about
Writer \ Editor
MOuntain \ Trail athlete
Guide \ EDUCATOR
Current: Senior Editor, Outside Run
Previous: Digital Strategist, Orion Magazine
M.S. Environmental Studies, University of Montana
Affiliations:
Instructor, Wild Rockies Field Institute
Facilitator, Freeflow Institute
Senior Guide, Aspire Adventure Running
Athlete Ambassador, Territory Run Co.
Writing, films, photography, and audio featured in Orion, Outside Online, The Dark Mountain Project, Best American Poetry Blog, Juxtaprose, Terrain.org, Trail Runner, Whitefish Review, Montana Quarterly, Clackamas Review, Patagonia's The Dirtbag Diaries Podcast, Wild and Scenic Film Festival, Camas, and others.
Currently at work on a nonfiction book about walking in circles.
Publications
Featured
Films
“One. Long. Day.” September 2019. Wrote and narrated a short film for Montana’s most prestigious Sky Race, the Rut 50k in Big Sky, Montana.
Six Rivers Run. Spring 2017. Locations Manager/Fixer, US Leg #1. Multimedia Campaign following Mina Guli's attempt to run a marathon a day for six weeks, along six rivers around the world to raise awareness about global water crisis.
Photo: Kelvin Trautman
"Shaped by Fire." Summer 2016. Co-Director, Mountain Runner. Director/Producer: Bobby Jahrig. Best Conservation Film: 2017 International Wildlife Film Festival. Official Selection: Mountain Running Film Festival.
"The Musician." 2016. Salomon TV. Locations Assistant, Featured in film. Director/Produced: Dean Leslie (Wandering Fever) and Greg Fell (Fell and Co.)
"Discover Turkey." 2012. Co-Director for two short documentary films about high school intercultural exchange in Turkey.
Audio
Single Track
2.13.23 | ”Connecting to the Heart Space.” Interviewed by Mathias Eichler.
Writer’S Block
10.21.22 | “Running in Circles.” Interviewed by Zoe Rom and Peter Bromka.
A New Angle
7.31.18 | “Activist, Athlete, Lifelong Student of Narrative.” Interviewed by Justin Angle.