The Geography of Risk
April 27, 2021I started writing a book about a young woman who takes 50 risks in 2014. The idea came to me on a very long 5-hour solo drive from Charlotte, North Carolina back to Proctorville, Ohio where I was living at the time. I had driven to Charlotte the day before for an interview at UNC-Charlotte,…
False Summits
May 17, 2020I originally wrote a piece with a theme of false summits last summer after a particularly epic (for me anyway) climbing trip in the North Cascades as our team trip report. But, in the times of the pandemic, I’ve been thinking more about what I wrote, and how it applies to so many more situations…
Why Encouragement Matters: Climbing Mt. Thielsen
July 9, 2019My friend, Billy Bob, suggested that I write this trip report for our unofficial Chemeketan climb to the top of Mt. Thielsen last Saturday. This request was made while we drove back after a 12 hour day with dead bird goo smeared on the windshield of the minivan from the day before (sorry little bird!),…
