Eliza is a senior at the University of Utah, double majoring in English and Spanish. As a poet and an outdoor enthusiast, she loves using language to recreate what she experiences in order to let people take part in her adventures. Eliza enjoys hiking, backpacking, climbing, and biking. She plans to work for Patagonia as a writer and photographer. Eliza is currently focusing on becoming more comfortable with discomfort, traveling slowly, and changing her mind constantly.
Fingers, chalked and clenched, cling to the rock so fiercely they scream for relief. Wind whips behind me as my right leg shakes uncontrollably, small pebbles falling each time I re-adjust my foot. I’m...
The familiar sound of the alarm woke him from a heavy sleep, exhausted from the many miles traveled yesterday. Though his joints were a bit stiff and it was only 5:30 am, he needed to get moving. Quickly,...
The wind whips at the rain cover of my tent so violently I fear its pole will snap in half. I’ve already gotten up to secure things once but waiting for the weather to die down a second time seems pointless;...
I never would have imagined myself finishing off 2022 by catching rides from strangers in South America and sleeping in the back of semi-trucks. In fact, if you would’ve told me a couple of years ago...
