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Sep 1 Rafting With Kailee: Episode 7 - Mountain Hardwear Interview

A Panel on Women’s Experiences in the Outdoors

In this interview, Kailee is joined by Ash, Brittany, and Traci from Mountain Hardwear as well as Cheyenne for a rafting trip and had a chat about the next steps for women in the outdoors. Each member of the Mountain Hardwear team brought some very different experiences on how they arrived in the outdoors and why they chose to pursue a carrier in a field that was a different world away from the experiences of their youth. A few topics the crew dive into in detail are:

How do we build up female athletes
Finding your crew
Understanding what’s important to female athletes

If you would like to check out more Rafting with Kailee Episodes you can watch more here.

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