Category: Human interest
My experience starting a queer outdoors group
Last year, I was feeling good about my mountaineering accomplishments. And with my work getting more women out climbing and on trips with the Alpine Club of Canada. But as someone who doesn’t even feel like a woman half the time, I was sorely missing queer community. I am not the kind of person who…
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COMPLETE GUIDE: Camino de Santiago
How much does it cost? Do you have to book places to stay? And other questions answered.
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Coming home. And clearing out.
Just keep what you need. And say goodbye to the things you don’t.
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Walking the Camino as a solo female
The only way I wanted to walk the Camino was solo. Like many women, I have spent much of my life putting other people’s needs before my own and compromising. So I decided that it was time for me to know what it feels like to make my own decisions and deal with whatever happened…
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Travelling around the world alone? Here’s what you need to know.
Here is some of the best advice my friends gave me before I set off to travel around the world solo.
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My rules for walking the Camino — and “Never take a bus” is not one of them
Many pilgrims start the Camino with a few rules on their minds.
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What’s a queer ex-Catholic doing on the Camino de Santiago?
We’ve just finished a communal dinner at a volunteer-run hostel in a small village in Spain. Our hosts are volunteers from the Netherlands who welcome new pilgrims every day. We are walking the Camino de Santiago, an ancient 800 km pilgrimage across northern Spain. It was one of the most important Christian pilgrimages in the…
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A kinder, gentler start to the Camino de Santiago
The Camino de Santiago is 800km long pilgrimage through northern Spain. It takes most people 30-35 days to complete. That’s 20-30 km of walking every day. There is no right or wrong way to walk the Camino. Some people walk every step in one trip. Some people walk it in pieces over many years. Some…
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Vipassana meditation: 10 days of misery that left me at peace
“Students say that this course is the toughest endeavor of their life.” I scan this line in my email over and over again. I am hoping my plans will become less frightening. It’s not working. In a few hours, I am heading off to a 10 day vipassana meditation course. The rules are strict. For…
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My First Week Long Term Solo Travelling in Vietnam
Was all this worth it? Just so I could drink a fruit smoothie at a tourist spot by myself?
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Going solo. Does that mean alone?
One of the first questions people ask me about my upcoming 5-month round-the-world adventure is who I am going with. When I tell them I am not going with anyone, they usually look horrified. “So you’re going be ALONE the whole five months?!?” I don’t even know to respond to this. For one thing, when…
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