INSPIRING A COMMUNITY OF FEMALE-LED ADVENTURE
When we first started #SheAdventures, it was a quiet promise to bring National Women’s Month into the outdoor industry spotlight with photos, stories, and an opportunity to win an epic trip with some of our fiercest female athletes. Four years later, it’s grown into a community that puts women empowerment at the center of the outdoor dialogue... while continuing to stoke others to get outside.
#SheAdventures is our dedication to empowering a community of outdoor women; to inspire dreaming big, overcoming challenges, and living an adventurous life, whatever that means to you. Our #SheAdventures scholarship program helps to give women the education, technical skills, and confidence to achieve big things.
#SHEADVENTURES ON INSTAGRAM
Since launching in 2015, we’ve enjoyed nearly 200,000 moments of grit, joy, type II fun, dedication, passion, and adventure in the wild places that make us come alive. Celebrate with us by tagging your posts with #SheAdventures on Instagram. We choose a new winner every month to applaud the hard-charging moms, sisters, daughters, partners, and friends who inspire us to do more outdoors.
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#SheAdventures Monthly Winners
MELISE EDWARDS ON DEDICATION AND DIVERSITY
We sat down with one of our fiercest climbing athletes to hear her take on celebrating women in the outdoors. Read what Melise had to say – and prepare to be inspired.
HIGHLIGHTS OF PAST #SHEADVENTURES
#SheAdventures 2018
#SheAdventures 2017
#SheAdventures 2016
#SheAdventures 2015
WHERE THE WILD THINGS PLAY
Our homage to all the awesome, talented, and adventurous ladies we know.
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One Woman’s Quest to Improve Outdoor Apparel for All Women
Our team of female product developers, brand ambassadors, and women’s-specific focus groups ensure that our gear is built with women’s needs in mind. Learn how one of us is going beyond to tailor equipment to each specific sport, and to each unique body.
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Six Things I Learned Leading an All-Female Climbing Trip in Afghanistan
When Emilie Drinkwater was invited to help guide an all-female team of Afghan women in the Hindu Kush Mountains, her first thought was: “Pick someone else.” But she said yes – and she’s glad she did.
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Closing the Confidence Gap
Climbing and ski mountaineering guide Sheldon Kerr has taken huge personal bounds towards closing the confidence gap, and now she’s ready to share her secrets. Read Kerr’s research-backed confidence-bumping techniques for the mountains, or the boardroom.
SUPPORT AND COLLABORATION WITH OUTDOOR WOMEN GROUPS
Outdoor Research is proud to partner with brands who celebrate gender diversity in the outdoors.
Learn more about our partners on their websites:
- Camber Outdoors: www.camberoutdoors.org
- SheJumps: www.shejumps.org
- Outdoor Women’s Alliance: www.outdoorwomensalliance.com
- Chicks Skiing and Climbing: www.chickswithpicks.net
- Women’s Wilderness: www.womenswilderness.org
- Brown Girls Climb: www.browngirlsclimb.com