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Ski to Sea, Car-Free
During a daring top ten performance (with a whopping ten teams in the division), we encountered rain, broken canoe trailers, mud, and good ol’ fashioned fun. Enjoy your next adventure by bike –the beauty is it can happen from anywhere. Thanks to Ryan Robie and Melina Avinon for additional footage and photos!
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Descending Maze-low’s Pyramid: Bikepacking in Canyonlands National Park
This is a story about bikes, water, and what it is we really need. Put on those headphones, dim those lights, and enjoy the fruits of me sitting in a basement apartment on the computer for the last week.
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A Buncha Monkeys in the Snow
When I travel, if a place is atop a where-to-go list, I often take some pride, if a bit smugly, in avoiding it. In fact, the allure to visit is typically still there for me; I mean, clichés rise up for a reason. But the throngs, the feeling of conveyor belt experiences, the checklist nature…
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A Japan(skis) Whirlwind
For the better part of my life, tourism has defined how I move through the world. It has shown me more beauty than I can recount, created far-flung homes, seeded many loves, and has made me question, well, pretty much everything. With that, I have been back into the whirlwind of (re)thinking. I treasure the…
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Front Door Novelty
It’s a cold day in Bellingham, when you awaken to nearly a foot of snow which had fallen the night before. When so accustomed to a palette of forest greens, earthen browns, and flowing blues, the luminance of a fresh, white blanket frames home in a new light. From your windows, a new world beckons.…
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We’re All Responsible for a Sustainable World: A Creative Rethinking, ft. Hotel Milka
What does sustainability even mean anymore? Have we lost the plot in the pursuit of the term, which can readily be found from farmers markets to Wal-Mart? One fresh take can be found in the approach by Hotel Milka, a Slovenia gem nestled in a bounty of natural treasure. With a global ethos, elevated by…
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Going Through the Motions, or How to Write a Thesis on Sustainable Tourism
Brevity is not often a described quality of mine, so I will save the waxing poetic for after the tl;dr: follow the link in the bio to watch my thesis defense ( • Sustainable Tourism: Wishful Thinking… ) click the following link to read all 143 pages (Carbon Neutral Ecotourism). Carbon! Travel! Buzz words (a la sustainability) and how they can…
Two-Wheelin' Revealin' 