Outdoorsing

As a proper ecologist, I love being outside. I've been canoeing, hiking, and camping my whole life. I started backpacking about four years ago, though, and my love for it has developed into a near obsession. What follows is a list of some of my greatest adventures. 

 

-Long section hike of the Appalachian Trail in 2013. I backpacked 1,400 miles from Georgia to New York, and it was the craziest, most fun time of my life. Amongst other things, I got a hitch in a brand new red Chevy Camaro, almost got hit by a car during a hiker parade, and saw New York City for the first time with a group of my favorite hiker trash. 



-Thru-hike of the Superior Hiking Trail during the summer of 2011. The trail is ~230 miles in northern Minnesota and follows Lake Superior. This was my first long-distance hiking experience (loved it!). I completed the trail solo in 17 days.



-Multiple canoe camping trips in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area & Wilderness. Besides a family trip when I was little, I've been on two 8-day trips and one 2-day trip through the Coe Wilderness Field Station program. I can portage the crap out of any canoe. 



-Backpacking trips in Never Summer Wilderness (Rocky Mts.) and Canyonlands. Both amazingly beautiful areas out west! The former was with my dad and the latter through my school's outdoor club with a great group of fellow students. 



-During senior year, I co-led a trip of a large group of students to Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore in the UP.