GUEST POST: Staying Positive by Lonnie Dupre
Lonnie Dupre knows grueling expeditions that need planning to implement and says surviving Covid is a lot the same.
GUEST POST: 10 Ways to Stay Sane & Active While Social Distancing by Julie Singh
To stay sane during a pandemic, find ways to stay active says a very active person herself under quarantine restrictions.
GUEST POST: “walks everywhere” by Ann Juergens
The pandemic and its shelter-at-home mandates are pushing people to walk as never before in memory.
GUEST POST: Every Journey Starts with a First Step by Vicky Duran
The one thing you learn is when you can step out of your comfort zone and be uncomfortable, you see what you’re made of and who you are. Sue Bird I met Vicky Duran at a rehearsal for the Greater Twin Cities Youth Orchestra. I was narrating a new piece and her daughter, Charity, was […]
GUEST POST: The Healing Power of Hiking by Kieran James Cunningham
There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature – the assurance that dawn comes after night, and spring after winter. Rachel Carson Kieran James Cunningham is a climber, mountaineer and writer for My Open Country based in the Italian Alps. He’s climbed a handful of 6000ers in the Himalayas, 4000ers in the […]
GUEST POST: Meet supergirl harpist-hiker Emily Granger
Music is the great uniter. An incredible force. Something that people who differ on everything and anything else can have in common. Sarah Dessen I met Emily Granger a bit by accident while nosing around instagram. The minute I saw this accomplished musician who doubles as a hiking fiend, I messaged her that she’s my […]
GUEST POST: In Praise of “Cowgirl Camping” by Ted Adamski
Camping can be the greatest expression of free will, personal independence, innate ability, and resourcefulness possible today in our industrialized, urbanized existence. Anne LaBastille I met Ted Adamski on the John Muir Trail in 2012. He is an ultramarathoner, clocking elite finishing times in the Western States, Leadville 100 and The Fellsman, a race near […]
