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About Just out. (Portland, OR) 1983-2013 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 1, 1992)
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I f hiking in pristine wilderness, fording are always welcome on Adventure Group hikes. creeks or cross-country skiing through While the hikes themselves are usually quite remote hills and valleys is what you like, strenuous, accommodations are made for new or the Adventure Group of Portland is where ‘less-seasoned hikers. An experienced hiker al you will find it. The Adventure Group, ways takes up the rear of the group so that no one which bills itself as a social group for nature is left behind. A number of the group’s members enthusiasts, was founded in 1986 by a group use of the hikes as therapy. The group includes gay men who shared an interest in cross-country people living with HIV and has been a great help skiing. Since then the group has evolved into a The hikes are a source of enjoyment and to them. year-round enterprise for outdoor enjoyment. inspiration. They are an opportunity to get out of The six men who originally formed the group the city and away from the stresses of everyday with their shared interest in hiking and skiing did life. People experience scenic beauty, fresh air, not envision that six years later the group would (and rain), as well as getting some good exercise. be 50people strong. From 15 to 20people turn out The Adventure Group has no set itinerary of each week for a nature trip. The group itself is hikes from month to month. The destination is very informal. There is no membership into the usually determined by the weather repjort. The group nor any fees or dues to pay. Expenses are group hikes rain or shine nine months out of the kept minimal by carpooling to the trailhead with year, with the other three months being devoted to everyone chipping in $1 to $3 for gas, depending cross-country skiing. All of the hikes are within upon the distance traveled. Each person is re the immediate Portland vicinity with a few each sponsible for his or her own lunch and water. year to more distant places. The Adventure Group Simply “showing up” is a hallmark of the Adven goes mainly to the Pacific Coast, the Columbia ture Group. River Gorge and areas around Mount Hood. Each “The Adventure Group is a great social outlet year there are a few overnight trips. for people,” regular hiker Bob Vinatieri says. The The Adventure Group meets each Sunday hikes offer an alternative type of recreation and morning at 8 a.m. in front of the Lloyd Center socialization. Group member Erin Morgan be Cinema. For most day trips the group is back by lieves people feel freer to talk when they are 5 p.m. Hikers can call 234-2941 each Friday after surrounded by nature. “There is constant conver 5 p.m. through Sunday morning to receive re sation. People talk about politics, relationship» corded information regarding the week’s hike. and lots of other things,” Morgan says. He is also Information is given as to the length and difficulty confident that gay and lesbian pjeople feel much of the hike as well as the elevation and location. freer about sharing their thoughts and feelings The recording also advises pjeople of things they with other gay and lesbian hikers. will need to bring with them. Hikers need not This unique outdoors group attracts a wide have fancy or expensive equipment; good walk range of pjeople, from professionals to students ing shoes are sufficient. A car is not necessary to and everything in between. Members say there is participate in any outings since all hikers carpjool a real sense of camaraderie among the hikers. to the trailhead and back. Be adventurous; call Many of the group’s members know different 234-2941 to get more information on a hike, and things pertaining to the hike. People who are then just “show up.” knowledgeable about botany, geology, ornithol ogy or zoology share this knowledge with others What I do everyday to help defeat the OCA: on the hike. Each outing is an opportunity to learn I proclaim my queerness by wearing outra more about nature. geously fashionable Queer Nation stickers to the The Adventure Group is predominantly male. • airport, the grocery store, restaurants and to The Forest Group, a similar nature group whose movies-it's great for shocking docile suburban membership is exclusively women, may be draw ites and raising the blood pressure o f religious ing lesbians and bisexual women away, but they fundamentalists. Howard N. Dana.
