SELECTED WRITING
REPORTING
Why the Price of Outdoor Gear is About to Go Way Up, Outside, 2025
How’s a Small, Made-in-the-USA Company to Survive These Days?, Outside, 2025
The Oregon Coast is Getting a Facelift. Will More Hikers Follow?, Backpacker, 2024
Incarcerated Artists Find Success Through Empowerment Avenue, Narrative Initiative, 2023
Women Who Fled To Picture-Perfect Towns During the Pandemic Are Struggling With Their Mental Health, Women’s Health, 2023
What Wichita Can Learn From a City That Reinvented Crisis Intervention, Wichita Journalism Collaborative, 2022
Scientists Found BPA in Sports Bras and Shirts. Should You Be Worried?, Outside, 2022
Ohio is Getting the Country’s First Urban Via Ferrata, Outside, 2022
Archiving the History of the Outdoor Industry, Outside, 2021
Are These Avalanche Beacons Malfunctioning?, Outside, 2020
Virtual Outdoor Industry Trade Show Disappears into Thin Air, Outside, 2020
When Polar Bears Break the Rules in Churchill, They Go to Bear Jail, Backpacker, 2019
Exclusive: Backcountry CEO Breaks Silence Over Trademark Blowup, Outside, 2019
Utah State University is Building a Massive Outdoor Archive, Outside, 2019
PROFILES
This Wheelchair Hiking Group Models a Future for Trail Accessibility, Backpacker, 2024
Meet the Hiker Dehydrating Erehwon and Chipotle, Backpacker, 2024
Inside Glerups, the Family-Run Maker of the World’s Coziest Slippers, Field Mag, 2023
ADIFF Founder Angela Luna Wants You to Upcycle Your Clothes at Home, Outside, 2022
He Fell 70 Feet While Thru-Hiking the PCT. A Month Later, He Returned., Backpacker, 2021
Aman Anderson, Founder of Beast Fingers, Doesn’t Want Climbing to Exclude Anyone, Climbing, 2021
ESSAYS
Heli-Hiking Showed Me a New Side of the Backcountry, Backpacker, 2023
Running with My Dog Makes Me Feel Braver, Outside, 2023
Embracing the Unfamiliar in Panama’s Parque Internacional La Amistad, Backpacker, 2022
I Cry Often in the Mountains. You Should, Too., Outside, 2022
I Witnessed a Fatal Bike Crash. It Changed Me Forever., Outside, 2021
My First Backpacker Trip Was a Comedy of Errors, Backpacker, 2021
TRAVEL
La Paz is the Mellow Mexico Vacation You Need Right Now, Portland Monthly, 2025
Inside Snow Peak Campfield, a Luxe New Campground in Long Beach, WA, Field Mag, 2024
Why Are Via Ferratas the New ‘It’ Outdoor Adventure in North America?, Adventure.com, 2024
Tennessee is Using Bicycling to Support Rural Tourism, PeopleForBikes, 2024
The Best Places to Slide Down Sand Dunes in the U.S., Outside, 2023
We’re All Scared of Dying. Día de los Muertos Teaches How to Embrace It, Adventure.com, 2022
How Mushrooms Became Costa Rica’s Newest Attraction, Adventure.com, 2022
The Best Hikes near Breweries, Wineries, and Sober Bars in the U.S., Outside, 2022
Little Jerusalem Badlands State Park Is a Hidden Wonder in the Heartland, Backpacker, 2021