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The Hiking Initiative
 
 

Our Mission:

Educate, Encourage, and Empower.

We help people speak up for public lands while sharing stories of adventure, gear reviews, and outdoor advocacy. Showing that anyone can share their love of the outdoors. 

 
 
 
 
 
 
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What We Strive For

The outdoors has no age limit, no gender requirements, no bias. As a human collective, we should follow these same steps to ensure that everyone has equal access to our outdoors spaces. If you don't know where to start, we want to help guide you.  

 

 

Who We Support: 

 

The companies and organizations we support have a mission to help us all become better stewards of our lands. 

 

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It’s National Park Week!! Although this is not located at a National Park, it is Yaquina Head Outstanding Area, which is operated under the Bureau of Land Management. What was once formed by flowing lava, became a quarry cove and self sustaining area for the immediate community. Long before the days of the Lighthouse operating, (pre-1855) Yaquina Head provided the Yaquina people with a village site + a 1-mile pathway to the open sea. Hunting the local sea life. While you’re out visiting the Central Oregon Coast, this a must stop destination for you to visit.
Ready for those classic PNW emerald forest hikes. Misty, enchanting, & Bigfoot chasing. Dreaming of the upper PNW, maybe Olympic National Park? Who knows of a good place to stay? 👇
Camping with kids and dogs? It’s not going to be easy. You’re going to have to carry extra everything in your pack. But those memories. That experience, and the chance to bond. Guys, that’s priceless. Ps the knot- a- hitch is an absolute lifesaver for keeping the dogs maintained, but not allowing them to get too close to the campfire.
Between landing two jobs, plus a freelancing opportunity, it’s anything but easy to say I’ve been a little silent here. After quitting my job, I knew there were some major moves to be played, so I’ve been working to move the Queen across the board. With summer not too far out, and the year once again progressing quickly, I realized that hustling is the only way to make those gains. By gains, I mean road trips and backpacking trips. Disengaging from Instagram, and crafting my own personal experiences. Upgrading camera equipment. Getting more involved in local politics. Going back to school and finish my degree. Researching ways to grow an outdoor economy in rural communities. Attending conferences. Connecting with mentors in the Outdoor Industry. Goals of an #outdoorist Tomorrow we are going camping at a location we found while hiking last week. Stoked is an understatement as summer solstice is the night sky inches closer to our parallel. 👇tell us your goals and what you are hustling to achieve. ✍️ ⛺️ ⛰