Author: betsydionne
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The Importance of Being Your Silly Self
When we are children we play with unbridled enthusiasm. We explore, we ask questions, and we act silly as hell never pausing to worry how we appear to others. At what age do we start caring what other people think? Is there something ingrained in our developing consciousness that makes us fear the judgment of…
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White Mountain and the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest
We recently visited the Inyo National Forest to hike White Mountain and see the ancient bristlecone pines. Typically when we drive north on highway 395 we are headed to the eastern sierra, this time we made the turn east towards the White Mountains. Highway 168 out of Big Pine winds up out of the…
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Notes From the Field: Burrowing Owl
I turn over in bed and look at the clock its 230am. Normally I would roll over in bed and sleep for another few hours before work but today is not a normal day. I scuffle around in the dark like a sleepy possum and somehow make it out the door with all my gear.…
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5 practices to conquer self doubt.
1.Do not shy away from your own greatness. How do you think successful people get where they are? Hard work, patience, back ally deals? Some of these things may be true but regardless of how they got there they all have one thing in common. Successful people rise above doubting their own greatness. Look yourself…
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Photo Essay-Channel Islands National Park: Santa Cruz Island
“The island is ours. Here, in some way, we are young forever.” ― E. Lockhart
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Hiking : Boundary Peak
At 13,146 feet Boundary is the highest peak in Nevada. It is located in the white mountain range east of Benton California and west of nothing at all Nevada. We took Queen Mountain Road off highway 6 just east of the California/ Nevada border. Interestingly enough the vacant building across from the turn used to…
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Write and Hike
Or hike and hike with no write. Trying to find a balance has been rough. I set forth a goal for myself to hike 30 peaks for my 30 years of life. I am running bit behind. I have until February and at the rate Im going now I have to average three peaks a…
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The Plight of The Modern Outdoor Woman on Instagram: You’re damned if you do and your damned if you don’t.
It should be clear to anyone who does not live under a rock that there are some serious and contentious conversations about gender going on in our country right now. We have the first ever female running for president, we have wage inequality; we have amazing companies like Goldiblox getting young girls into science at…
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Stay: Korakia Pensione
Desert dreams, a few shots of our anniversary weekend at the Korakia Pensione and Moorten Botanical Gardens.
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Misadventures in The Great American West
” When everything goes wrong- that’s when the adventure starts”- Yvon Chouinard I feel like when Chouinard said this he was referring to epic adventures which likely involve failed gear, getting lost, unpredictable weather, and a complete absence of the technology we all rely on. But there is a subset of adventure, the misadventure: the…
Bit of Betsy 