Today's special episode of She Explorers was made in partnership with Mountain Hardware.

This collaboration is both a celebration of Earth Day, which is coming up on Monday,

and of Mountain Hardware launching their most environmentally sustainable collection of apparel and equipment in their 25-year history.

This collection includes a redesign of all of their tents, packs, and sleeping bags.

That is a big deal, and a

sleeping bags. That is a big deal and a conscious choice. Mountain Hardware believes that

sustainability is an opportunity to do better, not a box that they need to check.

Later in the episode we'll talk about their new 82% recycled

Laminar E.CO AF sleeping bags and their line of tents made without fire

retardant materials. Learn more by heading to Mountain Hardware.com.

I'm Gail Straub and you're listening to She Explorers.

Definitely an optimist. I tend to like see the silver lining in lots of dark difficult situations.

And I like things to work and for things to be successful and for people to be happy and do what they love or you know it kind of applies to all areas in my life but overall I definitely think I am an optimist I like to see the positive.

This Earth Day, we're looking on the bright side.

We're asking, how can a sense of environmental optimism keep us facing forward?

What strength do we gain when we're comfortable starting fresh?

Whether it's a climbing route in our personal lives or in our approach to sustainability.

For this episode, we'll climb in camp in Moab, Utah

with Mountain Hardware Ambassador Kylie Fly.

Who knows thinking outside the box is beneficial to all aspects of life?

Here's Kylie.

Well, we have been out here in Moab climbing and camping and hanging out

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