• Life

    Mountaineering- My Newest Adventure

    / February 1, 2025

    I stood on top of Mt. Larkins on Monday morning. This 2,300m peak with a shark-fin-type summit ridge overlooking both Mt. Aspiring and Fiordland National Parks and the beautiful Lake Wakitipu brought me…

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  • Life

    Thirty in Thirty

    / November 26, 2024

    A few days ago, I completed my 30th lap around the sun! This crazy milestone that everyone talks about for what feels like a whole decade. As soon as you hit your 25th…

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  • Adventures

    Hitchhiking Through Japan: Day 2

    / October 12, 2023

    Suwa, Nagano -> Chubu-Sangaku National Park, Nagano 46 miles . 3 rides I woke up in my beautiful guesthouse room, so grateful for the beginning of this journey. I spent the morning looking…

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  • Life

    Wow, Jet Lag is So Real…

    / August 1, 2023

    I know I do this to myself, but living on such a tight travel budget means booking the cheapest possible flight, which in turn means having the absolute worst possible travel schedule. My…

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  • Life

    My Next Big Adventure!

    / July 28, 2023

    Hello all you lovely humans! Meg here coming at you from my favorite coffee shop in Lafayette, Louisiana. Yep, I’m back in the good ole US of A. I’ve been back home from…

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  • Life

    Allowing Myself To Be Broken

    / March 12, 2023

    Don’t you get lonely? Isn’t it scary? Isn’t it challenging? Don’t you miss home? After five months of solo backpacking through Europe, I’ve been getting these questions consistently. And the short answer to…

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  • Life

    What Am I Running From?

    / February 28, 2023

    As a solo female backpacker, traveler, nomad, vagabond, vanlifer, dirtbag, wanderer and whatever other labels assigned to me, I get this question a lot. Like A. Lot. And it never really made sense…

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