The Power of Outdoor Guides: How I Overcame My Fear of Camping Alone

The Power of Outdoor Guides: How I Overcame My Fear of Camping Alone

I like to think of myself as a pretty fearless, strong-willed person. I’ve done plenty of adventurous things, from river rafting in Oregon to hiking the Camino de Santiago in Spain, rappelling off 100-foot cliffs in Arkansas, and the list goes on. But even with years of experience in the outdoors, I’m embarrassed to admit that I couldn’t do one seemingly simple thing: Spend a night in the woods alone. Backpacking by myself as a woman seemed like…