Selected Print & Web Stories

  • How Rafting Saved the River You've Never Heard Of

    Rafting. River’s Fiji is a rafting company born of a dream of conservation. The Upper Navua Conservation Area protected 10.5 miles of river corridor, created jobs for local land owning clans, and made an unprecedented shift from resource extraction to tourism in the Fijian interior. NRS blog, web.

  • The Trouble with Truth: How Cindy Dixon, 74, Became A Line Patroller

    Skiing. The story of a ski patroller and self-professed “adrenaline junkie.” Dixon worked as Big Sky’s Patrol Director for 36 years, before retiring, experiencing an unexpected turn of events, and returning to line patrol. Bomb Snow Magazine Winter ‘24, print.

  • The Curiously Cataclysmic Cutthroat Cove

    Rafting. A misadventure on the Middle Fork of the Salmon. A reminder to stay humble, stay present, and laugh at yourself. OARS blog, web.

  • Fear & Dories

    Catalogue Selection, 2024. Rafting. First-person account of the emotional side of rowing the famed whitewater dories, mixed in with some Snake River rapid fun. Featured in the OARS catalogue in 2024. OARS blog, web.

  • First Kill

    Hunting. A commentary on our food system, and the comical perspective of being a new hunter and harvesting my first mule deer buck. Stalk, ‘24 print & Outside Bozeman, Fall ‘24, print & web.

  • Bad Lines on the Buller River

    Best of NRS, 2024. Rafting. Recounting my time as a trainee raft guide in New Zealand. A humorous and heartfelt story about how to be “chill enough to guide”. Selected for Best of NRS, 2024. NRS blog, web.

  • The Accidental River Guide

    Rafting. How I fell into guiding, the simplicity of river life, and the power of community. OARS blog, web.