After years of building products in fintech, communications, and marketplaces, I've found myself returning to a much simpler problem: It's surprisingly difficult to organize outdoor adventures with other people. Whether it's a motorcycle ride, a hiking trip, an MTB outing, a kayaking meetup, or a weekend camping trip, most planning still happens across scattered Facebook groups, WhatsApp chats, Discord servers, and spreadsheets. Finding adventures is hard. Organizing them is even harder. That's why I've started building Outravo. Outravo helps people: 🏔️ Discover outdoor adventures and activities 🤝 Organize their own adventures and invite others to join 📢 Share adventures with existing communities on Facebook, WhatsApp, Discord, and beyond 🗺️ Reuse routes and adventure ideas shared by other outdoor enthusiasts The goal isn't to replace outdoor communities. It's to give them a better way to organize adventures together. We're still in the early days, but the first version is coming together and I'd love to hear feedback from hikers, riders, cyclists, paddlers, climbers, and anyone who enjoys exploring outdoors.

I've noticed that organizing group rides/hikes often looks something like this:

Post "Anyone up for a ride this Saturday?" in a Facebook group.
Figure out a route on Wikiloc (or create one in GPX Studio).
Coordinate participation through dozens of comments and DMs.
Answer the same questions repeatedly.
Hope everyone sees the latest updates.

It feels surprisingly messy for something so common.

I've been working on a small tool called Outravo that tries to make steps 3 and 4 easier:

create an adventure
share it in existing Facebook groups
answer questions in one place
confirm who is joining
post updates if plans change

People can still use whatever they prefer for routes (Wikiloc, GPX Studio, etc.) and navigation (OsmAnd, Garmin, etc.).

Outravo — Organize Outdoor Adventures - A platform for organizing and discovering outdoor adventures

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