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Final thoughts on 2011, and cheers to upcoming adventures in 2012
It’s here once again – my favorite holiday. The best day of the year for reflecting on the best and worst moments from the past, and looking towards the future with hope and an eager resolve to make...
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Mixing Love and the Dangers of the Outdoors | the risk is worth it.
Today’s post was going to be about training for my return to climbing in the southeast, but those plans got derailed when I read about the tragic passing of Steph Davis’ husband Mario Richard during a...
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Seven Reasons October is the Best Month of the Year
Here’s the thing: October is the best month, period. You spend all of September impatiently waiting for cooler weather and Instagramming every lone yellowed leaf you come across in anticipation of a...
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Meet Amble, Future Adventure Pup Extraordinaire
Since long before we bought a van and traveled the country for a year, Niko and I have been dog-crazy. We love dogs, but have been limited to loving on the pups of others for way too long. The idea of...
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Embracing Everything Spring (and all the in-between)
This morning, I spotted my first potato beetle of the season. He was perched on the wooden railing on the porch of my new house in Denver – and even thought he didn’t make any sounds, his existence in...
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Why you should just take a rest day today.
When is the last time you took a real rest day? I’m talkin’ no agenda, no training, no trips. You woke up, and spent the rest of the day within a half mile of your bed. There may have been some...
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Getting weak, growing up, and getting back in the game.
It’s been 2015 for exactly one month – and so far, I’m pretty psyched about this year. I’m absolutely smitten with my job running social media at Outdoor Industry Association, my calendar is full of...
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An Open Letter to Outdoor Women on Independence and Bad Relationships
Ladies, I hope you’re ready to hit with the feels–because I am full of them today. It’s been a while since I curled up to write something raw, but when the lovely Sidni West included me on a list of 65...
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The outdoor community must step up and become advocates & activists–NOW.
Yesterday in Salt Lake City, the EPA held a public hearing on the Regional Haze Rule (think: Clean Air Act). You know, the seemingly no-brainer effort to clean up the air around Utah and some of it’s...
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Oh, hello there. It’s me, Katie.
Well. Hey, hi, hello. How are ya? It’s been…a while. I used to write to you more. This blog was full of love letters to the outdoors and to a wild life, and to you, my readers. Home to my favorite...
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