The Hood Hikers

Missed our obligatory live video, but had a blast with this magical group today! 💫💫💫

It feels good to be back!

Whew, the way the algorithm will suppress our important stories is wild, but expected. From 400+ views to teens is egregious. That's why you have to pull up in person... let's connect, politic, ditto. 😉

We cooking up a few things, brushing the dust off. Save the dates for our next Hood to Woods series:

October 25th - Ft Tryon
November 8th or 15th - TBD

Miss yall immensely. Community is needed now more than ever.

Hey Hood Hikers! I know it's been a while, this is a super late post. Our last hike was perfection *chef's kiss* The weather could not have been any better. I did put the Hood Hikers to work on a Saturday morning and they definitely exceeded all of their steps goals. As per usual, amazing group of people. Fun, interesting, and determined! Everyone went home with some goodies🍃🌍 Here are a few shots from that beautiful day..

#420

Registration for our Earth day/420 hike is now open! Pull up for good vibes, beautiful views, and wavy goodies. thehoodhikers.com/event-details/seek-the-old-earth-4-20 #420

Couldn't let the month go by without celebrating the ladies! Registration for our next hike is now open! Join us in celebrating the women in a 4 mile easy hike. We'll tale a stroll, take in the sights, and enjoy community. Men are welcome, so bring your favorite lady along.

Hikers are automatically entered into a raffle for a chance to win a gift card to for a 30 min body scrub and your choice of a 60 min full body massage or facial.

Sign up today at https://www.thehoodhikers.com/event-details/who-run-the-world-girls
Registration closes next Thursday, 3/21 at 8pm.

SUUUUUUPER LATE & LONG POST!!! Happy New Year Hood Hikers!!!! Forgive me for my hiatus, I have been adjusting to motherhood & a new job. My life is so drastically different from just a year ago so please be patient. I miss you all so much! I miss the trees, I miss the mountains, and I miss the trails. I miss taking everyone out of the city and escaping all of our worries and troubles together. With all the slaughter happening globally and all of our local daily plights, I know we all need an escape now more than ever. I promise I will be pulling up in a rental van to whisk you away to an adventure very soon! For now, enjoy these photos from our last hike and read on for story time and upcoming events.

Story time!
Let's chat about our last hike, our Halloween Hike, that went down in October. I encountered some obstacles! First, it was unseasonably warm, which brought out the MASSES!!! So much so that the parking lot was full by the time we arrived. My good parking juju saw to it that we landed a great parking spot but some of our hikers that met us on the trail were not so lucky. I had to coordinate meeting folks at a parking lot a little ways away and getting them to the trailhead, which delayed our start, a little warm up pre-hike if you will lol The trail was more crowded than we're used to but the group was amazing and made the best of it. Shout out to the French Guy costume that won the costume contest.
Then came the post hike activities. We decided to enjoy some delicious local ice cream, and so did everyone else, the line was endless. While waiting on the line, this new breastfeeding momma had exceeded her time limit for pumping. So here we are, nowhere near NYC, or my breast pump, with my baby feeders about to combust. I didn't anticipate us being gone for so long so I didn't properly prepare and failed to bring along my manual pump.

***WARNING, graphic breastfeeding details to follow*** This resulted in me waiting for bathrooms in the local shops that were overflowing with crowds, and manually expressing milk into the sink, which provided only brief relief. The drive back to the city was excruciating, I was in so much pain and desperately needed to get the milk out. As soon as I dropped off the Hood Hikers, I was expressing milk into a plastic bag smh.

Anyway, I survived (barely) but best believe I will never leave my pump again! This traumatized me and made me realize I had to slow down with my return to guiding trips. Especially since the following week I started a new full time job in Bk, which is a pretty trash commute from my home. The new job, in a far away land, was a necessary sacrifice I had to make as a single mom. Speaking of which, major shout out to my own mother who has been helping me tremendously by watching my mini Hood Hiker while I work and lead hikes. She is truly the real MVP. Thanks for reading all about my saga lol I share all of this so you can understand my absence and be patient with me as I get into this new flow.
We still have some exciting things coming up.

First, our 3rd annual New Year photo contest! Submit a photo you personally shot while on a hike with us for your chance to win $200! It can't be a photo that you have submitted in previous contests. DM me your photo by Sunday, January 7th to enter the contest. I will post all of the entries on Monday and the photo with the most likes by 8pm on Thursday, January 11th wins!

