by Kristina | Apr 15, 2026 | Advice, Lists
Birthdays are the best holidays. Milestone birthdays even more so. Since the second anniversary of turning the big 4-0 is fast approaching, now seems an appropriate time to share my 4 for 40 birthday celebration plan, and why I recommend it for your next big...
by Kristina | Oct 12, 2023 | Lists, Publications, The Mountaineers
In this article, originally written for Mountaineer magazine, I got to talk about poop and advise readers of the best places to sit back (on the pot), relax, and enjoy the priviest views in Washington. When you’re sourcing content for a story about outdoor...
by Kristina | Sep 27, 2022 | Lists
Today we’re exploring a new category of bailer that didn’t exist before: The COVID Bailer. Naming that COVID is horrible*, it has given us new vocabulary by which to bail and, frankly, better excuses for our own flakiness. Are you guilty of being one of these COVID...
by Kristina | Jul 2, 2020 | Lists, Outdoor Industry
Wikipedia has a bias problem. Join the efforts to change the narrative about who belongs in the outdoors by helping create pages for these 18 people. My friend Allison Cusick is an Antarctic Oceanographer. She spends a lot of time in the lab and about three months a...
by Kristina | Feb 27, 2020 | Advice, Lists
A few years ago I agreed to give an informational interview to a recent college grad as a favor to a family friend. It was not a success. As soon as we started the video call it was clear they hadn’t done their homework. They knew very little about me, hadn’t prepared...
by Kristina | Jan 28, 2020 | Lists
Last year, we mutually agreed that we’re bailers. You bail. I bail. We bail. This begs the question: What type of bailer are you? Since it’s not a matter of when you’ll bail, but how, Theresa and I created a list of the different types of...
