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  • Hiker aims to make the outdoors accessible and inclusive with 'Darken The Mountains' initiative (Canada)

    05/24/2021 6:30:54 PM PDT · by yesthatjallen · 59 replies
    CBC ^ | 05 24 2021 | Sarah Rieger
    Rebeccah Kellman says shortly after she moved to Canmore, she remembers going on a hike to Grassi Lakes, which overlooks the Alberta mountain town. Kellman said another group of hikers was staring at her and whispering, before one woman approached her, put her arm up against hers, and said "Hey, I usually don't see people darker than me climbing out here." "I was about 21 at the time, and I didn't know what to make of it. I was like OK, clearly I am in a very white-dominated space," Kellman said. That experience, and others, prompted Kellman to found Darken...