Second, join us for our 3rd annual Black History Month Hike on Sunday, February 11, in collaboration with our dear friends at Trials, Trails and Triumphs and TriState Hikers ! I will post about the hike again in the near future. You can register at https://www.t3hikes.com/ Unfortunately, I can not provide transportation for this event.

Finally, to wrap up this insanely long post, the finalized version of the doc Concrete Bushes by the brilliant folks at Scene8Productions is available so go check it out here https://vimeo.com/899620857 I'll dedicate a separate post to the film and the screening we had.
I want to thank you all for your continued support and patience! I hope to see you on the trail soon!

Happy Thursday Hood Hikers!

We are back to our regularly scheduled programming! Join us for these beautiful views on Saturday, October 28th, for our Halloween hike! Round trip transportation from the Bronx and Brooklyn available. Pull up in your best costume or face paint for your chance to win $100.

Registration is now open, so head over to our website to register. Registration closes next Thursday at 8 p.m.

Happy Monday Hood Hikers!

I am significantly behind with my social media so please bear with me!
These pics are from our Wilderness Therapy Hike, which took place on April 8th.

On this hike Syrretta of introduced us to Wilderness Therapy and Forest Bathing & led such a grounding session.
This hike was abundant in magical souls. We were joined by some lovely AKA ladies - Kristina, .reyes , & who are doing some amazing volunteer work in the Bronx & helping feed the babies!

We were also joined by , who is doing some amazing work in the community at the

Liz from also joined this hike. Book a session stat! Your mind, body, & spirit will thank you!

brought a few friends along & we all celebrated his born day!

Finally, shout out to the inspiring educators that were on the trail with us! I appreciate the work you are doing with the youth and you are sooooo necessary, thank you!

Some hikers found some extra goodies in their goodie bags, including Honey from and a super lightweight outdoor pack from the Bronx based outdoor gear company .right . They are super dope so go follow them on IG and support!

Don't forget to join our mailing list by visiting www.thehoodhikers.com We are opening registration for our July installment of the Timberland Hike Club very soon and you don't want to miss the registration link because those free hikes fill up very fast!
Have a great week everyone!

(All @ handles are IG handles)

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT:

As you may or may not know I, founder of The Hood Hikers, am pregnant. I am expecting my first child, babygirl A, this summer.

Despite having some amazingly dope Hood Hikers volunteer to lead hikes in my absence, and as much as I wanted to keep The Hood Hikers running throughout my maternity leave, unfortunately, I decided to cease events until I return.

I made this decision based on two main factors.: First, we weren't going to be able to provide round trip transportation, which is vital to our mission. Second, it was going to require a lot of work from me to coordinate gear, goodie bags, and registration for the events. So instead of taking on too much, which is my typical M.O., I decided to completely focus all of my energy and intention on adjusting to this new role of motherhood and pouring into my baby girl.

During the next couple of weeks I will be catching up on some social media posts that are well overdue! I will roll out some pics from our Wilderness Healing Hike, the inaugural Timberland Hike Club Event, the screening of the mini documentary "Concrete Bushes", the New Parent Hike, and The North Face Trail Days Event. I am so behind on social media but keep in mind, I do everything here dolo, I've been growing a whole active human in my tiny yet mighty frame, and I have a demanding day job as a civil litigator.

We will still have the monthly Timberland Hike Club (weather permitting), with the next hike scheduled in June so make sure to keep an eye on your inbox and on our socials. I will not be responding to dms or email inquiries regarding the Timberland Hikes so you just have to catch it if you can. We won't be having our 3rd anniversary event so next year we will just have to celebrate twice as large for both years!

When time allows, I will still post other outdoor events being held by all of our outdoor fam and homies! Thank you everyone for your continued support, sending you all lots of love. I hope you have an amazing summer, you make time for yourself, and you get outside as much as possible! See you all soon! xoxoxo Jasmine

tomorrow at 7pm pull up!!!

Concrete Bushes featuring @thehoodhikers will be premiering at @patagoniabrooklyn store on May 12 at 7 p.m. 70 N 6TH STREET BROOKLYN, NY 11249 There will be refreshments and a Q&A afterward. RSVP Link in bio More to come from the @scene8productions. Hope to see you there.