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Adventure is Out There
Podcast guest
April 2025
The Sierra Rec Now
Podcast guest
February 2025
The Aspiring Solopreneur
Podcast guest
February 2025
NATJA Awards
Gold — Independent Travel Video, 32nd annual
2024
The BOLOTOR Podcast
Guest of Michael Stein
April 2024
Backpacking and Blisters
Podcast guest
November 2023
Hiker Trash Radio
“Via Ferratas and Mad Max”
October 2023
Travel Massive
Panelist, “The Business of Slow Travel”
September 2023
Tough Girl Podcast
Featured guest
September 2023
NBC
Featured expert, “9 Best Hammocks for Leisure and Camping”
July 2023
Best Life
Expert, “8 Best National Parks to Visit on a 3-Day Weekend”
Curiosity Didn’t Kill the Cat
Podcast guest
May 2023
No Ordinary Adventure
Podcast guest
April 2023
Disrupt Magazine
Feature
March 2023
Bossup Weekly
Feature
March 2023
True Hollywood Talk
Feature
March 2023
Travel World Magazine
“Solo Backpacking Long’s Peak, Colorado”
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