If you're someone who likes a break from the concrete jungle every now and then, who breathes a little easier amongst the trees and under the stars, whose idea of connection is a few good friends and zero 5G bars...

Pull up around the campfire, this one's for you.

Today, it's tough to plan an outdoors adventure without using AllTrails or Instagram, and truthfully they do a great job of getting folks to popular spots.

But that's just the problem. Just because somewhere isn't popular, doesn't mean it's not worth exploring.

That's why Outlandish exists. To get off the beaten path, but still somewhere beautiful.

To make that happen, we've built a new kind of sharing platform; one that wouldn't contribute to our favorite places being loved to death.

Our solution is community-added markers; for members, by members.

Our approach is guided by five core beliefs.

First Belief:
Public means public. Full stop. If you pay US taxes, you pay for these lands and you deserve to enjoy them. If you don't pay your fair share of taxes, stop meddling in our lands.

Second Belief:
Public lands are a privilege, not a guarantee. Our public lands are being stolen from under our noses as the Federal Government attempts to sell them off, collapse the system, and open them up to irreversible mining, drilling, and logging operations. We think it's worth being outside to remind ourselves of what's at stake here.

Third Belief:
Protect what you love. This also means we need more folks to love the outdoors, and that isn't going to happen if their only experience is waiting in line for hours to get into Yosemite.

Fourth Belief:
Sharing is caring. Without public awareness & interest, we wouldn't have public lands to recreate on. Gatekeeping is a gradual slide toward irrelevancy and disinterest for public lands.

Fifth Belief:
Mars is for quitters. Anyone with eyes can tell that Earth is the better planet. Let's work on fixing this one before we ruin another.

We've created three kinds of markers on Outlandish:

1. Wild Camp - for marking dispersed sites
2. Sweet Spot - for marking notable spots
3. Heads Up - for marking trail conditions

Most importantly, markers don't allow for photos. They only show you the important stuff and the date they were marked. Why just that?

No pics, no going viral.

We believe that this healthy balance of information and intrigue is just what the outdoors space needs to be open and inclusive, without giving everything away.

You may remember our fourth belief, that sharing is caring?

There's a reason that you can get nearly the full benefit of Outlandish on the free tier.

But, for folks who don't become paying members, they won't be able to see what kind of marker is on the map, just that there IS one. It tells them that the area can be explored, without giving anything away.

Truth is, our sweet spots are sacred, and it did feel a little weird sharing them with anyone and everyone. So, we found a new way to share these special places with only those who share the same values as us. And those are the paying members of Outlandish.