Blackpacker Hikes The Colorado Trail, Diversifies Outdoors
It was somewhere near the end of hiking the Colorado Trail (CT), with hundreds of miles of trekking behind her, that Patricia Cameron, finally felt like a thru-hiker, one of […]
Nonprofit Wants to Help More Minorities Enjoy The Great Outdoors
Some say there’s a problem with the old proverb that if you give a man fish, you feed him for day, but if you teach a man to fish, you […]
Founder Of ‘Blackpackers’ Shares Her Trail Experience And The Message It Carries
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Opinion: How Patricia Cameron of Blackpackers tackled the Colorado Trail
While a lot of us were stuck in the house, cautious of rising COVID-19 infections, or protesting in the global movement for Black lives, Patricia Cameron was marching in the […]
Colorado Woman hikes 485 Miles to Challenge Assumptions About Race and the Outdoors.
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Woman Hiked Colorado Trail to Bring Attention to Diversity in the Outdoors
SAN JUAN COUNTY, Colo. — The Colorado Trail runs from Waterton Canyon clear across the state to Durango – 485 miles of mountain passes and adventure that you certainly need […]
Things Are Looking Up For Patricia Cameron and the Blackpackers
When she moved to Colorado Springs from the Washington, D.C., area with her mother in 1994, then-eleven-year-old Patricia Cameron looked up at Pikes Peak and wondered if she’d ever get […]
Patricia Cameron on How Colorado Blackpackers is Fighting for Economic Equity Outdoors
From micro aggressive remarks to blatant racism, BIPOC hikers experience the outdoors differently. Knowing this, Colorado Blackpackers is working to open the outdoors to a diversified set of people. By […]
Not All Coloradans Share in the Outdoor Experience: Blackpackers Wants to Change That
All 10-year-old Zyair Abdullah-Jordan wanted to do was catch a fish. Even though there are plenty of fish in the reservoir at Eleven Mile State Park, the wind wasn’t in […]