Outdoor

Stories

22nd October 2023

The empowering adventure of social nudity

The best adventures bring us beyond our comfort zones, ask us to be vulnerable, and allow us to grow into a new, more expansive normality by rising to the challenge. Which, as Meleasha Carbado explores, makes social nudity one hell of an adventure.

22nd October 2023

Contra el reloj del cambio climático, las Cholitas Escaladoras de Bolivia apuntan al Everest

A medida que los glaciares de Bolivia se derriten rápidamente, un grupo de mujeres indígenas conocidas como Cholitas Escaladoras están reescribiendo la cultura de la escalada boliviana.

Esta es una versión en español traducida por Daniela Anze y Benjamin Swift. Puedes leer la versión original en inglés de este artículo aquí.

This is a Spanish version translated by Daniela Anze and Benjamin Swift. You can read the original English version of this article here.

Authors

Cat Runner

Cat Runner

Cat Runner is a transgender photographer, athlete, and community leader. Raised in Kentucky, he primarily focuses on rock climbing, which led to success on HBO's The Climb - the first televised outdoor climbing competition of its kind. In 2022, he founded the Queer Climber's Network, an organization and database focused on helping queer climbers connect with each other, instructors, educational programs, and professionals within the climbing industry. He also serves on the Board of Directors for the Red River Gorge Climbers' Coalition and works with other community organizers to implement programming that makes the climbing community more inclusive and accessible to affinity identities. He is supported by prAna, Rhino Skin Solutions, and Organic Climbing.

Meleasha Carbado

Meleasha Carbado

Meleasha Carbado is from Birmingham. She currently travels around the UK working at festivals with her lovely boyfriend Chris as part of festival venue The Magic Teapot. A naturist for over five years, she now holds the voluntary post of Equality and Diversity Officer at British Naturism. As a woman of mixed English, Jamaican and Cuban heritage, and proud member of the LGBTQ+ community, fighting for equality and diversity in all spaces and having a sense of community is really important to her. Beyond naturism, she is an avid yoga fan, recently becoming a certified yoga teacher. She also loves travelling on a budget, volunteering, Lidl’s bakery section and anything arty or creative.

Benjamin Swift

Benjamin Swift

Benjamin Swift is a writer, filmmaker, and podcast producer currently based in La Paz, Bolivia. His stories focus around global human rights, the environment and climate change, and LGBTQIA+ themes. Benjamin is the co-host and co-creator of People Place Power, a podcast about activism around the world.

Events

National Trust South West Outdoor Festival

27th September 2019
Cornwall