Five Days in Asheville
A travel guide for the East Coast’s most hipster mountain town Continue reading Five Days in Asheville
Category: adventure
Welcome, Summer Solstice
This year, I’m embracing the summer solstice. Continue reading Welcome, Summer Solstice
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
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
Alaska Adventures: Part 1, Denali National Park
Sometime around mid-April of 2017, when I was particularly broke from spending money on my sister’s wedding and spending as much time outside (and as little time working) as possible in the rapidly improving PNW weather, a friend of mine asked if I wanted to go backpacking in Alaska. After about a month of hesitating, and watching the cheap ticket prices slowly increase (and still, … Continue reading Alaska Adventures: Part 1, Denali National Park
Mountain Attitude 