Woman reading inside a tent

Camping skills helped me survive a 40-hour power outage. Why donโ€™t more women have them?

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Camping skills are survival skills. While I understood this intellectually, I didn't know it until Winter Storm Landon hit the Hudson Valley and knocked out my power for 40 hours. Our camping equipment and skills helped us make the best of a difficult, potentially dangerous situation. So I got to wondering about the gender gap in outdoor recreation, and how it impacts our comfort and safety when weather emergencies happen.
A black woman relaxing in a field of flowers

These Outdoor Groups Build QTBIPOC Community

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While the wider queer community is important, BIPOC people sometimes need their own spaces within the rainbow community. The 7 outdoor groups profiled in this post - like Queer Crush, Wild Diversity and DiversifyOutdoors - are doing amazing work in connecting queer people of color to one another and to nature. Click through to the full post for three reasons why this work is so valuable and 7 incredible groups to check out.