From Hike Clerb’s inception as an impromptu hike with friends in 2017, Founder and Executive Director Evelynn Escobar has been led by her intuition, passion for the outdoors, and relationship with nature. In eight years, Hike Clerb has grown from a 10-person Meetup to a 501(C)(3) non-profit with over 45,000 members in Los Angeles and New York City.
On a beautiful sunny Saturday, I met up with Evelynn at Hike Clerb’s Earth Day hike in Malibu, California, to see firsthand how the Clerb has fostered such a close-knit, thriving outdoor community. As Evelynn gathered the hike attendees around a concrete picnic table, she announced that this would be her first and last hike of the season.