"Being Here": How the Outdoors Make Us Feel

She Explores

Gale Straub

Road Trips, Sports, Health & Fitness, Fitness, Society & Culture, Creativity, Wilderness, Hiking, Places & Travel, Outdoor Women, Camping, Outdoors

4.6 • 914 Ratings

🗓️ 14 July 2016

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Interview with adventure writer Hilary Oliver about her short film, "Being Here." We talk about her motivation to create the film, how she felt about sharing it with the world, and how she sees adventure films changing for the better. We also include listener voice memos about how the outdoors make them feel.

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0:00.0	This episode of She Explorers is brought to you by Outdoor Research.
0:05.0	Their story is simple. In 1981, Ron Gregg founded Outdoor Research after a failed piece of gear on an Alaskan climbing expedition inspired ideas for a better design.
0:16.3	35 years later, they are still driven by providing innovation and inspiration for the relentless
0:21.8	adventurer.
0:23.0	They're more than just the gear they build.
0:25.0	They're part of a community whose lives are connected
0:28.0	by their common need to be outside.
0:30.0	Their tribe is devoted to exploring their outdoor passions and challenging themselves in the mountains, water, and deserts of the planet that we love so much.
0:40.0	Join the adventure at W.W.
0:45.0	Outdoor research.com.
0:51.0	How do the outdoors make you feel? The outdoors awaken my senses.
0:53.0	Going outside is where I begin.
0:56.0	The outdoors make me feel excited and empowerednergetic.
1:04.0	Ultimately, I feel small but mighty.
1:06.0	Other times, I will feel extremely inspired.
1:11.0	Finding that one leaf, that one tree, the one. inspired. I'm Gail Strob and you're listening to She Explores. This episode is all about how the outdoors make us feel.
1:29.0	I interview Hillary Oliver, adventure writer and the director of the short film Being Here, which she made with
1:35.6	Becca Skinner and her sister Whitney Oliver.
1:38.8	The film contemplates the parallels between the wild and us and the wild and the wild and the landscapes that we frequent.
1:45.0	It's a bit of a reset button if you feel yourself falling off track or out of balance.
1:51.0	If you haven't seen being here yet, you can watch it on this
1:54.4	week's episode page via she-explores.com
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