

Summer Fashion Trends, Translated for Dirtbags
Now you too can worry unnecessarily about looking cool! Continue reading Summer Fashion Trends, Translated for Dirtbags

Welcome, Summer Solstice
This year, I’m embracing the summer solstice. Continue reading Welcome, Summer Solstice
Waste-free Weekends #2, #3, and #4: Spontaneous Travel and Where Things Went Wrong
This past weekend marked the final weekend of my One Month of Waste-Free Weekends challenge! If you haven’t already, I highly encourage you to check out my original post here. You can also find my recap from weekend 1, here. CHALLENGE RECAP: As you may remember, I’m a gal in the middle of a personal challenge. After learning some disheartening downright depressing facts about garbage in our National … Continue reading Waste-free Weekends #2, #3, and #4: Spontaneous Travel and Where Things Went Wrong
Waste-Free Weekend #1: What Worked, and What Flopped
This past weekend marked my first weekend of my One Month of Waste-Free Weekends challenge! If you haven’t already, I highly encourage you to check out my original post here. CHALLENGE RECAP: As you may remember, I’m a gal in the middle of a personal challenge. After learning some disheartening downright depressing facts about garbage in our National Parks, I’ve set out to change the … Continue reading Waste-Free Weekend #1: What Worked, and What Flopped

Training: The Power Company’s Boulder Better
A review and recommendation for The Power Company’s Boulder Better Continue reading Training: The Power Company’s Boulder Better

2018’s Epic Adventure Gatherings
Alright, so it’s 2018! Does anyone else feel… absolutely no different? I mean, one day it’s 2017, the next day it’s 2018. I am the same person. Cleary, I’m not big on New Year’s Resolutions. The way I see it, the new year is really just an opportunity to ogle the newest Women of Climbing Calendar and test how quickly I can adapt to writing … Continue reading 2018’s Epic Adventure Gatherings

The Weakest Link
The first boulder problem I ever topped out was a V0- jug haul in Central Park that couldn’t have been more than eight feet high. My two climbing partners were meeting a few of their gym buddies to work on a problem around the front side of Worthless Boulder, a V4 called Mean Green. I’d watched as they both scampered up the two V1 problems … Continue reading The Weakest Link
Gifts for Gearheads with Too Much Stuff
As the holiday season approaches, days get colder, and that familiar smell of peppermint-and-pine-and-spice fills the air, there’s another thought that hits my mind: time to start buying gifts. It’s not that I’m all of a sudden filled with amazing gift ideas and I’m ready to shop – oh no. I just see all the signs for Black Friday and Cyber Monday and think, oh … Continue reading Gifts for Gearheads with Too Much Stuff
So You Want New Gear?
I’m going through another one of those need gear now phases. You know the one – where you just really, really, really want some new, shiny, piece of equipment to add to your growing collection. For me, right now, it’s new climbing shoes. I keep looking at them, thinking about buying them, even going as far as to add them to a digital shopping cart before changing … Continue reading So You Want New Gear?
Reducing Waste in the Backcountry
And I don’t mean THAT kind of waste. Continue reading Reducing Waste in the Backcountry