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Last year I decided to attempt setting an FKT (fastest known time) on the Ouachita Trail. The beginning of that journey was the end of my...

I used to tell concerned parents, questioners, and fearful hikers that I would never go into the "capital W Wilderness" alone, to assuage...

Everyone wants to find metaphors in the seasons, to twist the passage of time to make meaning of life. The cycles of growth and decay, as...

"Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end." -- Closing Time by Semisonic Dusk v. Dawn by Christine Reed I’ve always been...

This is a collection about the highs and lows of exploring new and familiar places. There is always something new to be found in the...

a Rugged Outdoors Woman Writing Group Collection The more I've traveled within the US in the past 5 years, the more I realize just how...