About Us …
We’re showing up for social, emotional, mental & physical wellness & support. The purpose is to get out of the house, move our bodies, soak up some sun (or rain as it may be some days) & (re)connect with ourselves, others & nature.
Bring your fupa, your bingo wings, your thunder thighs & cellulite. Bring your heavy breathing & sweat. Bring your social awkwardness & anxiety. Bring your tattoos & funky hair. Bring your dad jokes & obnoxious laughter. If you like, bring your spouse, your kids, your fur besties. BRING WATER.
This is a fat friendly club. We’re not here to lose weight. You’re a Babe! Do your leggings uncontrollably roll down under your belly when you laugh? Yeah, you found the right squad. If you need to take a break every ten minutes, that’s cool, we get it. If you walk half an hour & decide you’re done & turning around, that’s ok too. It’s not a contest or a race to the finish. You don’t even have to finish. There is no finish. There’s nothing to prove, just the day to enjoy. Take it at your own pace. You are invited to explore & push your boundaries, to step out of your comfort zone, but know your limits & be safe.
This is a stoner friendly club, however if you are going to ya-know, please try to do so before or after the walk/hike. We still need to follow laws, trail + park rules, we need to be safe & we need to be respectful of the possible presence of children & other community members who do not partake. Again, know your limits & be safe; look out for one another.
This is an introvert / freaks&geeks friendly club. Look, for whatever reason it is that you are struggling to connect with others, make friends, find your people, get out of your house or out of your head… this is a safe place for you, because all the rest of us exhausted, eccentric weirdos are struggling too. Maybe if we all carry the burden of that struggle together, for a little while, it won’t feel so heavy. The hardest part is getting out the door & showing up. I know you can do it though, & I can’t wait to see that you did!
This is a curiosity appreciator’s club. Look at the wildlife! Check out that native plant! What an incredible rock formation! Do you know the history of this place? We don’t have to hurry to end the adventure. Let’s nerd out on how amazing our parks are! Take it all in, enjoy yaselves!
Come, spend a few hours out of your day; walk with us on the trails & explore our parks in & around beautiful StL.
This is a judgement & drama free zone, a SAFE place. - Abuse of any type or degree will result in an immediate GTFO.
hi there, I’m Amber!
Hello Friends! I’m *the* Fat Stoner Babe that summoned you all here. I’m currently a full time Domestic Goddess / Feral House Wife / Mama of 4. I’m a former preschool teacher & professional photographer. I was raised & spent most of my life in very rural Northern Montana, where I fell deeply in love with adventuring in the wild. I lovelovelove to hike & camp & tinker with primitive survival skills. I’m into gardening & growing food, the artsy fartsy {both creating & consuming}, cooking, travel, music & dancing, reading, theatre & films, photography, sci-fi & spooky stuffs, holistic mind|body therapy & psychology, community service & ohhh so much more.
I moved to St. Louis in 2016, while on a brutal healing journey & starting life over from scratch. Between bouncing back, being a busy mama, adding to the family pack, a gnarly spinal injury & Covid madness… life had not allotted me much opportunity to socialize with my new community. In the spring of 2022 I made a reddit post in r/stlouis looking for a like-minded / like-bodied group of people to walk & hike with. I wasn’t surprised that nary a group existed out there like this, however I was entirely floored by the amount of interest! Naturally, the only thing to do was to create an off-beat hiking club for Missouri’s merry misfits.
Walk With Me
Please bear with me while I navigate putting this stuff together. I’ve never started a “club” before. Hell, I’ve never even been IN a club before, haha! I haven’t created a website in over ten years. I don’t know what I’m doing. I was just looking for a few walking weirdos to join me. I’m so glad our paths have crossed. Let’s walk together for a while.
Keep It Casual
This is super casual so don’t show up with any crazy expectations, haha. If there’s decent turnouts let’s do this weekly!?!!