Finding Your Feet: The How-To Guide to Hiking and Adventuring

Fatinikun, the founder of Black Girls Hike, encourages readers to enjoy and feel comfortable outdoors in this accessible guide about the importance of engaging with the natural world. Fatinikun details her own journey to discovering the great outdoors and the benefits of having spaces where Black women and people from other marginalized groups can find community and support in an activity that’s largely white and wealthy. Her book notes the equipment, skills, and background knowledge needed for hikes. It also provides detailed descriptions—how to get there if readers don’t have access to a car, for example—of recommended hikes in Great Britain, where she lives. Photographs of the author and other women enjoying the outdoors in a variety of activities and locations are found throughout. There are also interviews that add even more insight.