{"id":183119,"date":"2022-10-17T12:39:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-17T19:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/?p=183119"},"modified":"2025-11-21T09:24:49","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T17:24:49","slug":"hike-clerb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/video\/hike-clerb","title":{"rendered":"Introducing: Evelynn Escobar and Hike Clerb"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"cb-itemprop\" itemprop=\"reviewBody\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/KvY_5_aBNa0\" title=\"REI Co-op Studios Presents: &#39;To Touch the Earth&#39; with Hike Clerb founder Evelynn Escobar\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>Evelynn Escobar knows firsthand how hard it can be to feel like an outsider in the outdoors. Even though she&#8217;d spent a couple years hiking local trails in Los Angeles, she didn&#8217;t visit a national park until age 23\u2014and on that trip to Zion, she found herself standing out as the only Black person among the crowd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After that trip she was determined to continue finding ways to be in nature, and also to make sure other Black and Indigenous women and women of color were able and felt comfortable to do the same. In 2017, she founded <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hikeclerb.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hike Clerb<\/a>, a nonprofit organization and intersectional women\u2019s outdoor club that seeks to bring more diversity to the trails, parks and camps throughout the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cUnderstanding how quintessential a practice of going outdoors was to my own healing journey and my own mental health, I realized that I really needed to help get other Black and brown women out there, so that they can experience what it means to just be in nature,\u201d Escobar recently told <a href=\"\/blog\/podcasts\/wild-ideas-worth-living\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cWild Ideas Worth Living\u201d<\/a> podcast host Shelby Stanger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-tiled-gallery aligncenter is-style-rectangular\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__gallery\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__row\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" 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srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/10\/REIxHikeClerb-90.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=600&#038;ssl=1 600w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/10\/REIxHikeClerb-90.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=900&#038;ssl=1 900w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/10\/REIxHikeClerb-90.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=1200&#038;ssl=1 1200w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/10\/REIxHikeClerb-90.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=1500&#038;ssl=1 1500w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/10\/REIxHikeClerb-90.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=1800&#038;ssl=1 1800w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/10\/REIxHikeClerb-90.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=2000&#038;ssl=1 2000w\" alt=\"\" data-height=\"5472\" data-id=\"183232\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=183232\" 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More recently, Hike Clerb has expanded into other cities, like Toronto. In this film, we meet Escobar and a Hike Clerb crew for a trek in New Mexico.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hike Clerb is intended to be a safe space, both literally and figuratively: The organized events are meant to create safety for women hikers, especially in more remote areas, as well as to offer an emotionally and socially safe space \u201cto bring your whole authentic self and not hold back,\u201d Escobar explains. \u201cTake up space.\u201d  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To learn more about Hike Clerb, join or start a local chapter, or donate to benefit the organization, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hikeclerb.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">hikeclerb.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Evelynn Escobar knows firsthand how hard it can be to feel like an outsider in the outdoors. 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