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OUT There Adventures (OTA) builds community for LGBTQ individuals through adventures outside. 

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We had SO MUCH FUN last year with our pals at @outwardboundcalifornia on our partner queer teen backpacking course. This summer we’re back at it again with not one but TWO amazing OB programs! First one kicks off with summer in Oregon with @nwoutwardbound where we’ll spend some sunny days on the river and then hangout in Portland for Pride! After you’ve worked out your upper body, round out your summer with some backpacking in Yosemite and absorb tons of great queer history as we navigate San Fran! And did we mention scholarships are available?! Sign up today or risk not getting OUT there with us this summer! #getOUTthere #nothingstraightaboutnature #OTAandOB
Today we want to recognize the work of @teresabaker11 with African American in Nature & Parks Experience, the Women’s Outdoor Summit for Empowerment and the @outdoorceopledge. The outdoor industry mirrors society at large through its creation and perpetuation of systems of oppression. Its history is built upon exclusivity and bias imbued with power. It is well past time the industry at large not only come to fully understand this history, but do the work of undoing the systemic oppression it both knowingly and unknowingly perpetuates. At the end of the @outdoorretailer Snow Show last week, @camberoutdoors announced their relaunch of their CEO pledge that had previously focused on increasing representation of women in the industry. The repackaging of the @outdoorceopledge with no recognition or authentic support of Teresa’s work is yet again another example of the long history of gaslighting, erasure, co-opting and much more of women of color (as well as BIPOC, queer folks, folks with disabilities seen or unseen, fat folks and more). While the intention of Camber’s actions may not have been born out of pure malice, the impact has been immense and it is this impact that needs to be recognized, unpacked and atoned for. We as an industry MUST do better. Those of us with social privileges MUST understand ourselves and our impacts better. Gone must go the days in which we can only say, “sorry” with no real repercussions or work to do better next time. Yes, we are all flawed and yes we still need to hold compassion, but it is our (I’m talking to you white, able bodied, straight cis men and women) work to take a long and painful look in the mirror in service of owning who we are and what we need to do to JUST BE BETTER. We encourage everyone to follow Teresa’s work, check out the CEO Diversity Pledge, and hold yourself and others to a higher standard. Do not ask folks with marginalized identities to unpack this work for you. Do not wait for someone else to come along and show you the way. JUST DO BETTER. #IStandWithTeresaBaker
It’s an OB weekend at OTA! Can’t wait to get OUT there with our friends @nwoutwardbound and @outwardboundcalifornia next summer! #getoutthere #nothingstraightaboutnature
Hanging OUT at Outdoor Uproar tonight. Come on down and donate all your dollars to our amazing program partners @nwoutwardbound!
Our founder @elyserylander had a great time hanging OUT with these rad folks talking about BOLD ideas. #getOUTthere #nothingstraightaboutnature
Just hanging OUT with some amazing people talking about BOLD ideas. #nothingstraightaboutnature #outdoorretailer #boldideas
Do I need to say it was awesome? No, because OF COURSE! Thank you, thank you THANK YOU to our amazing attendees, speakers and sponsors. We can’t wait to see y’all next year. #getOUTthere #nothingstraightaboutnature
AND VOTE.
Getting OUT there on day 2 of the @lgbtqoutdoorsummit with our friends at @thenorthface and @rei
Stoked to be participating in Outdoor Uproar with our friends at @nwoutwardbound!
So many thanks to @aishaweinhold @inheadlights and the @nomanslandfilmfestival for having us OUT for the 4th annual fest! #getoutthere #nothingstraightaboutnature
Elated to be featured in the most recent issue by Collide! (Starting on pg. 84) #getoutthere #nothingstraightaboutnature
Woooo! Our girl Heather (aka Intern Of The Year 2017) just completed 1,000 miles on the PCT! Way to get OUT there Heather! #getoutthere #nothingstraightaboutnature
Can’t wait to #getoutthere with new friends on the East Coast! #getoutthere #nothingstraightaboutnature
We hope you’re getting OUT there all weekend long, and next weekend will be joining us at Hidden Lake Lookout featuring our two guest leaders Christina and Erica from @ncascades! Learn more about the hike here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ota-goes-hiking-adult-program-tickets-41406916201
A new study out of OTA’s homeland of Wisconsin shows what we’ve always known. Diversity of all kinds simply makes businesses better. Read the full report here: https://www.outfrontmagazine.com/featured/study-shows-lgbtq-leadership-is-good-for-business/ #getoutthere #nothingstraightaboutnature
Join us on one of the best day hikes in the North Cascades! Visit the historic Hidden Lake Lookout before the snow flies. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ota-goes-hiking-adult-program-tickets-41406916201
There is definitely a bilge. #getoutthere #nothingstraightaboutnature #finalchallenge #seakayaking
“Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They're not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can't do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.” To the Queers past whose shoulders we stand on, to the Queers waging wars big and small today, and to the Queers to come we give so much gratitude for your resilience, your courage and your magic. #getoutthere #nothingstraightaboutnature #rainbowcrew
“We’re here! We’re queer!” #getoutthere #nothingstraightaboutnature #rainbowcrew