Ilana Fay photography 

“I got this. I am strong. I am strong.” I spoke these words out loud as my fingers hesitantly eased their way into the crack. I twisted, weighted the finger ...

“Were taking on water! We have to turn around!” A pit was forming in my stomach and my legs were cramping as I tried to keep my balance in the middle of the...

(From a previous road trip through Leavenworth, in lil ole Lucinda) The feeling of getting home after a weekend of fun and challenge and being outside, and h...

Theres nothing like being unable to physically move to give the mind a chance to race. Everything suddenly comes to a halt in one singular moment of falling....

I couldn’t eat breakfast. There was a knot in my stomach and it wouldn’t go away. I took deep breaths, drank water, and tried to remind myself that I did to...

Although in some ways it feels like 2018 has been a year of stagnation, when I look more closely, there has been a lot of change, growth, and adventures that...

​ 30.34 miles, 6813 feet elevation gain, 7170 feet elevation loss, 13:33 hours It was overcast and the forecast indicated rain as we drove up the Going to th...

from a wonderful little backpacking trip last weekend It’s hard to be bad at things. It’s not easy to suck at something, but to still love it and want to pur...

Climbing into my sleeping bag all I could feel was the dust on my feet and the sunburn on my face. I was happy. My hammock rocked softly in the wind and I co...

A year ago I led my first successful pitch of rock climbing ever. I say successful because there was that one time last winter when in 20 degree weather I st...