was drowning in anxiety and depression which I later figured out was rooted in gender dysphoria. I rediscovered that love in wilderness therapy, but felt trapped into a path that, while potentially lucrative, felt suffocating. Once I started to meditate regularly, my anxiety came under control. My therapist taught me to be radically self accepting and my depression started to lessen, but I still felt...wrong. When I came out as trans, that's when things got appreciably better for me. I got back my ambition and sense of self. I actualized and made goals. Now I'm going to hike the entire appalachian trail.” -Lexi / @transploration ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Pronouns: she/her ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Location: Hamilton Mountain, Columbia River Gorge, Washington. Ancestral Land of the Chinook, Wasco, Yakama, Wishram +. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Tag #unlikelyhikers or #unlikelyhiker to be featured! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ [image description: person with arms victoriously outstretched against view of the Columbia River Gorge, consisting of a river, fault block mountains, evergreens and mossy basalt formations.]

Portland: this event is happening today at 6pm and it’s FREE. Your Unlikely Hikers wizard, @jennybruso, will be giving a daypack demo! Come see us, @theventureoutproject, @wilddiversity and @homeworkhikes takeover @nextadventure!

Our ATLANTA hike is on the books for June 2nd! Who’s coming?!? Tag a friend! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I know it will probably be HOT, so we’re starting early and keeping it short. Tell your friends and LET'S HIKE! RSVP on our FB page or on the blog (link in profile will get you halfway there). ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ DATE: Saturday, June 2nd. LOCATION: Sweetwater Creek. We'll be meeting at the Interpretive Center. TIME: 8am TRAIL STATS: less than 3 miles, less than 200 ft. elevation gain. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ This hike is sponsored by, REI. We'll have some snacks and beverages at the end thanks to them! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Tag #unlikelyhikers or #unlikelyhiker to be featured! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ [image description: field of wildflowers and one lone pine. Text overlay reads “Atlanta”]

[#sponsored] When people ask me about my first hiking experience, I usually tell the story of the first hike that made me curious enough about hiking to keep doing it. Truth is, there’s another story before that. One that made me think I’d never hike again. Nine years ago, a friend of mine had just finished the PCT (Pacific Crest Trail). I didn’t really know what that meant, but I knew it was a big deal. He offered to take me and some friends on a hike. He picked an “easy” one. My friend meant the very best, but I now know to rarely believe anyone when they tell me a trail is “easy.” ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ From the start, I knew I was in over my head. The constant climb was too much for me as a person who rarely exercised and certainly not in public. I was also wildly hungover because I always was back then. It wasn’t *all* bad. I ate a golden, gem-like salmonberry plucked by my own hand for the first time. I fell in love with the smell of sun-warmed Douglas Fir. Just before the last pitch, I’d had it. I cried from frustration over how out of my comfort zone I was, how physically challenging it was. However, when I got to the top and looked out at Mt. Hood right in my face and saw how far my body took me, I felt like I’d done something amazing. I didn’t hike again for three years, but that next hike led me to becoming a hiker. I know that first experience got me there somehow. #OptOutside ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Words: @jennybruso ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Location: Mosier Creek Plateau Trail #mosierplateau [Wasco, Wishram, Klickitat, Yakama, Chinook + territories] ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Tag #unlikelyhikers or #unlikelyhiker to be featured! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ [image description: person walking on meadowlike trail with a stately oak. Bright sunshiny day.]

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2/10/18 – this page is under construction while I regroup. I hope to re-open it April 1, 2018.

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