Ladies Hiking Inspires Women to Embrace the Great Outdoors and Walk in the Woods

PRLog (Press Release) - Jan 28, 2009 -
When times get tough, women take to the hills, or so says a new women’s Website, Ladies-Hiking.com (http://www.ladies-hiking.com), a City Girl’s Guide to Walking in the Woods.  The outdoors site brings women together to talk about the best free vacation there is: hiking.

The young site provides expert advice on hiking, encouraging women to overcome their fear of the forest and get out on the trails. Ladies Hiking also brings women together to talk about their favorite hikes, fashions and gear, to share their photos and, more than anything, to make their own hiking rules.

“We’re in the early stages, I have to tell you,” says the site’s editor, Judith Harlan, a Website writer and journalist. She and a team of hiking enthusiasts out of Reno, Nevada, launched the site just this month. “We’re still new and open to all kinds of fresh ideas. Underlying all, though, is a core commitment to encouraging women to go hiking.”  She wants women to break free of the idea that hiking is just for the hardy. Hiking is for everyone.

And why hiking? “For the healthy exercise, for the connection to nature, for the beauty,” says Harlan. It’s one of her first loves and Ladies-Hiking is her way of giving back, of sharing some of that enthusiasm for nature, introducing other women to one of the joys of her life. Her company, Harlan Editorial, Inc., Website Words that Work, is sponsoring the site.

Ladies-Hiking.com (http://www.ladies-hiking.com) encourages women to share their experiences on the trail, as well as their favorite GORP and trail food recipes, and their latest fashion advice. The site’s attitude is one of acceptance. Hiking is for all ages and levels of fitness. In this economy, too, it doesn’t hurt that hiking is virtually free.