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Hello, welcome to another episode of Pop Bear Hikes.

Today, I'd like to welcome to the podcast and Anna Siler is representing an

organization called Venture Out Project.

Rather than me give you all the details and background on that, I'll let Anna do

that. Anna, welcome to Pop Bear Hikes.

Thanks so much for having me. I'm super excited to chat with you.

Anna, let's start off by, you tell us a little about you before we get into

Venture Project.

Sure. Yeah.

So I did not grow up outdoorsy at all, which I think catches some people by

surprise given the fact that I do what I do now.

I did not grow up very outdoorsy.

I grew up in Southern Maine where there was plenty of access to green space.

But for one reason or another, I just I didn't spend much time outdoors.

I'm not only child, I was raised as a woman.

There's a lot of connotations to that around safety, being alone when you're

outdoors, especially as a child.

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