Kirsten Kinkead, Kristin Hostetter, Melissa Arnot Reid, and Jasmine Jackson atop Renjo La Pass (17,585 feet) in Nepal, on the way to Everest Basecamp.
Kristin Hostetter
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Buena Vista's The Trailhead is smack in the heart of Colorado Fourteener country—a short drive from 15 of the monster peaks. But for all outdoor recreation in the area, the shop's marketing manager, Susan Wood, and other businesses felt the town still lacked opportunity for the ...read more
From mountain biking to dancing to surfing to praying in the woods, all types of adventure activities practiced by all types of women are highlighted during the fourth annual No Man's Land Film Festival. The films will be screened this weekend at the flagship festival in ...read more
On the way to the Beaver Falls, the most remote set of cascading waterfalls in Havasupai, Arizona, Adriana Garcia and Luz Lituma came across something they had never seen before while hiking. Carved into one of the ladders leading to the falls was an arrow and the phrase “Por ...read more
Bronx native Mirna Valerio first laced up running shoes for a 5K—and just kept going. She now has almost a dozen 50K trail ultramarathons under her belt and is well-known in the ultra world and on social media as The Mirnavator and author of the memoir A Beautiful Work in ...read more
For endurance pursuits, a well-designed pair of socks is on par with an ultralight tent and chafe-free pack. Endurance hiker and author Jennifer Pharr Davis agrees: In 2011, she set the fastest known time (FKT) on the Appalachian Trail (AT) and was recognized as National ...read more
Andrea Gabbard, one of the most influential and prolific outdoor industry trade writers, who not only retold stories of others, but lived them herself, died on July 15 after a fall. She was 71. Gabbard got her start as a writer after two of her colleagues at Pacific Mutual Life ...read more
Known for empowering women, Camber Outdoors is broadening its mission to welcome everyone to the leadership table and achieve equity for all—not just females.Today, the organization announced a shift in its mission from, “Equality for all women in the outdoors, from the ...read more
Flavie Dokken’s first experience with cannabis as a training recovery tool was a decade ago, back when she was still a bodybuilder. Then, she used it to heal from severe stress fractures from her time serving in the U.S. Army. Now as a competitive ultrarunner based in Boulder, ...read more
Chosen from a pool of 60 applicants, Camber Outdoors announced seven women-led, innovative companies that will showcase at the fourth annual Pitchfest.The lucky finalists will pitch on July 22 prior to Outdoor Retailer Summer Market in Denver. Each finalist will spend the next 10 ...read more
Before Amy Kleissler was hired in June of 2014, she had been a loyal customer for years. She noticed a call for interested applicants at the bottom of a TB&C newsletter. With her four boys coming home from school for the summer she said,”I had to get out of the house and thought ...read more
It was a memorial service that "felt like a philosophy lesson on how to live a good life." That's how Stacy Bare described the Monday gathering of hundreds of friends and family members of Ann Krcik, a beloved member of our community who passed away on February 26, 2018, after a ...read more
Just in time for Mother's Day, a new creative agency has released a video celebrating moms who crush and inspire their kids to do the same. This 2-minute happy tears-jerking video is the first by Home Team Creative—founded by photographer and videographer Alton Richardson and ...read more
During a networking event on a frigid morning in March, Judy Gross of Lightheart Gear was bundled in a purple puffy jacket underneath a helmet and full-body harness. She was perched on a platform in the trees above North Carolina’s Green River Gorge getting ready to take her turn ...read more
SNEWS is thrilled to share some good news about one of our own. Sharon Houghton, Group Manager for Active Interest Media’s Outdoor Group (which includes SNEWS, BACKPACKER, Climbing, Outdoor Guide, and National Parks Trips) has been honored with a 2018 Top Women in Media Award ...read more
For more than 50 years, The North Face has empowered people to push boundaries in the outdoors. Now, the brand is acknowledging that they need to do more to create more role models for young girls and develop the next generation of amazing women explorers.“We know better than ...read more
In celebration of the amazing women in the outdoor industry, and of March as Women's History Month, SNEWS has featured a number of female leaders in stories about Camber Outdoors' Deanne Buck to 10 rad women-led companies. In this new Q&A series, we asked women in all sorts of ...read more
In celebration of the amazing women in the outdoor industry, and of March as Women's History Month, SNEWS has featured a number of female leaders in stories about Camber Outdoors' Deanne Buck to 10 rad women-led companies. In this new Q&A series, we asked women in all sorts of ...read more
In order to complete the full running loop on a recent Run Wild Retreats trip in Iceland, a group of 15 women needed to cross an unexpectedly high, rushing river. Elinor Fish, the retreat group’s founder, watched on as one woman’s trepidation turned into elation as she crossed ...read more
In celebration of the amazing women in the outdoor industry, and of March as Women's History Month, SNEWS has featured a number of female leaders in stories about Camber Outdoors' Deanne Buck to 10 rad women-led companies. In this new Q&A series, we asked women in all sorts of ...read more
Even with a sneaker on one foot and a climbing shoe on the other, Deanne Buck ascended with grace up an overhung, 50-foot wall at Boulder’s Movement Climbing & Fitness on a recent Friday evening. In the empty gym, she and I made our way from route to route, and in evaluating each ...read more
We’re not complaining that women are at the forefront of challenging conversations, from properly-fitting gear to sexual harassment in the workplace. There’s a lot of catching up to do, but a few sources stand out for their honest perspectives, genuine voices and compelling ...read more
Everyone knows that some of the outdoor industry’s top brands are led by strong females — Rose Marcario of Patagonia, Sue Rechner of Merrell, Donna Carpenter of Burton, Rue Mapp of Outdoor Afro, Amy Roberts of Outdoor Industry Association, Deanne Buck of Camber Outdoors, and ...read more
The fishing community is becoming a leader in shifting the gender paradigm, a movement that dovetails with the outdoor industry’s growing focus on diversity. Introducing: 50/50 On the Water, a program to create gender parity in the sport of fly fishing. Orvis launched the ...read more
American Alpine Club announced today that Deanne Buck is the new president of the organization’s board of directors. Now a double-threat, Buck is also the executive director at Camber Outdoors.Buck was welcomed before the membership when she spoke at AAC’s annual dinner in Boston ...read more