Includes index

Introduction -- How to use this book -- Fat girls hiking: how it all began -- How to hike -- Finding joyful movement: fitness trauma, team sports, and fat athletes -- Bugs and humidity: or why I didn't start hiking sooner -- Body liberation and nature: the power of words -- Van life on the margins: redefining success -- Fat activism online: bigots, bullshit, and boundaries -- When we were animals: that essential connection -- Change always comes: the restlessness inside

"In the tradition of Workman's Every Body Yoga, we're bringing a proud, plus-sized, body-positive attitude to the world of hiking and outdoor recreation. Summer Michaud-Skog, founder of the Fat Girls Hiking community, offers a book brimming with heartfelt stories, practical advice, personal profiles of FGH community members, and trail reviews. It all serves to spread the Fat Girls Hiking message of inclusivity in the outdoors. Equal parts empowering and impassioned, personal and practical, this book adds an important voice to the conversation about diversity in the outdoors, raising visibility of hikers who have too long been marginalized. As the Fat Girls Hiking motto goes, "Trails Not Scales!""--