by Kristina | Sep 23, 2016 | Favorite, How To, Life, SheJumps
I’m not very good at being a beginner. Most of my hard lessons in life came at a young age. When I was 2, I walked into my father’s spade as he was shoveling dirt and ended up with a hole next to my eye. At 5, I tripped running down the street wearing...
by Kristina | Sep 8, 2016 | Advice, How To, Life
Here’s a story about how to get into outdoor sports… or pretty much anything. From a girl who never did anything to becoming a woman who loved to be outside. I used to watch a lot of television. As a kid, I knew the time based on what was on the boob tube....
by Kristina | Aug 19, 2016 | 30 Before 30, Advice, Life
I’m a list maker. I always have been. Going to the grocery store? Make a list. Have errands to run this weekend? List. Packing for a week in the backcountry? You sure as hell better have a list! Some people find my list making and/or general need to...
by Kristina | Aug 11, 2016 | Climbing, Life, Mountaineering, Mt. Rainier
Living an adventurous life isn’t always glamorous, especially when it comes to dealing with poop in the backcountry. I dare say poop is the most unglamorous reality of living an outdoor life, followed closely by trash, snot, bugs, blisters, bruises, dirt, hat...
by Kristina | Jul 7, 2016 | Advice, How To, Life
I am not what you would call “conservation minded”. The concept of conservation has always appealed to me, but more in the “I want my grandkids to have a planet to enjoy so I’ll recycle this” type of a way, and less of a “I am...
by Kristina | May 26, 2016 | Life
My coworker Becca works with the ‘leaders of tomorrow,’ which is a fancy way of saying she spends a lot of time with kids and young adults. She gets to know them pretty well and vice versa. One year, as a joke, the kiddoes made her this book called Things...
