by Kristina | Feb 28, 2019 | Advice, Skiing
If you run your mouth about something long enough, people will start to think you an expert in said topic. Tutus. Pooping outside. Backcountry skiing. These are my niches and I’m not at all upset about it. As a result, I often get asked to help pick out skis and...
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 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 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 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 | Oct 18, 2018 | Advice, Skiing
Even if the glass hadn’t shattered everywhere, the snow was too dirty to make any remnants salvageable. The malted-brown goodness Andrew had carried for hours was gone forever, dissolving before our eyes into the frozen earth. We’d be spending New Year’s Eve without...
