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Yearly thruhike of the Enchantments: ✅
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This place will never cease to amaze me.
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Rose: watching other people discover the beauty of the enchantments for the first time.
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Bud: not rushing! It’s a long day but we still took all the time to swim and stop and enjoy. Balance is hard for me!
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Thorn: emptying my diva cup into a very full pit toilet?! The morning was rough to say the least...
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Also, before we went I read an article or two about how many people are out enjoying our public lands because it’s a fairly safe way to spend time during COVID. The Enchantments and especially Colchuck Lake have been hit especially hard. Please please please pack out what you pack in, carry a blue bag with you if you do the thruhike so that if you have to go and there isn’t a toilet readily available you can carry out your poop. Pick up trash if you see it. Be respectful of other hikers on trail and bring a mask! We actually didn’t see very many people because we got such an early start but when we drove back up to Colchuck to retrieve our other car there were cars parked up to a half a mile away from the TH. The outdoors are popping right now! Let’s be good stewards of these incredibly special places.
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?Ancestral lands of the Yakama and Wenatchi peoples.
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#theenchantments #hiking #hikingadventures #hikingduringcovid #getoutside #exploremore #wwh #womenwhohike

Yearly thruhike of the Enchantments: ✅
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This place will never cease to amaze me.
.
Rose: watching other people discover the beauty of the enchantments for the first time.
.
Bud: not rushing! It’s a long day but we still took all the time to swim and stop and enjoy. Balance is hard for me!
.
Thorn: emptying my diva cup into a very full pit toilet?! The morning was rough to say the least...
.
Also, before we went I read an article or two about how many people are out enjoying our public lands because it’s a fairly safe way to spend time during COVID. The Enchantments and especially Colchuck Lake have been hit especially hard. Please please please pack out what you pack in, carry a blue bag with you if you do the thruhike so that if you have to go and there isn’t a toilet readily available you can carry out your poop. Pick up trash if you see it. Be respectful of other hikers on trail and bring a mask! We actually didn’t see very many people because we got such an early start but when we drove back up to Colchuck to retrieve our other car there were cars parked up to a half a mile away from the TH. The outdoors are popping right now! Let’s be good stewards of these incredibly special places.
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?Ancestral lands of the Yakama and Wenatchi peoples.
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#theenchantments #hiking #hikingadventures #hikingduringcovid #getoutside #exploremore #wwh #womenwhohike

Yearly thruhike of the Enchantments: ✅
.
This place will never cease to amaze me.
.
Rose: watching other people discover the beauty of the enchantments for the first time.
.
Bud: not rushing! It’s a long day but we still took all the time to swim and stop and enjoy. Balance is hard for me!
.
Thorn: emptying my diva cup into a very full pit toilet?! The morning was rough to say the least...
.
Also, before we went I read an article or two about how many people are out enjoying our public lands because it’s a fairly safe way to spend time during COVID. The Enchantments and especially Colchuck Lake have been hit especially hard. Please please please pack out what you pack in, carry a blue bag with you if you do the thruhike so that if you have to go and there isn’t a toilet readily available you can carry out your poop. Pick up trash if you see it. Be respectful of other hikers on trail and bring a mask! We actually didn’t see very many people because we got such an early start but when we drove back up to Colchuck to retrieve our other car there were cars parked up to a half a mile away from the TH. The outdoors are popping right now! Let’s be good stewards of these incredibly special places.
.
?Ancestral lands of the Yakama and Wenatchi peoples.
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#theenchantments #hiking #hikingadventures #hikingduringcovid #getoutside #exploremore #wwh #womenwhohike

Yearly thruhike of the Enchantments: ✅ . This place will never Read More

One woman’s story of her experience with the pill. That’s right. Hormonal birth control.

Up until last September I had been taking the pill since I was 17. I knew that it was negatively impacting my libido but it didn’t seem to impact me in any other serious ways so I just kept taking it. Better than getting pregnant, right?

Then, this last September I stopped. Some part of me felt this urgent need to see what life would be like without it. What would I be like without it?

