Year: 2017
What inspired your last big adventure?
Next spring, I am heading off on a 5-month trip to South Asia. I’m writing a series of posts sharing my (increasingly emotional!) reflections as I get ready to go. I also want to hear stories and advice from you, my fellow adventurers. This week’s theme: inspiration. What inspired me to go on this trip…
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No, social media is not ruining hiking.
When you say “social media is ruining hiking” what a lot of people hear “people like you don’t belong outside.”
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A photo essay: Why we need women only trips
But can you imagine a man saying that it took him four years before he climbed a mountain with another man? I cannot. As reflected on how I got here, I noticed a pattern. Let’s see if you can see what I noticed.
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VIDEO: Rugged Mountain
I thought I was signing up for a 48 hour suffer fest. It was the end of September. Rain was in the forecast. I’ve been feeling too cold to function inside my own apartment. The ACC-VI website lists Rugged mountain as the second hardest Island Qualifer. Uff. I’m feeling highly motivated to finish all nine…
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Kings Peak, What A Difference Two Years Makes
Two years ago, my buddy Aaron and I spotted a snowy peak from the highway. We pulled over. “Do you think we can get up there?” he asked me. “No. That looks way too hard.” I said. When I got home, I googled it. It was just a two or three day hike. No mountaineering…
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VIDEO: Elkhorn Northwest Ridge
Bernard and I set out to try a real mountain on our own for the first time. We packed all the gear for all the possible routes. We brought perhaps too much cheese. And we gave ourselves 3 days to do it all in. We were open to what the mountains would teach us.
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VIDEO: Girls trip to Mt. Baker
Mt. Baker was the first mountain I attempted to climb back in 2013. What a difference four years makes!
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VIDEO: Golden Hinde Solo Trip
Just got back from four days in the wilderness by myself. I was so scared before I left but there was no need. My heart is feeling full.
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VIDEO: Wild Women Climb Warden Peak
Just got back from an epic. We made it up Warden Peak with a rad group of women from the Alpine Club of Canada. It was an 18 hour day plus a 6 hour drive home. Made it back with just enough time to get to work.
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Mountain Getaway: Himachal Pradesh (Northern India)
I could have been in BC. But we were in the foothills of the Himalayas!
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Multipitch climbing in City of Rocks (Idaho)
Climbing Theatre of Shadows was one of the highlights of my recent trip to the City of Rocks in Idaho. The worst part was my car completely dying on the way home, but that is for another blog post. City of Rocks is a high elevation desert (around 6,000 ft / 1,800m). You have to get…
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My experience as queer hiker and climber
I am queer. Throughout my life, people have sometimes been able to quickly figure this out about me and sometimes they haven’t. If you are wondering why I am writing about this on an outdoor adventure blog, hang in there. I’ll come to that in a moment…
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