by Kristina | Mar 12, 2014 | Backcountry, Mountaineering, Mountains, Skiing, Turns All Year, Tutu
In the last installment of Turns All Year: The Tutu Adventures, I spent November and December skiing almost every weekend in sub-par conditions. January continued the trend, staying dry and keeping us powder hounds seeking new adventures.To start the year off right, I...
by Kristina | Mar 10, 2014 | 30 Before 30, Action Figure Mascot, Favorite, Skiing, Turns All Year, Tutu
Lots of people wonder why I embrace being ridiculous. This may come as a surprise to most of you, but I didn’t always ski in tutus and travel with an action figure mascot. In fact, I wouldn’t even consider myself ‘outdoorsy’...
by Kristina | Mar 6, 2014 | Climbing, Life, Mountaineering, Mountains, Publications
For the March/April edition of Mountaineer magazine, I was privileged to write about my friend Miles McDonough, a volunteer rescuer for both the Snohomish County Helicopter Rescue Team and Everett Mountain Rescue. Miles was already devoting his free time to rescue...
by Kristina | Jan 28, 2014 | Skiing, Turns All Year, Tutu
The snowpack in the PNW is pretty dismal. As I am writing this, it’s 50-degrees and sunny on a warm January day. While the rest of the country is complaining about the “Polar Vortex”, we are happily walking around in t-shirts and searching our homes...
by Kristina | Jan 25, 2014 | 30 Before 30, Life
The end of one year and the beginning of the next is momentous for many people, and I am no exception. I completed my first “year in review” blog in 2011, then did another in 2012, so it’s only fitting I would have one for 2013. Even though my...
by Kristina | Jan 12, 2014 | Climbing, Publications
Maybe someday the excitement of getting a shiny new magazine with my words in it will wear off, but for now I’m still super stoked to see my articles in print! For our January/February issue of Mountaineer, I wrote a piece on mixed climbing with Roger Strong. An...
by Kristina | Jan 8, 2014 | Action Figure Mascot, Costumes, Travel
To cap off 2013, I was lucky enough to travel to San Francisco to watch my beloved Huskies play BYU in the Fight Hunger Bowl. Matty and I flew down on a Thursday evening, stayed two full days, and flew back Sunday morning.Go Dawgs!Of course we did everything you could...
by Kristina | Dec 31, 2013 | Advice, Life
Hangovers. They suck, and they get worse as you get older. Long gone are the carefree days of college where you could drink 5 nights a week and wake up every morning like a champ. Nope, you only get so many freebies, and you my friend, are out. But you’re in...
by Kristina | Dec 20, 2013 | 30 Before 30, Life, Tutu
Most people would be surprised to learn I’m not much of a risk taker. I don’t gamble, I avoid looking at my stock reports, and after nearly burning down my last apartment, I decided I can never again own a toaster oven. I am apparently not someone who...
by Kristina | Nov 25, 2013 | 30 Before 30, Climbing, Travel
For our last two days in Croatia, we found some truly spectacular climbing in Limski Kanal. Situated right along a tributary from the Adriatic Sea, these limestone walls were truly a climbers paradise. With so many routes in the 5s and 6s, we had our pick of...
