Happy New Year from the crew at FWP! 2022 was filled with growth, friendship, life lessons and undulating trails, in both life, work & running! We wouldn’t be going into our 4th year of For Wild Places without our wonderful volunteers, members and supporters. We are incredibly grateful for all of the time, energy, guidance and money people and brands have contributed, and look forward to bringing more impact, awareness and love to our treasured wild places in 2023. From the summit of a very socked in Mt Hotham, HNY from Liz & Hilary, and we hope to catch you on the trails in 2023! ☺️🙌🏽🏃🏼‍♀️

In this week’s newsletter, we’re hearing from five runners who participated at @ultratrailkosciuszko last weekend. Thank you @elle_finch, @vlad_protrailrunner, @julie_steele, @paigepenrose_ and @sarahludo for taking the time to share your experiences on the event, running in the snow (in summer!) and the future of trail running in a changing climate. If you’d like to check it out, head to the newsletter archive via link in bio. If you’re not yet subscribed, what are you waiting for?! While you are there, sign up and get our most exciting news and updates to your inbox every* Friday *except for the next two weeks, we’re out of the office and into the mountains! 🏃🏻‍♀️⛰️🙂

Happy solstice! It’s the longest day of the year, so there is still plenty of time to go for a run, swim, or both!! 🌅🏃🏼‍♀️ 🌊🙌🏽 Tis the season of post run ocean dips ☺️

2023 is going to be the biggest year yet at For Wild Places and we are expanding our team to bring new programs to life and build FWP as a sustainable organisation. Heading into the new year, we are looking to fill three positions - TRACTION Program Manager, Marketing & Social Media Manager and Finance Officer. Applications for all three roles close on Monday 2nd January 2023, with the positions starting soon after. Check out the website for full position descriptions, remuneration details and how to apply. We are stoked to be expanding our small but mighty team, and look forward to hearing from you! Got a question? Feel free to send us a DM! 🙏🏽

Written your Christmas wish list yet? We hope a FWP Membership made your list! We’re all about valuing experiences and impact this silly season, and supporting the ongoing work of For Wild Places does both. As a FWP Member, you’ll get first dibs to 2023 FWP events, including TRACTION: Trail Action days across the East Coast. Every member receives a welcome card, sticker, embroidered badge and while stocks last, a sweet @fractelrunning cap. Your support will ensure FWP sticks around for the long run, and continues to advocate for our unique and vulnerable wild places. To sign up, head to our website (link in bio). All welcome packs will be posted the following day in the lead up to Christmas, so get in ASAP to ensure yours makes it onto the sleigh 🎅🏼 #forwildplaces #protectwhatyoulove #sportsactivism #nogifts

Welcome to the Collective, @salomonausnz! ⁠ ⁠ We are stoked to have the crew at Salomon join the FWP Collective and support the ongoing growth and impact of For Wild Places. Salomon is synonymous with trail running in Australia, and I’m sure we all have at least one piece of their gear in our running kit 👟🎽⁠ ⁠ Being such a big player in the trail space, it’s great to see Salomon leading by example through their Play Minded’ program. The program has four key areas of focus: the Toys (the products themselves), the Playmakers (the people who create the products we use to play outdoors), the Playground (the places where we practice these sports), and the Players (the people who make up the communities of our outdoor sports).⁠ ⁠ The program focuses on achieving 9 ambitious objectives by 2025, including ensuring 100% of new Salomon products will be designed with one or more circular economy principles. Salomon are also committed to investing 1% of annual revenue to educate us, the players. ⁠. The team at Salomon have indicated to us a further update to their Sustainability commitment in 2023 and beyond 🚀🙌🏽⁠ ⁠ We are grateful for Salomon’s support and look forward to bringing more initiatives to life over the coming year 🏃🏻‍♀️⁠ ⁠ Image: @calumnhockey

This Thursday is Trail Chat #8, with mountain runner, coach, student, dog lover and all round inspiring human, @theflyingbrick! Join us on the 15th at 12pm via Zoom as we chat all things racing, rest, recovery and of course, running! Follow the link in bio to register 👆🏼 If you can’t join us but have a question for Simone, feel free to ask below & we’ll put it to her on your behalf! All Trail Chat recordings are available via our Youtube channel 🎙️🏃🏻‍♀️ Catch you then! 👋🏼 Image: @jsaragossa

In this week’s newsletter, Elle has a somewhat surprising update from her Ultra Trail Kosciuszko 30/100 preparations, and we are sharing some alternative Christmas gift ideas. Unsurprisingly, they all revolve around food 🙊, including Hilary’s favourite pickling recipes ➡️ We’re also excited to be giving away a @fractelrunning hat to all new members who join before the end of year*, including the iconic PILLIGA cap, as worn by Hilary whilst exploring the beautiful East Gippsland recently. If you’d like to receive our best new updates to your inbox every Friday, subscribe via the link in bio 👆🏼Have a wonderful weekend folks, and keep it safe and stoked on the trails! 🤙🏽 *until stocks last

Taking in the big trees & cool temperate rainforests of East Gippsland 🌳 Stay tuned for more beauty from this corner of Victoria 💚 Image: @calumnhockey

Our @fractelrunning hat offer to new members has now officially ended, however we are stoked to bring you a little 🎄 Christmas special 🎄 for one last chance to cop a cap! 🧢 🚨 The first 5 people to join FWP as a member in December will receive an awesome Fractel hat FREE! AND, if you gift a friend a membership, they'll receive one too. 🚨 Sounds pretty sweet to us — head to the link in our bio to become a member and get your epic free Fractel hat!