Turns out I feel like a completely different person. After I stopped taking it I felt like parts of me that had been sleeping came alive all of a sudden. And also, I was actually less sleepy. I had always thought of myself as a sleepy person but off the pill had more energy than I knew what to do with. I felt emotional too, a little volatile, more connected to my femininity, more wild and witchy. It was as if I had been taking a dampener, a suppressor, a numbing agent and after I stopped taking it things felt both brighter and sadder. My range of possible emotions widened and deepened. I feel at home in my body for the first time in ages.

And maybe this sounds wacko but I’m pretty sure that getting off birth control was one of the early step towards realizing I was a lot gayer than I thought I was. I just felt more connected to me than I had since I was in high school. More able to actually look inside myself and see things and feel things. Of course there were a lot of other factors but this one felt huge. Feels huge.

I also want to say I super support everyone’s right to have access to safe and free birth control. No one should have to experience an unwanted pregnancy. And birth control in its many forms is so good for so many people. AND I was extremely privileged to have access to BC. AND GIVE US MALE BIRTH CONTROL ALREADY.

I’m also definitely still processing the messages I’ve received from so many of you all and am blown away by your willingness to share both your triumphs with me and your fears. Thank you for trusting me with your precious stories and secrets. I see y’all. And for those of you that need someone to talk to I’m here for you. ?❤️?❤️

One woman’s story of her experience with the pill. That’s rig Read More

Phew - yesterday was a really good day and a really exhausting day. I want to thank you all so much for the outpouring of support that you showed me after I came out in yesterday’s post. I feel deeply seen and loved by this community.
The last couple of months have been really hard for me in a lot of ways but one of the challenges has been feeling disconnect from all of you on this weird little app. I have based so much of this account in honesty and transparency and not being able to share about this huge thing I’ve been going through made it hard to share about anything at all. I know I don’t need to apologize to all of you for my absence and I know that’s not what you want so instead I just want to thank you. THANK YOU for hanging in there with me and for showing up yesterday to fill me up with positive energy and support. It means the world to me. I am so lucky to have this space and this community.

I have a lot more that I want to share about this ongoing journey with you: how I knew I was gay, the steps it took to get there, what coming out looked like (looks like) for me, what this all means for my future, etc. I am excited to share these things with you as part of my process and I hope you will keep asking questions and sharing yourself with me. Never hesitate to reach out if you’re confused or curious about something. Or if you’re going through something similar! I really missed having this space to work through ideas and have other people share their experiences with me. I’m glad to be back.

Also, please please please keep Kyle in your hearts during this time and if you feel like you know what he might be going through don’t hesitate to reach out to him. As you can imagine this process is painful for me but also filled with possibility. For Kyle it is honestly a lot of pain and a future he didn’t choose but now has to accept. While IG has never been the community for him that it has been for me I know he appreciates your support and understanding while he navigates his own new reality.

Again, thank you so much for everything you have given me. No one is a stranger here. More to come.

Phew - yesterday was a really good day and a really exhausting da Read More

Happy Indigenous Peoples Day to all of my indigenous friends out there. I am a descendant of colonizers living and recreating on stolen indigenous lands. I was raised on the stolen lands of the T’Peeksin band, the Squi-Ailt band and five other bands, the ancestors of which now form the Squaxin Indian Tribe, formed after the treaty of Medicine Creek. I currently live on the stolen lands of the Duwamish Peoples who are still fighting for federal tribal recognition. I spend time in public parks and forests all over Washington State, and many other states, that exist only because the land was stolen from indigenous peoples through treaties and genocide. Today and every day I vow to work to honor the original inhabitants and stewards of this land. If you hold colonizer privilege like I do I encourage you to decolonize your feed, pay the indigenous people who teach you, inspire you and on whose land you’re living, fight for land back, do land acknowledgements and go beyond them, center indigenous voices, listen to indigenous wisdom, stop cultural appropriation and educate yourself on the true history of this land mass we are living on. Anything I forgot? Some of my favorite people and accounts that inspire me:
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@indigenouswomenhike
@jolievarela
@aatadytin
@queerquechua
@indigenousrising
@naturechola
@amrpodcast
@nativewomenswilderness
@nativein_la
@_native_hummingbird
@melaninmvskoke
@wapahkesis
@go_barefoot
@frontlinemedics
@nativein_la
@awkwardangler
@jaylyn.gough
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So. Many. More! But don’t just follow, engage, listen and pay people for their wisdom and knowledge!
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?Stolen lands of the Chelan Peoples.

