Smashing Records and Racism Through Swimming
Catherine Breed Sets New Swim Record At 9 PM on September 21, Catherine Breed slathered herself...
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Posted by Leonie Sherman | Sep 23, 2020 | Black Lives Matter, Industry News, Leonie Sherman, Water Sports |
Catherine Breed Sets New Swim Record At 9 PM on September 21, Catherine Breed slathered herself...
Read MorePosted by Leonie Sherman | Aug 1, 2020 | Issue 114, Leonie Sherman, Water Sports |
She’s still working as Program Director for the California Marine Sanctuary Foundation, devoting every day to protecting California’s network of 124 marine protected areas, only now she’s doing it from her 44-foot boat in St. John, instead of her usual office above Abbott Square in downtown Santa Cruz. “I found my happy place all by accident,” she enthused in a recent email. Nobody who knows her is surprised. Transforming adversity and challenge into growth and opportunity is sort of her signature move.
Read MorePosted by Leonie Sherman | Jun 10, 2020 | COVID-19, Leonie Sherman |
Bringing Books in the Back Country and Anti-Racism Everywhere By Leonie Sherman Normally I go to...
Read MorePosted by Leonie Sherman | Jan 27, 2020 | Backcountry Skiing, Environment, EPiC, Issue 113, Leonie Sherman, Snow Sports |
A Voice for Responsible Climate Policy Words By Leonie Sherman — Photos by Ming Poon On a balmy...
Read MorePosted by Leonie Sherman | Jan 27, 2020 | Backcountry Skiing, Issue 113, Leonie Sherman, Snow Sports |
The AMGA Splitboard Certification and Scholarship By Leonie Sherman Rick Gaukel grew up surfing...
Read MorePosted by Leonie Sherman | Nov 29, 2019 | Climbing, EPiC, Issue 112, Leonie Sherman |
After Kevin Jorgeson climbed the Dawn Wall, the hardest free climb on El Capitan, he realized he might not have another epic historical climb in him.
Read MorePosted by Leonie Sherman | Sep 28, 2019 | Backpacking & Hiking, Biking, Issue 111, Leonie Sherman |
Maybe the idea of lining up to pay the federal government to camp on land that we are supposed to own upsets you. Maybe you are searching for a vacation option that doesn’t contribute to climate change.
Read MorePosted by Leonie Sherman | Sep 28, 2019 | EPiC, Issue 111, Leonie Sherman |
“We are the first generation to experience the impacts of climate change,” Raymond Johansen, Governing Mayor of Oslo told a packed room at Oslo Pax, the Nobel Peace Center’s first annual Peace and Climate Conference. “And we are the last generation that can actually do something about it.”
Read MorePosted by Leonie Sherman | Aug 2, 2019 | EPiC, Issue 110, Leonie Sherman |
When then President Bill Clinton and Vice President Al Gore visited the sparkling shores of Lake Tahoe in 1997, they kicked off a frenzy of interest in protecting the largest alpine lake on the continent.
Read MorePosted by Leonie Sherman | Jun 3, 2019 | EPiC, Issue 109, Leonie Sherman, Miscellaneous, Uncategorized, Water Sports |
Ten years ago, Outdoor Afro founder and CEO Rue Mapp noticed there weren’t a lot of people in the outdoors who looked like her. To find out if others shared her passion and ancestry, she started a blog. In the first few years she wrote over 500 posts about how to connect black kids to nature through leadership development. She started taking folks on hikes and organizing events. Her work was quickly recognized by leaders in the industry and she was invited to take part in a think tank that informed Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move Initiative.
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