About Me
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Angel flying over a raging river in CO while our friend Alicia and I look on in awe. Photo credit: James Varner |
I'm a writer, but I make more money as a psychiatric nurse. My wife Angel is a Nurse Practitioner.
Places that feel like home include: Ohio, Seattle, New Zealand, Tacoma, and the PCT. Some day I'd like to invest in making Mexico feel more like home as well, and the Canadian Rockies.
I'm the author of a few books. The most successful one is called The Dirtbag's Guide to Life: Eternal Truth for Hiker Trash, Ski Bums, and Vagabonds.
The newest one is I Hope I Was Wrong About Eternal Damnation: An Absolutely True Memoir. People seem to like it.
I’ve also done these other things:
I'm the author of a few books. The most successful one is called The Dirtbag's Guide to Life: Eternal Truth for Hiker Trash, Ski Bums, and Vagabonds.
The newest one is I Hope I Was Wrong About Eternal Damnation: An Absolutely True Memoir. People seem to like it.
I’ve also done these other things:
Trailrunner Magazine
Seattle's Ultrarunning Renaissance. Dirt Issue, April 2014. (Recognized as one of the Best Stories of Trail Runner's first 100 issues.)
Ras Vaughan's Unsupported, Sextuple Rim-to-Rim. Inside Dirt, May 2013
Seattle's Ultrarunning Renaissance. Dirt Issue, April 2014. (Recognized as one of the Best Stories of Trail Runner's first 100 issues.)
Ras Vaughan's Unsupported, Sextuple Rim-to-Rim. Inside Dirt, May 2013
Grit City Magazine
UltraPedestrian.com
Love and Trails in New Zealand. June 2014
What Does an Ultra have to do with a Marathon? March 2014
Team 7 Hills: Phil Kochik Q&A. March 2014
Team 7 Hills: Promoting an Unprecedented Performance Paradigm. February 2014
The Myth of Health Risks in Ultrarunning. January 2014
Love and Trails in New Zealand. June 2014
What Does an Ultra have to do with a Marathon? March 2014
Team 7 Hills: Phil Kochik Q&A. March 2014
Team 7 Hills: Promoting an Unprecedented Performance Paradigm. February 2014
The Myth of Health Risks in Ultrarunning. January 2014
Podcasts
Angel and I spent 4 years creating the Boldly Went Podcast
We also wrote and produced the 2019 Race to Alaska Daily Fix Podcast
I was featured on the Cascade Hiker Podcast
...and in a moment of brief glory on the popular Art of Manliness Podcast
My personal priorities are:
Carving out a good life.
Empathy.
Having adventures.
Going to beautiful places.
Writing about things when I feel like it.
Making enough money to pay for the above.