Happy Indigenous Peoples Day to all of my indigenous friends out Read More

Art by: @tyler_elise
Words by: @chionesoo
White people, sharing some of my thoughts with you. One of the greatest gifts we can give ourselves in this fight to dismantle white supremacy: normalizing changing our opinion when presented with new information. Have you gone to a protest recently, participated in ways you thought were appropriate, felt in solidarity with other people there, only to find out afterwards that your actions weren’t appropriate or that you hadn’t fully understood the history or context behind certain actions (probably because there was research you didn’t think to do). Because I have. This might include things like raising your fist (not okay for white people), chanting things like, “hands up, don’t shoot” (not okay for white people) or shouting super duper loud like louder than anyone else there and even starting chants (not okay for white people). I’ve done these things. And maybe this is the first time you’re even hearing that these actions aren’t for you!
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How did you feel when you learned you had done something wrong? I know how I often feel: defensive, frustrated, ashamed, like I wanted to hide, like there are too many rules and how am I supposed to know what they heck they are?! I’m trying, right?!? Should I just stop since I can’t seem to do anything without fucking it up?
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Breath. That’s what I tell myself. Take a deep breath and let all of those toxic, white-supremacy-supporting feelings go.
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It’s okay to be wrong. It’s okay to be uncomfortable. It’s okay to learn and grow. Yes, I was trying my hardest when I went to that protest and did those things and so were you. And now, what trying our hardest looks like is accepting that we were wrong and vowing to change.
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Also, let’s share what we’ve learned with other white people. Use I statements. Let’s spread knowledge instead of hoarding it. Let’s allow others to learn from our mistakes so we make fewer mistakes overall and harm fewer BIPOC. If we can embrace the art of normalizing changing our opinions when presented with new information we can really lean into the discomfort of dismantling white supremacy. I feel like this is one of the places where it starts.

Art by: @tyler_elise Words by: @chionesoo White people, sharing Read More

Art by @ohhappydani FOLLOW HER and other black influencers, see m Read More

Hey all.
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Just wanted to give you a heads up: I’m going to shut down this account for a while. Not sure how long. All I know is that the way I’ve used this account in the past doesn’t feel like how I want to be using social media currently.
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I really appreciate all of you. All the kind messages you’ve sent me ever but especially in the last couple of weeks. And the community that I’ve felt here over the years.
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Lately the pressure to share in a way that fits with how I’ve shared on this account in the past just feels a little overwhelming and has paralyzed me, leaving me unable to share anything at all. Obviously not a pressure that you all are placing on me. Completely a pressure I’ve put on myself. I’m currently craving just using social media to share the small things in my life with the few people that might care about it. And while I’ve been grappling with the responsibility I feel to this account and to you all I think I have to follow that whim for a while.
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If you want to stay in touch until I’m back feel free to hit me up at @linz.er.tort - my personal account. I’m happy to continue chatting and relationship building! See y’all on the other side! And stay strong out there.

