Summer Fashion Trends, Translated for Dirtbags
Now you too can worry unnecessarily about looking cool! Continue reading Summer Fashion Trends, Translated for Dirtbags
Author: mountainattitude
Five Days in Asheville
A travel guide for the East Coast’s most hipster mountain town Continue reading Five Days in Asheville
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
Waste-Free Weekend Warriors
A few weeks ago, while enjoying lunch outside in the finally changing PNW weather, a coworker joined me. She had the most adorable reusable napkin – white with small plants, leaves, and animals printed on it. I held up my reusable napkin – a boring, burnt orange from a pack of six – and complemented her on the conscientious and (in her case) stylish decision to … Continue reading Waste-Free Weekend Warriors
Women in the Mountains: Stop Saying Sorry
It was on the slippery bank of the Thorofare River in Denali National Park that I realized I was tired of apologies. I was on day two of a backpacking and camping trip through Alaska, traveling with a friend I’d met just a year earlier. She was an avid hiker, and we were often up for similar adventures – so when, on a whim, she … Continue reading Women in the Mountains: Stop Saying Sorry
Six-Word Memoir
If you were on the internet at any point in 2010, you’ve probably heard of the Six-Word Memoir. The six-word memoir (which is exactly what it sounds like) started in Smith Magazine’s project, “It All Changed in an Instant.” Inspired by Ernest Hemingway’s legendary six-word story, “For Sale: Baby Shoes, Never Worn,” the magazine invited readers and writers to share their life story in six … Continue reading Six-Word Memoir
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
Mountain Attitude 