On Luna Peak & Lessons Learned
From late 2020 to early 2021, I spent hours on my computer dreaming about all the alpine areas and routes I wanted to get done in the spring and summer. Sometimes I was attached to a specific route, sometimes I just wanted to get out to an area I hadn’t been to yet. And so…
The Duchess of Kent
After a short and unsuccessful cross-country across a thin layer of ungroomed hard snow and ice, I started to wonder if a snow hike would have been a better idea. Almost certainly, I thought as we drove to the McClellan Butte trailhead. But the snow level was still high above us, and I doubted that…
Ellinor Rigby
Even though I grew up in Washington, I returned here in October 2019 delightfully unaware of many – if not most – of the state’s classic hikes and climbs. My ignorance has provided me with the opportunity to find countless “new to me” pockets of the state, a beneficial pastime in the midst of a…
All the Lonely People
The dark, short, and often wet days of Seattle’s autumn have fooled me, many times, into thinking it was already winter, even though the official transition is still a few days away. It has been cold and cloudy for the better part of a month, and I have been holed up inside my apartment Monday…
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Over-Gripping
Over-gripping: (verb) holding on way too hard when you’re scared or anxious on a climb
I’m Lauren, and I started this blog when I was in New Zealand on a working holiday visa. I’m currently living in my hometown of Seattle and trying to climb as many things out here as I can.
I am happiest with a helmet on.
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