by Kristina | Feb 21, 2019 | Advice, Life
Editor’s Note: I published this post for the first time in 2016, two years after Loren’s accident. Every year around the February 19 anniversary I republish the blog to encourage action and honor Loren’s legacy. If this is your first time reading, I...
by Kristina | Feb 14, 2019 | Skiing, Turns All Year
You’ve never been skiing out your front door before, despite the fact that you grew up in the snowiest place on earth (Montana). In the 17-years you’ve occupied the “big city” you haven’t quite been able to get your poop in a group, even...
by Kristina | Feb 7, 2019 | Skiing, Turns All Year
Ski season begins for most winter enthusiasts in November. But when you ski year-round for Turns All Year, your ski season never really ends. Most TAYers begin marking new total ski days in November since we have to count somehow, and I typically average about 40 ski...
by Kristina | Feb 7, 2019 | Advice, Nonprofit
Job hunting is a fascinating, horrifying, exhausting process. While I hardly consider myself an expert, I frequently help update resumes and edit cover letters. I love helping others figure out how to get a job, especially with nonprofits, and I’m here today to...
by Kristina | Jan 31, 2019 | Turns All Year
The snow began to fall in the Cascades, big and flaky and deep, right around the time our plane touched down… on the other side of the country. Skiing tends to go this way sometimes. Winter in Seattle can be fickle. Hell, summers here are fickle too. If you...
by Kristina | Jan 24, 2019 | 30 Before 30, Advice, Backcountry, Injuries, Mountaineering, Turns All Year, Tutu
I wrote this piece in the summer of 2018 for Osprey Packs and I was excited about how it came out. You can read the original piece (including more photos) here. I can feel the weight of the liquid sloshing around in its overstretched blister cavities with...
by Kristina | Jan 17, 2019 | Skiing, Turns All Year, Tutu
I’m not going to sugarcoat it. After riding lifts in August and September for Turns All Year Months 83-84, I was not super motivated to get out and hike for turns in October to get my 7-years. I did it anyway, ignorantly thinking the “recent snows”...
by Kristina | Jan 14, 2019 | Advice, Costumes, Favorite, Life
When you plan to have a surprise wedding, items quickly get sorted into one of two categories: 1) things you can control, and therefore are allowed to care about, and 2) things you cannot control and have to let go. Food. Music. The dress. Those all fall in the former...
by Kristina | Jan 10, 2019 | Favorite, Life
It turns my finger the color of burnt orange peels when my hand gets damp. I paint the inside with clear nail polish to avoid this inevitability, but steel is not the best medium for jewelry. A horseshoe nail bent into the shape of a ring, this symbol of...
by Kristina | Jan 3, 2019 | Life, Travel
We’ve been traveling for a day and a half – 36 hours on planes and in airports and on trains in airports. Fitting my swollen feet back into my shoes after the 14 hour flight, one of three to travel nearly 6,000 miles, is a herculean effort. When the cab...
