Montana Dry Run: Heartache, Climbing and a Campervan
It is late afternoon in Montana and it smells like earth and summer. Birds whistle and flies buzz. The sun and the PBR are taking their effect now as lazy…
Adventurers
“Dare to Do” : Cross the World With Sarah Outen
On April 1, 2011, 24-year-old Sarah Outen set out from London to circle the world without the help of any motorized transport. She would spend the next 4.5 years biking,…
‘I’ve always been a fainter’ – Experimental heart surgery and a half-marathon in Bhutan with Scott Jurek
The sensation of coming out of a dead faint never gets any easier. It never gets any less uncomfortable: the disorientation, the slow return to your senses, the wiggling of…
Spinning and Crying in Joshua Tree
“Pull your body in close to the rock!” I hear Jonathan yell from below me. “What does that even mean?!” I yell back, my brake hand held firmly down. I…
Review: “Found: A Life in Mountain Rescue” by Bree Loewen
“Found” by Bree Loewen is as much about the author searching for herself as it is the hundreds of harrowing rescues she participates in as a member of Seattle Mountain Rescue.
Overcoming self-doubt in the Grand Canyon
My heart was pounding, my hands were sweating, and my breath was short. One of my best friends and I had just obtained backcountry permits to hike to the bottom…
Readjusting to “Normal Life” After Spending a Year in the Wilderness
My husband, Dave, and I spent a year in Minnesota’s Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness – September 23, 2015 to September 23, 2016. For those of you who are unfamiliar,…
Misadventures in the Adirondack Mountains
“What was that?” my friend whispered, as we froze together in the fading light of the surrounding forest. We held our breaths for a moment before shakily letting them out…
That time I fended off a bear, or how I got over my fear of spiders
“Have you been warned about the bear?” the ranger asked after we exchanged pleasantries? “Yes,” I said, “the ranger at the wilderness office told me all about her.” “Did they…
Life is an adventure. Live it well.
Life is an adventure. Live it well. This is how I remember my Dad, even as he laid on his deathbed, too weak to lift his head, muscles locked in…