Wild Wanderer Spotlight: Savannah Vasquez
Our concerns with safety in the outdoors should be focused on our surroundings, hydrating enough, watching for bears, and packing…
Wild Wanderer Spotlight: Avi
Wild Wanderer Spotlight: Avi: We should embrace and celebrate human diversity, too, as it strengthens our resilience to face adversity.
Wild Wanderer Spotlight: Court
If I was able to change one thing about the outdoor industry it would be to make it more visibly inclusive.
Wild Wanderer Spotlight: Sam & Porshea
The intersections of our race, gender, ability, and sexual orientation can sometimes make getting out in nature, something that we love, an anxiety-inducing activity.
Wild Wanderer Spotlight: Honnie & Niki
Safety has always been our biggest concern. Will we get injured? Will we get lost? As we travel further and further from our California Bay Area bubble, our mentality on safety shifted.
Wild Wanderer Spotlight: Eva
The most pressing issues facing queer folks in the outdoors are accessibility, representation, and safety. Being out in the outdoors is still political whether we like it or not.
Wild Wanderer Spotlight: Amy and Megan
Think about intersectionality. Don’t just include conventionally attractive same-sex couples to check a box…really aim for true representation.
Wild Wanderer Spotlight: Owen
I’m a serious hiker, passable birder, and amateur geologist—my main enthusiasm is in landscape interpretation.
Wild Wanderer Spotlight: Sarah Scruggs
My most cherished adventure is a week-long American southwest road trip. I’ve been fascinated with the desert for as long as I can remember.
Wild Wanderer Spotlight: Brie Chartier
I think one of the challenges queer people face getting outside is the idea that you have to look a certain way to be outdoorsy.