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Essay for Bay Nature, August 2020. I am an outdoor educator, most often, a backpacking and rock climbing instructor. Whether it’s a week-long trip or a twenty-four day trip, I am most nervous meeting students for the first time. That is when I am most aware of potential judgments based on my being small, Khmer, … Continue reading What I Carry on an Outdoor Adventure
https://soundcloud.com/longcoolhallway/go-1 to people of color who want to spend time outdoors you deserve thisyou deserveto go to the woods for a hiketo go to a river for a paddleto go to the crag for a climb to go jump in the oceanto go play in mountain snow to spend a few hoursor a few precious … Continue reading g o
i go to the mountains and am reminded of the world's vastness, the expanse of nature's imagination and then return to the city where mourning and raging always await i come out of the woods bracing myself for whatever horrors have taken place since i stepped out of range i am afraid to leave and … Continue reading upon leaving the backcountry
spring is lovely, with its sudden showers and the pleasure of lengthening days but as it pulls me toward summer already i long for autumn when heat and long days gently linger and evening chills begin to fall when my pace slows down after so many miles traveled and there is rest, and calm, and … Continue reading shoulder seasons