Hey all. . Just wanted to give you a heads up: I’m going to shu Read More

Usually I spend my summer figuring out how to spend as much time as possible getting outside for big, long, wild adventures. This summer has been a little different and I’ve loved slowing down for a lot of reasons. But I did recently get away for four days to attempt a little bikepacking trip around Tahoma with @mobileroamers @_wildviolet @hanslurppee and @cswain12 (photo cred goes to them for a lot of the above photos!). I love doing things with badass groups of women and this was no exception.
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We carried our bikes over logs, bailed on FS roads with too many blow-downs, shuttled bikes around with our Element brigade, laughed around the campfire, forded creeks, rinsed off in freezing cold rivers, swapped adventure stories, ascended to the tops of mountain passes and flew down the other side. It was an epic trip where either everything was completely impossible or totally lovely.
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Regardless of what we were facing everyone did it with a smile and a can-do attitude. Feel free to ask me any and all questions about bikepacking, this route, how we worked to keep each other safe and anything else that comes to mind. Huge gratitude to these amazing women - y’all inspire me with the many things you’ve already tackled in your lives. Can’t wait to see what is next.
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Also turns out friends help friends carry their bikes over logs.
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We stared at our phones a lot on day one as we tried to figure out the route. Spoiler alert - I did not “go” as they say...
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Heads up I only buy things in shades of purple-y-pink apparently.
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Also I want to acknowledge that these are not business-as-usual times and COVID is still very much a thing and we did take certain precautions to keep each other and others around us safe. Happy to talk about what that looked like and receive feedback!
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?We rode on the stolen lands of the Puyallup, Muckleshoot, Nisqually, Yakama, and Coast Salish peoples.

Usually I spend my summer figuring out how to spend as much time as possible getting outside for big, long, wild adventures. This summer has been a little different and I’ve loved slowing down for a lot of reasons. But I did recently get away for four days to attempt a little bikepacking trip around Tahoma with @mobileroamers @_wildviolet @hanslurppee and @cswain12 (photo cred goes to them for a lot of the above photos!). I love doing things with badass groups of women and this was no exception.
.
We carried our bikes over logs, bailed on FS roads with too many blow-downs, shuttled bikes around with our Element brigade, laughed around the campfire, forded creeks, rinsed off in freezing cold rivers, swapped adventure stories, ascended to the tops of mountain passes and flew down the other side. It was an epic trip where either everything was completely impossible or totally lovely.
.
Regardless of what we were facing everyone did it with a smile and a can-do attitude. Feel free to ask me any and all questions about bikepacking, this route, how we worked to keep each other safe and anything else that comes to mind. Huge gratitude to these amazing women - y’all inspire me with the many things you’ve already tackled in your lives. Can’t wait to see what is next.
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Also turns out friends help friends carry their bikes over logs.
.
We stared at our phones a lot on day one as we tried to figure out the route. Spoiler alert - I did not “go” as they say...
.
Heads up I only buy things in shades of purple-y-pink apparently.
.
Also I want to acknowledge that these are not business-as-usual times and COVID is still very much a thing and we did take certain precautions to keep each other and others around us safe. Happy to talk about what that looked like and receive feedback!
.
?We rode on the stolen lands of the Puyallup, Muckleshoot, Nisqually, Yakama, and Coast Salish peoples.

Usually I spend my summer figuring out how to spend as much time as possible getting outside for big, long, wild adventures. This summer has been a little different and I’ve loved slowing down for a lot of reasons. But I did recently get away for four days to attempt a little bikepacking trip around Tahoma with @mobileroamers @_wildviolet @hanslurppee and @cswain12 (photo cred goes to them for a lot of the above photos!). I love doing things with badass groups of women and this was no exception.
.
We carried our bikes over logs, bailed on FS roads with too many blow-downs, shuttled bikes around with our Element brigade, laughed around the campfire, forded creeks, rinsed off in freezing cold rivers, swapped adventure stories, ascended to the tops of mountain passes and flew down the other side. It was an epic trip where either everything was completely impossible or totally lovely.
.
Regardless of what we were facing everyone did it with a smile and a can-do attitude. Feel free to ask me any and all questions about bikepacking, this route, how we worked to keep each other safe and anything else that comes to mind. Huge gratitude to these amazing women - y’all inspire me with the many things you’ve already tackled in your lives. Can’t wait to see what is next.
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Also turns out friends help friends carry their bikes over logs.
.
We stared at our phones a lot on day one as we tried to figure out the route. Spoiler alert - I did not “go” as they say...
.
Heads up I only buy things in shades of purple-y-pink apparently.
.
Also I want to acknowledge that these are not business-as-usual times and COVID is still very much a thing and we did take certain precautions to keep each other and others around us safe. Happy to talk about what that looked like and receive feedback!
.
?We rode on the stolen lands of the Puyallup, Muckleshoot, Nisqually, Yakama, and Coast Salish peoples.

