I write features and essays for magazines, newspapers and websites. Here is a selection of some of my favorite work.
Essays
During the phenomenon of polar night, parts of the Arctic don't see the sun for weeks or months at a time. The darkness drives some people insane, but for others, it opens a gateway into wonder and peace.
Social Issues
Research shows that our assumptions about eating disorders are often wrong — and that many larger-bodied people are starving themselves.
Social Issues
One-on-one coaching is revolutionizing treatment for eating disorders.
Social Issues
Pet adoptions have spiked during the pandemic. Now is the time to change outdoor dog culture for the benefit of people, public lands, wildlife, and the dogs themselves.
Essays
Outside correspondent Kate Siber learned to reinhabit her body by being outdoors. But she didn't expect that healing would also bring a new perspective on nature itself.
Social Issues
Emmett Till was murdered 64 years ago. Is it time for a national park that recognizes him and tells the story of the civil rights struggle in Mississippi?
Social Issues
In 2017, the suicide rate in Durango, Colorado, was three times the national average. After 32 deaths in two years, the town's leaders banded together and instituted a range of changes with the goal of stopping the contagion. Their efforts may help other mountain towns to put an end to the grim "suicide belt" moniker for good.
Sports & Outdoors
Caroline Gleich's Instagram feed is full of epic shots of the pro skier conquering the planet's hardest lines. But in recent years, it was marred by an ugly shadow: anonymous bullies whose abusive comments left a wake of anxiety and doubt. Then Gleich spoke out about her tormenters—and realized she wasn't the only adventure athlete being harassed online.
Science & Environment
As climate change shapes the Southwest, Mesa Verde National Park strives to protect both ancient forests and vulnerable cliff dwellings.
Upscale meditation studios are bringing mindfulness to the masses. Are they also diluting the practice?
Essays
A writer returns to the Grand Canyon again and again. And again.
Sports & Outdoors
That mental list you keep of all the fun things you want to experience before it's too late? We wrote it down. Then we came up with a plan for making it all happen—in the next 365 days.