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April 5, 2022

Is Colorado's Outdoors Overcrowded? Or Do We Just Need to Learn How to Camp Better?

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Is Colorado's Outdoors Overcrowded? Or Do We Just Need to Learn How to Camp Better?

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It might be a false spring, but can you blame us for letting a little nice weather get us excited for camping season?! Some of us, at least. Host Bree Davies has never been super outdoorsy, and all the gatekeeping around the best spots and the reports of overcrowding at our state and national parks don’t make it seem that appealing. So we invited Blackpackers founder and outdoors educator Patricia Cameron to help make it all feel a little more approachable. 


Check out this piece Cameron published in 2019 about her journey to the outdoors: https://www.elevationoutdoors.com/go-outside/feet-to-the-ground/


One of Denver’ biggest companies is going to court. Learn all about dialysis giant DaVita and the eccentric former CEO at the center of the case in today’s CCD newsletter: https://denver.citycast.fm/newsletter/


What are your favorite hikes or campsites? Let’s swap notes on Twitter: @citycastdenver


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