PUBLISHED WRITING
Ongoing
author page - short news, interviews, features - ExplorersWeb
Notable in 2024
Trail Troubadour: A Musician Finds His Way Outdoors - feature/profile, Blue Ridge Outdoors
Notable in 2023
author page - short news, features, product journalism - GearJunkie
Bicycles are the Only Time Machine You’ll Ever Need - feature - GearJunkie
Stoke is Overrated, Embrace “Slowke”: Meet Yourself at 3MPH - feature - GearJunkie
Why Ultralight People Need to Chill Already - feature - GearJunkie
Notable in 2022
Memoirs of Hiker Box Meals: The Bad, the Good, and the (Almost) Unmentionable - blog - Appalachian Gear Company
The Heart of the Appalachian Trail - feature - Virginia Economic Review
Walking with Marcus: How Stoic Philosophy Informs my Ultralight Backpacking - skills/essay - Backpacking Light
Mindfulness Meditation for Backpacking - skills/essay - Backpacking Light
Adventure’s End - essay - Backpacking Routes
Notable in 2021
I’m Breaking Up with the West - essay - Backpacking Light
Anonymously published satire pieces at Local Mountain
Beaver Fever - essay - Backpacking Routes (originally published 2019 in The Offbeat Magazine)
Salamander Song - essay - Backpacking Light
Backpacking Instagram Sucks. It’s Time to Talk About It - essay - Backpacking Routes
Yes, Real Backpackers Use Electronics - essay - Backpacking Routes
Pop-Tarts on the Middle Path - essay - Backpacking Routes
Notable in 2020
Joy at the Battle of Marathon - essay - CS Coffee Blog
Beginner’s Mind: A Lifelong Ground Sleeper Takes to the Trees - essay - Backpacking Light
Notable in 2019
Walking in Circles: A Tahoe Rim Trail Thru-hike - essay - Backpacking Light
New Song of the Open Road, Blue Bottle Glass, In the Thirsty Country - poetry - Aji Magazine
A Homecoming - poetry - Volney Road Review
Groundwork - photo essay - High Shelf Press
Notable in 2018
Wandering in a Thirsty Country - essay - Backpackinglight.com
Notable in 2017
The Long Paths - poetry - Trampset Magazine
What the Ravens Know - poetry - The West Texas Literary Review