MELANIN BASE CAMP

AROUND THE BONFIRE

stock_15274423_Large (Tandemstock for Anaheed Saatchi article) 50 USD.jpg — Welcome to the Bonfire. The place where your stories are heard. A place where you can connect! Post your story below and upload a photo to share. You’ve heard about how we came to love adventure sports. Now we want to hear about you! Whether you belong to a multi-generational outdoor family or you just tried hiking for the first time, your story is important! If you’ve been inspired by the stories from Melanin Base Camp, let us know! Or grab a drink, find a rock and just enjoy the vibes.
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Posts tagged Traditional narratives

Slow Living, Grief and Microfarming: One Family's Labor of Love

Growing food reminds us to surrender to the cycle of life, death and rebirth. In this process, we’re growing and transforming, too.

Janelle HillJanelle HillAugust 18, 2019Microfarming, storytelling, Pinay, Grief, Trauma, Traditional narratives, Asian, Filipina, Filipinx, Asian-American, Southeast Asian Comment

What a 23.5 Mile Walk Taught Me About Diversity in the Outdoors

All of the fishermen I saw along the way were black or brown-skinned men with rods in one hand and suitcases filled with a day’s catch in the other. I wondered, as I walked, why none of this was included in our understanding of what it means to be “outdoorsy?”