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Adventure log 2: Snow Scouting
The weather was mild and nice in Resurrection Bay. 30 degrees and sunny marking the official start of spring in the Kenai Peninsula. Summer in Alaska is romantically beautiful but spring is really the…
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Skin(ner) Me Alive
There’s a bartender joke that goes like this. A man paces anxiously in the waiting room as his wife goes into labor. The doctors scramble and a nurse runs to bring him to the…
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Thoughts from Guatemala
I am in Guatemala. I have learned so much in Guatemala. I have been here for two weeks, alone. Each day my Spanish improves and I become less alone. The people are warm and…
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Adventure Log: 1
Trip goal: Climb up Abra Cove and camp at the alpine lake behind Coleman bay (and Abra) Trip outcome: Camped Abra Saddle, climbed to the Coleman Cirque and returned in one piece. Elevation Gain:…
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How’s Alaska?
Well well well. I wish I had a more grandiose excuse or even a passable one. But admittedly I am just lazy! It is the truth. I find myself angry at the end of…
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Is it even my choice anymore?
I’m ashamed to admit how much time I’ve spent doom-scrolling. I’m ashamed to admit that picking up my phone is not a decision I make anymore. I have reached a point of anger lately,…
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They tell me that it’s perfect for my purposes.
I went to Alaska. It is a place I have always wanted to go. US history paints Alaska as a frontier that’s full to the brim with the “American experience.” Bald eagles soar above…
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On Visiting Europe
I was able to leave the country for the first time. It was a very long trip and definitely one of the best I’ve ever been on. A short retelling of my adventures. I…
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Quarantine and Pigeon.dog
On St Patrick’s day 2020 I was texted to hold off on getting ready for work and that our evening opening may be delayed. About 45 minutes later I was told I would not…