Synopses & Reviews
Trails Not Scales
Fat Girls Hiking is a fat activism, body liberation, and outdoor community founded by Summer Michaud-Skog with the goal of creating a space where fat and marginalized folks can come together to create safer spaces in the outdoors.
Summer Michaud-Skog's first book, Fat Girls Hiking, has this same goal — to spread the message of inclusivity far and wide and to bring an empowering attitude to the world of hiking and outdoor recreation. It includes hardworking advice on how to hike, what to wear, and how to read a map, along with trail reviews that focus on the most accessible hikes around the country. It is also brimming with heartfelt stories, personal profiles of Fat Girls Hiking community members, and inspirational photography.
Equal parts empowering and practical, Fat Girls Hiking adds an important voice to the conversation about diversity in the outdoors, raising the visibility of hikers who have too long been marginalized.
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"Filled with heartfelt stories, practical advice, helpful trail reviews, and personal profiles of members of Fat Girls Hiking." — Sierra
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"Accessibility is and can be centered in outdoor activities like hiking. With plenty of pictures and lots of practical advice, this is a great book with which to get started." — Book Riot
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"[This book is] marking the next chapter in her movement...her book helps empower people to find their own connections to the outdoors, making the community of hikers even bigger." — Teen Vogue
About the Author
Summer Michaud-Skog is the founder of Fat Girls Hiking, a hiking community centered on a body positive mission to get folks of diverse backgrounds out on trails no matter their size, ability, or experience level. With more than 24,000 Instagram followers, and 29 (and counting) official chapters across the country, FGH continues to grow by the day. "Trails Not Scales" is their motto, and it's all powered by Summer's grassroots efforts, tireless work ethic, and gregarious, welcoming attitude. Not only is Summer a self-starting leader of a vital community, she also holds a degree in creative writing and is a photographer in her spare time.