This piece appeared in the March 2018 issue of Outside Magazine The last time I visited Yosemite National Park, I made the jaunt to Glacier Point. Standing at the edge of the drop-off, I tried to imagine myself taking in the magnificent vista while discussing...
My first time as a photographer “in the field” is stored in a place in my memory banks reserved for other indelible firsts—kiss, published story, time I set my eyes upon my daughters. I remember slogging along in a flooded farm field with a small...
(NOTE: This Op-Ed originally appeared at Outside) by Glenn Nelson and Teresa Baker Congratulations, Outdoor Retailer. You’ve moved your biannual trade show from a state, Utah, whose leadership is openly hostile to the concept of inclusive public lands and pushed the Trump administration to shrink...
Though I’ve not yet met her, I’ve found Molly Hashimoto a delightful travel companion. I see her dreamy watercolors and vibrant block prints at a couple places I frequent in the Pacific Northwest—the Seward Park Audubon Center and the North Cascades Institute. Just more than...
My circle of colleagues is jammed with people of color who were inspired to work for equity and inclusion in the outdoors after a transformative experience at one of the keystone national parks in our country. Acadia. Grand Teton. Yosemite. All of those sources of...
We have a monument to Confederate soldiers in my city, and our mayor wants it gone. I do, too. It sits in a cemetery where Bruce Lee and many of Seattle’s founding families are buried. Lakeview is even more meaningful to me because it’s where...
