Corey Buhay is a Boulder-based freelance writer. After a brief stint researching salamanders in the temperate rainforest of North Carolina, she moved west in search of dry rock. Now that she’s found it, she is able to devote more energy to searching for Waffle House. REI member since 2014.
This op-ed represents the opinions of Corey Buhay.
Months ago, I was floating down the home stretch of a 20-day, 279-mile Grand Canyon rafting trip. I’d spen...
A version of this story appeared in the summer 2020 issue of Uncommon Path.
My bike tottered. My screaming quads and rasping lungs made their opinion very c...
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Every st...
Hill pays homage to the women who pushed the limits at the genesis of American climbing and inspired her most.
As far as the number of female climbers involved...
For one climber, an obsession with the vertical world wasn’t the source of destruction. It was the way out.
I spent my first two years of college bruising my...
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Because the more you can climb, the more you can climb
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