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When You Have No Choice But To Fake A Blister
I knew I was in over my head. My thighs were on fire and my glutes were screaming at me with equal fervor, but I wasn’t going to quit now. I’d paid for the cabin, rented the gear, and driven five hours in a blinding snowstorm to try something new. Little did I know I...
Close Your Face: 6 Years of Turns All Year
#TeamTutu: Reporting for duty!It was the type of day that was so fun you spent its entirety with your face gaping open.I've been skiing at least one day a month for the last 71 months, and this trip was my only chance for turns in October. My earlier-in-the-month...
10 Tips to Overcoming Post Vacation Stress Disorder (PVSD)
I've been having a week, and it's only Wednesday. Maybe it's the change in weather, maybe it's the dread I'm feeling at having to avoid pounds of Halloween candy in the next few weeks (a task at which, no doubt, I will fail), or maybe it's the fact that I just got...
5 Camping Hacks For Your Next Trip
My parents had a VW Bus when I was a kid, and some of my earliest memories involve camping in that van. My dad would pack everything up, my mom would load me and my twin sisters into the back, and we'd drive down a dirt road for what felt like forever until we'd land...
Here’s To Wild Places
I'm humbled and excited to share this video with you. 'Video Producer' is not a title I ever thought I could add to my resume, but after the success of the We Are Mountaineers video I got to partner again with the incredible Mike Short on this piece...
7 Tips To Nail A Nonprofit Job Interview
At the nonprofit where I work, I do a lot of hiring and interviewing. An average job posting receives 50 applications. I've combed through thousands of resumes and sat in hundreds of interviews at this point. And I'm here to tell you, there's a right way and a wrong...
Turns All Year: Month 70
I have not been motivated to ski this summer. Maybe it's been all of the housework or the streak of sunny days, or maybe it's that - after 69 consecutive months of chasing anything that remotely resembles snow - I'm a little tired. By this time last summer...
What You Can Do With A Gallon of Paint
Before and after, all in one photo. When Jordan and I met three years ago, we each had our own individual dreams of buying a house. Last May I was able to buy a townhouse to celebrate my 32nd birthday (in a truly serendipitous fashion), and this year Jordan closed on...
What are the “Dr. Seuss Flowers” in the mountains?
Did you know that Steelhead Trout are simply Rainbow Trout that choose to completely transform their psyiology? After living in freshwater, these fish opt to head into saltwater for 3 years, where they grow bigger and live longer than their non-anadromous...
