Blaze the Path (or Trail!) That Serves You: Victoria Amico, Plus Sized Outdoors

Today I’m joined by Victoria Amico, the brilliance behind Plus Sized Outdoors - a curated online resource and blog for hikers, an instructional YouTube Channel, and now, an inspiring PCT Thru Hike you can follow along with starting this spring!

Victoria and I met cute during a Zoom class hosted by our mutual friend Emily Holland, the host of the Nature Untold podcast, and a former guest of this very pod. When Victoria talked a little bit about what she was working on, I started private messaging her, just to find out that she’s also currently living 30ish miles from me here in Mass. Next thing you know, we are on a socially distanced library date to chat all things outdoor inspiration, and I knew right then she was THE ONE…. for an upcoming episode!  (OK, yes, I know, overkill on the rom-com metaphors).

Anyway, Victoria’s story is one of repeated disappointment and rejection while following "the path" that most of us have grown up thinking we needed to be on.

That kind of beat down takes its toll, as we discuss, but Victoria has lived up to her name and come out the other side victorious, ready to take on some huge things, and support lots of friends in the process.

I hope you’ll also head over to plussizedoutdoors.org, where you’ll find her beautiful site with all the fantastic resources that I go on and on about in this episode, I promise you’ll be just as impressed as I am.

And the rest of your required reading from this episode:

• @Plus_sized_outdoors on Instagram
• Plus Sized Outdoors on YouTube
• Hiking My Feelings donation page
• The Trevor Project donation page
• Victoria’s PCT blog on The Trek
• Mt. Major (NH)
• Unlikely Hikers - Jenny Bruso
• She Explores Podcast featuring Sam Ortiz
• Hiking My Feelings - @hikingmyfeelings
• Sydney Williams
• Virtual Campfire featuring Victoria
• Rocky Mountain National Park
• Four Pass Loop
• Maroon Bells
• PCT (Pacific Crest Trail)
• What is ‘Type II/Type III’ fun?
• REI Garage Sale
• NEMO Hornet 2-person tent