Usually I spend my summer figuring out how to spend as much time as possible getting outside for big, long, wild adventures. This summer has been a little different and I’ve loved slowing down for a lot of reasons. But I did recently get away for four days to attempt a little bikepacking trip around Tahoma with @mobileroamers @_wildviolet @hanslurppee and @cswain12 (photo cred goes to them for a lot of the above photos!). I love doing things with badass groups of women and this was no exception.
.
We carried our bikes over logs, bailed on FS roads with too many blow-downs, shuttled bikes around with our Element brigade, laughed around the campfire, forded creeks, rinsed off in freezing cold rivers, swapped adventure stories, ascended to the tops of mountain passes and flew down the other side. It was an epic trip where either everything was completely impossible or totally lovely.
.
Regardless of what we were facing everyone did it with a smile and a can-do attitude. Feel free to ask me any and all questions about bikepacking, this route, how we worked to keep each other safe and anything else that comes to mind. Huge gratitude to these amazing women - y’all inspire me with the many things you’ve already tackled in your lives. Can’t wait to see what is next.
.
Also turns out friends help friends carry their bikes over logs.
.
We stared at our phones a lot on day one as we tried to figure out the route. Spoiler alert - I did not “go” as they say...
.
Heads up I only buy things in shades of purple-y-pink apparently.
.
Also I want to acknowledge that these are not business-as-usual times and COVID is still very much a thing and we did take certain precautions to keep each other and others around us safe. Happy to talk about what that looked like and receive feedback!
.
?We rode on the stolen lands of the Puyallup, Muckleshoot, Nisqually, Yakama, and Coast Salish peoples.

Usually I spend my summer figuring out how to spend as much time as possible getting outside for big, long, wild adventures. This summer has been a little different and I’ve loved slowing down for a lot of reasons. But I did recently get away for four days to attempt a little bikepacking trip around Tahoma with @mobileroamers @_wildviolet @hanslurppee and @cswain12 (photo cred goes to them for a lot of the above photos!). I love doing things with badass groups of women and this was no exception.
.
We carried our bikes over logs, bailed on FS roads with too many blow-downs, shuttled bikes around with our Element brigade, laughed around the campfire, forded creeks, rinsed off in freezing cold rivers, swapped adventure stories, ascended to the tops of mountain passes and flew down the other side. It was an epic trip where either everything was completely impossible or totally lovely.
.
Regardless of what we were facing everyone did it with a smile and a can-do attitude. Feel free to ask me any and all questions about bikepacking, this route, how we worked to keep each other safe and anything else that comes to mind. Huge gratitude to these amazing women - y’all inspire me with the many things you’ve already tackled in your lives. Can’t wait to see what is next.
.
Also turns out friends help friends carry their bikes over logs.
.
We stared at our phones a lot on day one as we tried to figure out the route. Spoiler alert - I did not “go” as they say...
.
Heads up I only buy things in shades of purple-y-pink apparently.
.
Also I want to acknowledge that these are not business-as-usual times and COVID is still very much a thing and we did take certain precautions to keep each other and others around us safe. Happy to talk about what that looked like and receive feedback!
.
?We rode on the stolen lands of the Puyallup, Muckleshoot, Nisqually, Yakama, and Coast Salish peoples.

