My sophomore year of college, my friends and I started a fun Instagram called @hotgirlsinhelmets. We were inspired by Sustainability U of U’s Bike Week. They were giving out flyers printed with the slogan...
What’s so addicting to me about outdoor recreation is the sense of fulfillment. For many individuals, the outdoors is a solace to find feelings of success, completion, and growth. The combination of...
Let’s talk about backpacking. Why does it get the reputation it gets? Why has it been demoted to the bottom-of-the-ladder rung of outdoor sports? Within the privileged outdoor bubble I am a part of,...
Your 1st Lead:
Patty’s Ridge
3-4 pitches — 700 feet! — 5.6
My first time ever trad climbing was also my first time ever leading a trad route. This BCC ridgeline is the perfect introduction for...
Lauren Echo is a 22-year-old self-taught illustrator and accidental business owner. Hailing from Reno, Nevada, Echo creates digital art using colors encountered in her adventures outside. Echo’s designs...
On a cabinet in my kitchen, I have a sticker from the band August Burns Red. On it, the sticker says, “Angry music for happy people.” I can’t think of a better way to describe the culture surrounding...
The fall colors have been amazing along the Wasatch this year. For this photo series, I decided I wanted to capture the beauty of the changing seasons. Over the course of a few weeks, I went to the mountains...
“All dams are Ugly, but the Glen Canyon Dam is sinful ugly.” In 12 words, author Edward Abbey provides an elegant summary of his view on Glen Canyon, the site of one of the most controversial reservoirs...
