We made it!
The 7th annual (& my 9th total) Walk Around Philadelphia has wrapped up smoothly.
(and by smoothly I mean through all of the usual unusual and expected unexpected adventures that always seem to unfold when one sets out to explore the city’s edges)
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Join us for the virtual reportback!
Some 90+ adventurous souls signed up to set out with strangers and walk the fringes of the city in mid-February; you’re invited to join us for a virtual reportback via zoom on Friday Feb 25 @ 6pm EST. Details & RSVP via Eventbrite.
If you miss it, a recording will be available on my youtube channel.
Next steps
There’s a lot of work to do as I plan for the next iterations of this project & work to make it more accessible and inclusive for a larger & more diverse participant pool.
Between now and the larger public iteration planned for September, I’ll also be hosting a few other virtual and in-person events for the community that is growing around this project.
See below for a couple snapshots from this most recent iteration of the walk!
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We had some early morning starts…
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… made our way through vast spaces…
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… and made new friends along the way.
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We made our way through snowstorms…
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… and strip malls…
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We navigated chance ATV encounters…
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… and found our way over creeks…
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… and fallen trees…
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… and under some spectacular bridges.
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Sometimes walking all the way till sunset…
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… we encountered abandoned boats…
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… and abandoned piers…
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… and shared lots of laughs…
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… and a few photo-ops…
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… and also spaces for longer, quieter conversations.
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Our journey took us through nature sanctuaries…
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… and toxic waste sites…
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… and a bunch of challenging terrain to navigate.
(If this crawling under some vines and brambles doesn’t feel accessible to you, don’t worry! There’s always another way around.)
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All of this walking together…
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… to come right back to where we’d started a week earlier, but with new friendships, new experiences and new understandings of the city and each other.
Stay tuned for detailed photo-blog recaps, and hop on my mailing list for invites to the next adventures…