Usually I spend my summer figuring out how to spend as much time as possible getting outside for big, long, wild adventures. This summer has been a little different and I’ve loved slowing down for a lot of reasons. But I did recently get away for four days to attempt a little bikepacking trip around Tahoma with @mobileroamers @_wildviolet @hanslurppee and @cswain12 (photo cred goes to them for a lot of the above photos!). I love doing things with badass groups of women and this was no exception.
.
We carried our bikes over logs, bailed on FS roads with too many blow-downs, shuttled bikes around with our Element brigade, laughed around the campfire, forded creeks, rinsed off in freezing cold rivers, swapped adventure stories, ascended to the tops of mountain passes and flew down the other side. It was an epic trip where either everything was completely impossible or totally lovely.
.
Regardless of what we were facing everyone did it with a smile and a can-do attitude. Feel free to ask me any and all questions about bikepacking, this route, how we worked to keep each other safe and anything else that comes to mind. Huge gratitude to these amazing women - y’all inspire me with the many things you’ve already tackled in your lives. Can’t wait to see what is next.
.
Also turns out friends help friends carry their bikes over logs.
.
We stared at our phones a lot on day one as we tried to figure out the route. Spoiler alert - I did not “go” as they say...
.
Heads up I only buy things in shades of purple-y-pink apparently.
.
Also I want to acknowledge that these are not business-as-usual times and COVID is still very much a thing and we did take certain precautions to keep each other and others around us safe. Happy to talk about what that looked like and receive feedback!
.
?We rode on the stolen lands of the Puyallup, Muckleshoot, Nisqually, Yakama, and Coast Salish peoples.

Usually I spend my summer figuring out how to spend as much time as possible getting outside for big, long, wild adventures. This summer has been a little different and I’ve loved slowing down for a lot of reasons. But I did recently get away for four days to attempt a little bikepacking trip around Tahoma with @mobileroamers @_wildviolet @hanslurppee and @cswain12 (photo cred goes to them for a lot of the above photos!). I love doing things with badass groups of women and this was no exception.
.
We carried our bikes over logs, bailed on FS roads with too many blow-downs, shuttled bikes around with our Element brigade, laughed around the campfire, forded creeks, rinsed off in freezing cold rivers, swapped adventure stories, ascended to the tops of mountain passes and flew down the other side. It was an epic trip where either everything was completely impossible or totally lovely.
.
Regardless of what we were facing everyone did it with a smile and a can-do attitude. Feel free to ask me any and all questions about bikepacking, this route, how we worked to keep each other safe and anything else that comes to mind. Huge gratitude to these amazing women - y’all inspire me with the many things you’ve already tackled in your lives. Can’t wait to see what is next.
.
Also turns out friends help friends carry their bikes over logs.
.
We stared at our phones a lot on day one as we tried to figure out the route. Spoiler alert - I did not “go” as they say...
.
Heads up I only buy things in shades of purple-y-pink apparently.
.
Also I want to acknowledge that these are not business-as-usual times and COVID is still very much a thing and we did take certain precautions to keep each other and others around us safe. Happy to talk about what that looked like and receive feedback!
.
?We rode on the stolen lands of the Puyallup, Muckleshoot, Nisqually, Yakama, and Coast Salish peoples.

Usually I spend my summer figuring out how to spend as much time as possible getting outside for big, long, wild adventures. This summer has been a little different and I’ve loved slowing down for a lot of reasons. But I did recently get away for four days to attempt a little bikepacking trip around Tahoma with @mobileroamers @_wildviolet @hanslurppee and @cswain12 (photo cred goes to them for a lot of the above photos!). I love doing things with badass groups of women and this was no exception.
.
We carried our bikes over logs, bailed on FS roads with too many blow-downs, shuttled bikes around with our Element brigade, laughed around the campfire, forded creeks, rinsed off in freezing cold rivers, swapped adventure stories, ascended to the tops of mountain passes and flew down the other side. It was an epic trip where either everything was completely impossible or totally lovely.
.
Regardless of what we were facing everyone did it with a smile and a can-do attitude. Feel free to ask me any and all questions about bikepacking, this route, how we worked to keep each other safe and anything else that comes to mind. Huge gratitude to these amazing women - y’all inspire me with the many things you’ve already tackled in your lives. Can’t wait to see what is next.
.
Also turns out friends help friends carry their bikes over logs.
.
We stared at our phones a lot on day one as we tried to figure out the route. Spoiler alert - I did not “go” as they say...
.
Heads up I only buy things in shades of purple-y-pink apparently.
.
Also I want to acknowledge that these are not business-as-usual times and COVID is still very much a thing and we did take certain precautions to keep each other and others around us safe. Happy to talk about what that looked like and receive feedback!
.
?We rode on the stolen lands of the Puyallup, Muckleshoot, Nisqually, Yakama, and Coast Salish peoples.

