
writer, photographer, editor
Missoula, Montana Area

writer, photographer, editor
Missoula, Montana Area
Veteran magazine writer, photographer, and editor focused on adventure travel, natural history, conservation, and wilderness.
Winner of the Lowell Thomas Travel Writing Award for the Best Adventure Travel Article of 2008 from the Society of American Travel Writers for "Across Maasai Land" (www.adventurecycling.org/maasai).
Capturing adventure as a lifestyle in words and images.
Backcountry skiing (skinny skis, fat skis, and old three-pinners in the woods).
Multi-day, backcountry mountain biking.
Hiking and lightweight backpacking.
Packrafting.
Outdoor adventuring with children.
Gear for biking, skiing, and camping.
Birding and natural history.
Wildlife tracking.
Environmental conservation and sustainability.
(Non-Profit; Leisure, Travel & Tourism industry)
September 2005 — Present (4 years 3 months)
Assign and edit stories for Adventure Cyclist magazine; compile, select, and process images for AC magazine and various other Adventure Cycling publications; write and photograph feature stories.
(Writing and Editing industry)
1998 — Present (11 years )
Currently Contributing Editor of Backcountry magazine. One-time Contributing Editor for Bike magazine, Correspondent for Powder magazine, and mountain bike columnist for Hooked on the Outdoors. Work has appeared in a diversity of magazines ranging from Mothering, Mountain Gazette, and Dirt Rag to National Geographic Adventure, Men's Journal, and Audubon.
(Publishing industry)
2005 — 2007 (2 years )
(Publishing industry)
1997 — 1998 (1 year )
(Leisure, Travel & Tourism industry)
1994 — 1998 (4 years )
Wide-ranging explorations and wanderings, usually involving bikes, skis, backpacks, and remote places with spectacular sunsets.
Bachelors , History, Political Science , 1989 — 1993
Winner of the Lowell Thomas Travel Writing Award for the Best Adventure Travel Article of 2008 from the Society of American Travel Writers for "Across Maasai Land" (www.adventurecycling.org/maasai).