For teen girls, the barriers to wilderness adventures are real. In 2024, Cheri Heng and Aubryanna Jarchow were two of the young adults selected for the Summit Scholarship Foundation’s Mt. Baker youth climb, funded by our Trailblazers at The Cairn Project.

The first episode of Field Notes is See Her Outside’s host, Angie Marie, sharing her own story. In 2023, Angie got a life-changing opportunity to spend 21 days rafting through the Grand Canyon. On Day 13, a handful of mistakes led her group to be trapped in a side canyon during a flash flood.

Rachel Fagiano is an avid hiker, mountaineer, rock climber and ice climber based in New York City. They have a career background in racial justice, and now their work focuses on creating safe and welcoming environments and improving access to the outdoors for communities that have been traditionally excluded in those spaces.

Natalie Warren, author of Hudson Bay Bound: Two Women, One Dog, Two Thousand Miles to the Arctic, joined us for a peek behind the scenes of her life as an adventurer, author, and parent.

Gunjan Utreja is a first-generation Indian immigrant to the United States who earned a master’s degree in engineering and built an 18-year corporate career as a hardware engineer in the semiconductor industry. Her new passion led her to co-found the HikeQueen Buddies community, which inspired the creation of MyTrailPals—a mobile app designed to integrate outdoors into everyday existence.

On the See Her Outside Podcast, Angie shares a heart-to-heart for any woman who loves the outdoors but is hesitant to turn up the volume on their own voice. Storytelling is a key element in closing the gender gap, outdoors and in. But it’s not always easy to speak up!

Colleen MacDonald is an ultra and trail runner specializing in the 50 mile and 100 mile distances. Based in Colorado and Minnesota, Colleen is known for her unshakable grit and love of flying down technical descents.

Colleen MacDonald is an ultra and trail runner specializing in the 50 mile and 100 mile distances. Based in Colorado and Minnesota, Colleen is known for her unshakable grit and love of flying down technical descents.

Caroline Van Hemert, author of The Sun is a Compass, joined us to share about the feedback she’s gotten as a writer and adventurer.

Lindsay Kocka is a professional yoga instructor, natural movement coach, mobility specialist, meditation teacher and myofascial release practitioner. Through Wade Well, Lindsay offers functional mobility, fly fishing instruction, and retreats for anglers.

Alex Garcia is an engineer, writer and outdoorswoman based partly in western North Carolina and partly in Puerto Rico, where she grew up. As a founding board member of the Summit Scholarship Foundation and a former Trailblazer at The Cairn Project, Alex blends her adventurous passions with advocacy work to shape a more inclusive outdoors.

When Danielle started rock climbing, she saw the need for increasing safe spaces for women and Latinas to be introduced to the sport. As a Ladies Climbing Coalition ambassador, she started the Atlanta Chapter which has grown to hundreds of local women who love climbing. She’s also a PhD in Pharmacology and MD.

Isabelle Riddle is a Bozeman, Montana based woman who spent over 75 days on wilderness adventures in 2023. In 2024, Isabelle was a recipient of the Summit Scholarship Foundation, giving her the opportunity to climb Mt. Baker in an all-women’s climb.