Usually I spend my summer figuring out how to spend as much time as possible getting outside for big, long, wild adventures. This summer has been a little different and I’ve loved slowing down for a lot of reasons. But I did recently get away for four days to attempt a little bikepacking trip around Tahoma with @mobileroamers @_wildviolet @hanslurppee and @cswain12 (photo cred goes to them for a lot of the above photos!). I love doing things with badass groups of women and this was no exception.
.
We carried our bikes over logs, bailed on FS roads with too many blow-downs, shuttled bikes around with our Element brigade, laughed around the campfire, forded creeks, rinsed off in freezing cold rivers, swapped adventure stories, ascended to the tops of mountain passes and flew down the other side. It was an epic trip where either everything was completely impossible or totally lovely.
.
Regardless of what we were facing everyone did it with a smile and a can-do attitude. Feel free to ask me any and all questions about bikepacking, this route, how we worked to keep each other safe and anything else that comes to mind. Huge gratitude to these amazing women - y’all inspire me with the many things you’ve already tackled in your lives. Can’t wait to see what is next.
.
Also turns out friends help friends carry their bikes over logs.
.
We stared at our phones a lot on day one as we tried to figure out the route. Spoiler alert - I did not “go” as they say...
.
Heads up I only buy things in shades of purple-y-pink apparently.
.
Also I want to acknowledge that these are not business-as-usual times and COVID is still very much a thing and we did take certain precautions to keep each other and others around us safe. Happy to talk about what that looked like and receive feedback!
.
?We rode on the stolen lands of the Puyallup, Muckleshoot, Nisqually, Yakama, and Coast Salish peoples.

Usually I spend my summer figuring out how to spend as much time as possible getting outside for big, long, wild adventures. This summer has been a little different and I’ve loved slowing down for a lot of reasons. But I did recently get away for four days to attempt a little bikepacking trip around Tahoma with @mobileroamers @_wildviolet @hanslurppee and @cswain12 (photo cred goes to them for a lot of the above photos!). I love doing things with badass groups of women and this was no exception.
.
We carried our bikes over logs, bailed on FS roads with too many blow-downs, shuttled bikes around with our Element brigade, laughed around the campfire, forded creeks, rinsed off in freezing cold rivers, swapped adventure stories, ascended to the tops of mountain passes and flew down the other side. It was an epic trip where either everything was completely impossible or totally lovely.
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Regardless of what we were facing everyone did it with a smile and a can-do attitude. Feel free to ask me any and all questions about bikepacking, this route, how we worked to keep each other safe and anything else that comes to mind. Huge gratitude to these amazing women - y’all inspire me with the many things you’ve already tackled in your lives. Can’t wait to see what is next.
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Also turns out friends help friends carry their bikes over logs.
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We stared at our phones a lot on day one as we tried to figure out the route. Spoiler alert - I did not “go” as they say...
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Heads up I only buy things in shades of purple-y-pink apparently.
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Also I want to acknowledge that these are not business-as-usual times and COVID is still very much a thing and we did take certain precautions to keep each other and others around us safe. Happy to talk about what that looked like and receive feedback!
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?We rode on the stolen lands of the Puyallup, Muckleshoot, Nisqually, Yakama, and Coast Salish peoples.

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Searching for the larch.
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Found it.
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With Molly, Nora and Shira the 3rd.
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?Chelan and Yakama stolen lands.

Searching for the larch.
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Found it.
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With Molly, Nora and Shira the 3rd.
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?Chelan and Yakama stolen lands.

Searching for the larch.
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Found it.
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With Molly, Nora and Shira the 3rd.
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?Chelan and Yakama stolen lands.

Searching for the larch.
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Found it.
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With Molly, Nora and Shira the 3rd.
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?Chelan and Yakama stolen lands.

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