Guides Gone Wild

28/03/2025

Neglected to share my fundraising link yesterday 🙄 - a pledge is great, but I mostly hope you will consider creating your OWN Hike-a-thon in your OWN community! No need to make it a big, jog-bra-worthy adventure in the White Mountains!! Hike = Move Outside. For real, let's do this!

Help Jen Guides Gone Wild raise funds for Summits In Solidarity!

13/08/2024

It's not everyday that you get to see an endangered species in the wild! I'm glad.they put up the barricade.posts so no one gets too close, we don't want it to get spooked and run off or hurt some curious GenZer.

22/02/2024

Hey there hotties! Let's talk cold water!!
We are back in our virtual clubhouse next Tuesday, February 27th at 7pm to learn, share tips, and maybe finally convince ourselves to dip our proverbial (and actual!) toe in the world's of sauna and cold dipping/plunging!
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Register at GuidesGoneWild.com/meet if you want me to send you the calendar invite, or simply grab the Zoom link there, grab your favorite beverage, and join us Tuesday night!
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P.S. I'm expecting a few EXTRA SPECIAL GUESTS, you won't want to miss it!

06/02/2024

Looking forward to catching up IRL tomorrow night - any local wild ones willing to talk adventure over a beer or sparkling lemonade and soft pretzels should join us at 7pm!💛

07/09/2023

Look who's a TV star!!🤩

Paige Emerson started “Chubby Hiker Reviews” to provide more honest and realistic reviews of trails for heavier people. Her goal is to create a safe space while encouraging body positivity.

01/06/2023

THIS COULD BE YOU!! Clear that view, prep that firewood, build that trail - and never mind waiting on someone else to do it for you, with your new Lumber Jill skills, you'll be gettin' it done!
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Join and June 10-11 for Skills4LumberJills - two days of learning and FUN!! We'll get hands-on with Stihl chainsaws, throw some axes, and show off our new skills with a volunteer trail project !
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Space still available for.on-site weekend camping - I'll have plenty of bug spray and s'mores on hand for a fun weekend!

Get in on the action - axewomenloggers . com (https://www.axewomen.com/index.html) for more info or to register!

10/02/2023

The most fun you can have on 6 legs, amiright?!!?
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Ski-what??!? SKIJOR! In Skowhegan!!
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This week's pod features the stoke behind this 🔥 - Mary Haley ( ) and Kristina Cannon ( ) - and we are talking all things skijoring AND Somerset SnowFest!
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Whether your ideal winter day involves skiing, snowshoeing, sipping some suds, hurtling down a snowy slope in a box or a kayak, or getting the p*ss startled out of you by an enthusiastic volunteer in a Yeti suit (😱), Somerset SnowFest has something for you!
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Festivities kick off Friday, February 17th and run through Sunday, February 26th - and the can't miss Skijor Skowhegan: Northeast Equestrian Skijoring Regionals takes place at Skowhegan Fairgrounds on Saturday, February 25th!
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Get all the deets at SkijorSkowhegan.org or https://somersetsnowfest.org/
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📷: Main Street Skowhegan/Jonathan Weaver

01/12/2022

Look who blazed her own trail to the big time airwaves this week!! When Sydney Williams ( Hiking My Feelings ) and I did our episode earlier this year, this wasn't even on the radar - LOVE to see our wild guides making their wildest dreams come true! 💛 Tune in next week!

The first Wellness in the Wilderness episode with Sydney Williams aired today at 1 PM PST! Tune in to hear about Bethany Hughes and Lauren Reed's 18,221-mile expedition of hiking, bikepacking, and paddling across the Americas and their mission for Her Odyssey. Hiking My Feelings Her Odyssey - La Odisea de Ella 🥾

10/10/2022

We got our feet on the ground and we're burning it down! 🔥
With all due respect to Alicia Keys, our heads aren't in the clouds, they're focused on learning some new skills and making some epic food - outdoors!
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Join Guides Gone Wild and November 4 - 6 for our first-ever (Cast) Iron Chef Weekend!
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Head to
https://www.guidesgonewild.com/iron-chef - and let's get cooking!

28/09/2022

GGW End-of-Summer Camp Weekend is a wrap! 💛 Still processing all the goodness and inspiration and stoke that came from watching these super star campers try new things and get (WAY) out of their comfort zones on water, land, and wheels!
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Hugest of thanks to our unflappable, infinitely flexible guide of for keeping us safe and maxing out the fun in a weekend full of weather (and beaver dam!) challenges!
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So much more to say, so many lessons learned, but here are a few key takeaways to start with:
1. Yes, you CAN paddleboard in Maine at the end of September in 30mph wind gusts, it's all about location, location, location...💨
2. It sounds trite, but you CAN arrive as strangers and leave as friends 💛
3. While it will take longer, and you might use some NSFW vocabulary in the process, you CAN make a potholder on a plastic frame instead of a sturdy metal one 🤬
Thank you to all who joined me for the inaugural Guides Gone Wild in person weekend - you are all amazing women who fill me with joy, awe and inspiration, and I can't wait to do it again!

23/08/2022

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT!
Registration is open for the 2022 Guides Gone Wild End-of-Summer Camp Weekend!
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3 days/2 nights filled with paddling, arts & crafts, campfires, s'mores, happy hour-ing with new friends, snacks and naps and DIY adventure galore!
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Dates: September 23-25
Location: Evans Notch Lodge, Gilead, Maine
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Come on over to https://www.guidesgonewild.com/camp
for more details and to register today - space is limited!

29/03/2022

And the winner is.... Kelly! was the winner of the Guides Gone Wild Community Survey drawing (which, as you can see, was a highly technical process audited by PwC after they got home from the Chris Rock/Will Smith throw down) - and this wildly generous listener wanted the proceeds to be donated to Little Bellas 💛 DONE!! And while I'm at it, I'll sweeten the pot with a 'matching ' $50 and we'll get more girls on bikes already!
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HUGE thanks to all who participated in the survey, I'm excited to start experimenting with the podcast format, inviting all your amazing referrals to be guests on the show, and expanding the GGW universe into some new areas. THANK YOU