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Gratianne Daum

Born and raised in France’s Pyrenees mountains, Gratianne Daum moved to British Columbia to follow her passion of exploring remote and mountainous places. She is a public affairs publicist with past experience in sports and travel. As a long-distance trail runner, all of her free time is spent in the outdoors or volunteering for environmental NGOs and nature-related events.

You can follow her mountain outings on https://www.instagram.com/gratiannemountains/

Natural disasters and the threat to our outdoor lives

I was born and raised in France’s Pyrenees and made my life around the mountains, thus my move to British-Columbia. As the province announced an investigation into B.C.’s 2017 wildfires, I came...