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As the year comes to a close, I wanted to share a few of the accomplishments of this community over the past 12 months. While the form of Mappy Hour has shifted dramatically this year, we’ve still been able to learn and explore together thanks to our amazing chapter leaders<\/a>, the incredible speakers who offered your time, and all of our members<\/a> who showed up and shared your own unique thoughts and experiences (and your ideas as we planned)! <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Early in 2020, things were pumping with events popping up around the country! The DC team hosted two Mappy Hour’s diving into local adventures<\/a> and a talk on adaptive sports with the Metro Washington Association of Blind Athletes. In Bentonville, Heather spearheaded a talk about owls with Ozark Natural Science Center. Lindsay in Seattle hosted events diving into snowshoeing<\/a> and backcountry skiing<\/a> near the city. Liz in Denver hosted a full moon hike, an avalanche safety<\/a> session and an incredible panel<\/a> for International Women’s Day. In Chicago, Erica hosted a night about traveling to Patagonia<\/a> (someday…) and another incredible panel of women (video)<\/a>. And finally, at my home chapter (go NYC!), we talked ice climbing<\/a>, women in sports<\/a> and hiking the Appalachian Trail (video).<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Obviously, since March we’ve shifted all of our events online. This means many of our talks are archived on the Mappy Hour hub now for all to watch! Note: Mappy Hour content do not have a paywall so it is free to access. However, if you watch a video and enjoy the conversation, we would appreciate a donation (there’s a button on each event!) This helps us continue to produce events and pay for boring things like hosting the website and making sure trolls don’t attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And now… into the 2020 archives we go! I tried to organize the videos by theme so you can decide where to start your Mappy Hour video binge appropriately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Seriously, thank you to everyone who shared your expertise, everyone who helped connect us to amazing speakers, everyone who attended an event, shared an event with a friend or co-worker, donated to a fundraiser and stuck with us through a wild year. Finally, huge thanks to our global sponsors without whom none of this would have been possible: The North Face and Sierra Nevada Brewing Co!<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Next week, I’ll be sharing some exciting new programs coming to Mappy land so stay tuned! <\/p>\n\n\n\n Onto the next,<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sarah<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Hello dear Mappy Hour community, As the year comes to a close, I wanted to share a few of the accomplishments of this community over the past 12 months. While the form of Mappy Hour has shifted dramatically this year, we’ve still been able to learn and explore together thanks to our amazing chapter leaders, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":10566,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[788],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[521,430,447,409,446,340,705,656,474],"class_list":{"0":"post-10545","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-community"},"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\nSome stats: <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
2020 Begins… in person! <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
2020 Continues… online! <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Deep Dives<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Professional Athletes:<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Trail Running<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Bikepacking<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Cooking<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Backyard Adventures:<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
In conclusion<\/h2>\n\n\n\n