EPIC JOURNEYS - GOING THE DISTANCE

Overview

Please join AdventurUs Women, Crow’s Feet, and SheJumps, for the second annual Bend Women’s Speaker Series - “Empowering Women Through Adventure”, held monthly from October to March at Embark Coworking Community. Ever wondered what it would be like to go on a grand adventure? Join us March 13th for our “Epic Journeys” panel! Meet Renee Patrick, a triple-crown through-hiker and environmentalist who will advise us on getting outside with no agenda and how to use movement as a creative process, or learn about what it’s like to live on a 46-foot sailboat for seven years while crossing the Pacific Ocean from Meryl Conner, female mariner extraordinaire. Stevie Delahunt is a long distance equestrian racer and ultra athlete, and finally, we can help send off Jennifer Hofer and her four-women rowing team on their epic record-attempting paddle from California to Hawaii. How did these women prep for their journeys? What did they do when the going got tough? How can we create our own epic adventures? Join us to find out! When: Wednesday, March 13, 6:30-7:30pm (Doors open @ 6pm) Where: Embark Coworking Community - 2843 NW Lolo Drive, Bend Come ready to buy some raffle tickets and win sweet swag in support of Planned Parenthood (Hericane Rowing’s fundraising effort) as well as SheJumps and AdventurUs Women scholarships! Entry is free and complimentary beverages will be provided by Crux Fermentation Project and Deschutes Brewery. We might even have some awesome female pourers from Crux hooking us up with their latest and greatest! @SheJumps @AdventurUsWomen @crowsfeetbend @betweenevergreens @Embark.Bend @shejumps_pacificcoast @adventureswithshera @wearehikertrash @merylconner @hericanrowing @adventuristbarbie

Guides & Trip Leaders

SPEAKERS & SPONSORS

Jennifer Hofer

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Jennifer is a member of Hericane Rowing, a four-woman ocean rowing team racing 2,800 nautical miles unsupported from California to Hawaii. Her team is rowing to raise money for Planned Parenthood, and are hoping to break the World Record of 34 days for a mid-Pacific crossing.

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Meryl Conner

From a young age, Meryl loved the outdoors. She went hiking, mountain climbing, skiing, sailing, and SCUBA diving. After college in 1971 she flew internationally for Pan American World Airways for 15 years as a Stewardess/ Flight Attendant and then continued flying with United Airlines from 1986 to 2011. Upon retirement, she and her husband Walter fulfilled a lifelong dream: an extended ocean sailing voyage from New York to Sydney Australia in a 44-ft sailboat. The trip took six years to complete, crossed two oceans, one gulf, and three seas, visited 40 countries and 86 islands with a total distance of 17,000 nautical miles. It was truly “the trip of a lifetime.”

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Renee Patrick

Renee Patrick is a triple-crown thru-hiker with over 20 years of experience planning, hiking, and improving long-distance trails. She is a creative who seeks to combine her love of design, language, nature, people, and long-distance hiking into positive changes for our community and the environment. She was the Continental Divide Trail's first trail ambassador during her 2015 thru-hike and has helped develop new long-distance trails including the Oregon Desert Trail and Blue Mountains Trail. In her consulting business, Renee guides long-distance trail organizations and developers to improve the hiking experience and inspire action on behalf of the environment.

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Stevie Delahunt

A Farrier, riding instructor, ultra athlete, and finisher of some of the worlds oddest and toughest races Stevie has completed the Kracken Cup (worlds toughest sailboat race), The Mongol Derby, The Gaucho Derby and Race the Wild Coast which are adventure horse races taking place in remote locations around the world. She now coaches others to take on these and similar endurance racing endeavors on through physical, mental and emotional preparation.

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ADVENTURUS WOMEN

AdventurUs Women is a women-owned and led company dedicated to providing opportunities for women of all ages, races, sizes, backgrounds and experience levels to learn new skills and try outdoor activities in beautiful environments. We strive to create affirming learning environments that encourage friendship and skill building while connecting with nature in stunning locales.

We provide affirming and supportive spaces for women to learn and explore in the outdoors.We create experiences that encourage fun, laughter and friendship.We welcome women of all ages, race, size, background, and experience levels.

We welcome participants of all gender identities and expressions who feel that a women’s retreat is the right space for them.We embrace nature as our classroom, leading with compassion.We share knowledge as a way to empower, inspire, and build confidence in outdoor skills.

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SHEJUMPS

SheJumps increases the participation of women and girls in outdoor activities

Partnering with nature, SheJumps creates safe, educational outdoor experiences for girls and women that nurture growth and transformation.

SheJumps is an inclusive organization. They welcome all women and girls (transgender and cisgender) as well as non-binary people who identify with the women’s community. SheJumps strives to be an ally in the fight against racism and acknowledges that our events and programs take place on traditional, unceded Indigenous lands.

Learn more at: https://www.shejumps.org

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CROW'S FEET
A Mountain Collective is an equipment sales/service/information hub, selling the best products available for both your backcountry ski and cycling excursions.

At CROW'S FEET, we make it our mission to look beyond conventional thought and practice, to bring quality and innovation together in a space that welcomes all people. We are inspired by the artists, bike makers, ski builders, crafts(wo)men, whose work manifests in the form of delicious beauty… and we seek to share that inspiration through unrelenting stoke, coffee, beer, bikes, skis and snowboards.

Learn more at: https://crowsfeetbend.com

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