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Matt Whittaker

Matt Whittaker

Matt Whittaker is a writer based in Colorado. He’s been published in Backpacker, VICE Sports, The Wall Street Journal and many other publications. Matt is into ...
Annie Fast

Annie Fast

Annie Fast is a freelance writer based in Bend, Oregon, by way of Encinitas, California, and Bozeman, Montana. She’s a lifelong snowboarder and the former edito...
Photographer Ami Vitale

Ami Vitale

Ami Vitale is a photographer, writer and filmmaker who has traveled to more than 90 countries. Ami has witnessed civil unrest and violence, but also surreal bea...
Lara Hamburger

Lara Hamburger

Lara is a passionate environmentalist and hiker. Her feet have led her on long trails across Spain, Scotland and mountains of the U.S., and her current work has...
Rachel Walker

Rachel Walker

Rachel Walker writes about adventure, travel, and family from her home in Boulder, Colorado....
Allison Yates

Allison Yates

Allison is a Chicago-based writer covering travel, women and society. It wasn't until she moved abroad that she discovered she loved the outdoors and hiking, an...
Kristen Pope

Kristen Pope

Kristen Pope is a Jackson, Wyoming-based freelance writer and editor who writes about outdoor adventure, conservation, science and travel....
Cinnamon Janzer

Cinnamon Janzer

Cinnamon Janzer is a Minneapolis-based freelance journalist who reports on travel, culture, and social justice. She's also a Great Lakes surfer whose home break...
Emily Hopcian

Emily Hopcian

Emily Hopcian’s hunger for travel, outdoor adventure and new challenges landed her in Bariloche, Argentina, where she lives and works remotely as a writer and c...
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Ashley Brown

Ashley Brown is a writer and backpacker who fell deeply in love with the Pacific Northwest at age 12. Her favorite book growing up was My Side of the Mountain. ...
Claire Giordano

Claire Giordano

Raised in the forested foothills of the Pacific Northwest, Claire is happiest perched atop a mountain with a paintbrush, sketchbook and a dark chocolate snack. ...
Leslie Hittmeier

Leslie Hittmeier

Leslie Hittmeier is a freelance writer and photographer who has worked as the online editor at Skiing Magazine and managing editor at Teton Gravity Research bef...