Staying Found
One of the biggest concerns people have when it comes to hiking and backpacking is getting lost. This class will help you!
Videos
You may have found a reference to videos in Nancy’s book, How to Poop in the Woods. You can watch those here, and be sure to find us on YouTube. If you want to live vicariously through video, be our guest! We also offer training on a variety of topics related to hiking, camping, and backpacking.
Endangered Babies
Our visit to Costa Rica this year included an opportunity to volunteer alongside researchers working to study and protect sea turtles that nest on Carate Beach. Read on to learn more…
Saying Adios to the Osa
Reflecting on an amazing trip to Costa Rica.
SOLO Wilderness First Aid Course
If you spend time off the beaten path hiking, camping, backpacking, mountain biking, kayaking, climbing or enjoying other outdoor sports, you should consider taking a SOLO Wilderness First Aid course.
Backpacking, hiking, nature, adventure, empowering women
This is a story about being an “older” woman backpacking that I’ve been mulling over for a while. This spring, three of my backpacking friends and I did a glamping/hiking trip to Charit Creek in Big South Fork Tennessee. We stayed in one of the tiny, one-room rustic...
The Colorado Trail, Timberline to Silver Creek
What’s so special about the Colorado Trail? For starters, it traverses parts of 6 national forests, 6national wilderness areas, 5 river systems, and 8 mountain ranges! At 500 miles in length, it takes atleast a month to hike it end to end; double that if you like to...
Hack of the Month
Be honest…how do you start your campfires?
Oh! The Osa!
I love to travel. I love seeing new places, meeting new people, learning about different cultures… and I especially love seeing unspoiled mountains, rivers, oceans, forests, jungles, deserts, and every other ecosystem found in our natural world. Seeing the world...
Cincinnati Nature Center: “Nature in Focus”
The Cincinnati Nature Center’s annual photo exhibition is coming!
Pura Vida! Itineraries Now Forming for Costa Rica 2023!
Join us August 25th for an info session about our 2023 trip to Pura Vida!
Sole Sisters – They Did It!!
Summit Sisters 2022 comes to a close!!