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Travel Diaries
A Reflection on Biking Across the USA with 11 Strangers
An adapted Instagram diary entry from June 4th, 2024. Original entry can be found here. One year ago today I started a supported bike tour across the country with 11 strangers. About a quarter of the way into the trip, I stopped posting altogether, due to an overwhelming hatred for social media and desperate need to…
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A Resentment for Intellect
An adapted Instagram diary entry from March 25th, 2024. Original entry can be found here. If you’ve met me in the past three or four months as biked across New Zealand & Australia, you might’ve heard me say that I’m stepping into my dumb blonde era. Wanting to become like Elle Woods. Attempting to turn…
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Bikepacking the Otway Rip in 4 days/3 nights…. A man followed me?
The Otway Rip is a 160 mile bikepacking route designed in the Otway National Forest of Victoria, Australia. You can find the original route here https://bikepacking.com/routes/otway-…. In this video, myself and a friend complete this route in 4 days/3 nights, sharing with you the highs and lows of the adventure. If you are looking for…
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No Longer Wishing For A Different Life
Diary entry from March 6th, 2024, post New Zealand/Australia bike tour/adventure. I’ve spent a lot of my life wishing I had what others had. Wishing my mom would take me to the mall to go shopping for cute and brand new outfits like the others mothers did with their daughters. Wishing I would get invited…
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When a Man Touches You While Bikepacking
Diary entry from March 6th, 2024, post New Zealand/Australia bike tour/adventure. I’m very used to meeting older men on the trail. Often perplexed by seeing a single woman alone on the road with a maximalist bikepacking setup, furiously or happily pedaling to and fro, men in their 40s, 50s, 60s and 70s frequently marvel a…
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A Story of Platonic Love
“If you were a man, we would probably be married” ——— In the summer of 2023, I was pulled into a cross USA supported bike tour through a nonprofit, the Ulman Foundation, to raise money for young adults fighting cancer. I had already completed two solo bike tours prior to this one, and quite frankly,…
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Grappling With Post-Bike Tour Depression
Diary entry from February 2024, post New Zealand bike tour. I cried today. What was a great start to the morning- waking up at 7, making my coffee and oatmeal, FaceTiming my best friend from back home, getting a lot of work done at the pride center with a chai latte and croissant to make…
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Existential Overwhelm- The Pain of Not Being Able to Live it All
An adapted Instagram diary entry from December 23rd, 2023, from my New Zealand Bike tour. I’ve been tired and depressed these last two days of biking Across New Zealand. Traveling frequently fills me with dread, anxiety, and remorse, but I haven’t quite been able to explain why until now: “I can never read all the…
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Bicycle Touring’s Impact on Body Image
An adapted Instagram diary entry from January 9th, 2024, from my New Zealand Bike tour. Today I realized I loved my body. I pedaled a total of 130km from Lake Rotorua to Kaiteriteri so I could make it to Abel Tasman a bit earlier, and perhaps, to Nelson too. My legs were tired. Each hill…
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