Abuela Afuera: Grandmother Outside
She Explores
English - February 28, 2018 10:30 - 30 minutes - 27.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 878 ratingsWilderness Sports Society & Culture Places & Travel outdoors outdoor women road trips hiking camping creativity Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Caro Luevanos-Garcia believes the key to closing the gaps between generations can be found in the outdoors. And she also believes the inverse: that people across generations can find the outdoors with the help of each other.
Caro started hiking, backpacking, and running when she retired from a career in corrections at the age of 50. Now 56, she’s run 26 half marathons in 18 states. She loves backpacking. She’s hiked Half Dome twice and section-hiked 90% of the John Muir Trail. In short, she’s made up for lost time. Now that she's discovered that love, she wants to share it with her grandson to make sure he's comfortable in the outdoors from a young age.
Women Featured in this Episode: Carolina Luevanos-Garcia. Follow her on Instagram @abuelaafuera & @carohikedhere. Read her writing on her blog.
Hosted and produced by Gale Straub.
In this episode, you'll hear:
How Caro's relationship with the outdoors (as a first-generation American) was influenced by her parents
Barriers to more traditional outdoor activities for some people of color
Why Caro started running and hiking before retirement at 50
Advice Caro has for her younger self
How saying yes has benefited Caro in her retirement
Caro's philosophy on the benefits of older people taking younger people into the outdoors
Why the outdoor industry should represent more older people in their marketing
A call-to-action from Caro that will help diversify outdoor spaces
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Links mentioned in this episode:
Caro's Instagram: @abuelaafuera
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Music for this episode is by Swelling, Josh Woodward, Kai Engel, and Lee Rosevere via freemusicarchive.org.
Music is also by Dobsy.