Things I Wish You Knew Before You Talked Yourself Out of Hiking
Here are a few things on my mind lately about becoming a hiker that I had to figure out the hard way. Some things nobody told me about at all and some things that I had to unlearn after years of absorbing garbage from people who had decided there was only one right way to…
My Flabbers Are Gasted: I Only Trained 12 Days for the Grand Canyon
I trained 180 days for the Grand Canyon, but the actual workout time? Just 12 days total. My flabbers are fully gasted! The New Year is only 25 days away. If you spread 12 days of focused effort over 2026, what dream could YOU make reality?!
Unclassy, Pathetic, and A Bad Role Model: My Grand Canyon Backpacking Trip Report
This was supposed to be a simple trip report about backpacking the Grand Canyon. Instead, it became a story about mortality, pole dancing, wildfires, and refusing to shrink myself to fit someone else’s definition of who belongs in the outdoors.
