What Does it Mean to be Human?

Earth’s resources are finite, as is our sun, and so we must evolve to survive these eventualities. But are we willing to do what is necessary? In this TED video, How Humans Could Evolve to Survive in Space, Lisa Nip explains the necessity of harnessing the DNA...

Backpacking Plans for 2016

I am so looking forward to getting some more hiking in later this year. Since my Pacific Crest Trail journey I have been sitting on my butt, a lot, and have been mostly locked in doors because of the Pacific Northwest winter rains. That said, I do have a few big hikes...

When a Journey is Done

You don’t know what to do. I finished my hike from Mexico to Canada along the Pacific Crest Trail a month and some change ago. Completing the journey brought up the same feelings as finishing my first novel. Confusion. Loss. Disappointment. Yearning. Yes, I...

Enter GoPro and YouTube

New to my content creation arsenal is my new GoPro Hero 3+, and along with that comes a host for the new format of content, my YouTube account. I’ve had my new toys for little more than a week, and they’ve been a blast and a half to play with. This GoPro...

Who Do You Look Up To?

Who do you look up to? Have those people changed since you were a child? Why did you look up to them to begin with? I just finished watching an episode of Anthony Bourdain’s Parts Unknown. The episode was in Jerusalem, but it was in a Palestinian refugee camp...

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