Hola again from Puerto Escondido! I am sitting to write outside my little cabina, an hour before sunset, wearing a new purple tye-dye two-piece (shoutout to Sarah who would be in love with this look), sun-burned from surfing but happy about it, fresh off an Open Gym session where I was practicing my handstands with …
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Puerto Escondido Update #1
Emma: Digital Nomad! Hi all! Well, I did it. I made it out of the country with a suitcase and a backpack full of stuff, and my work laptop. I'm a digital nomad now! First stop: Movement Mexico, Puerto Escondido. Where I intend to spend my free time diving deeper into the movement practice of …
Inside Bulimia
This one is dark but honest. It doesn't represent all of where I'm at, but I'm giving this experience a voice because it has something to say that feels real to me. I'm nervous that this will cause people I love to worry about me. But I don't think that's a good reason to be …
SOS from inside the machine
Hi friends, family, random readers... This is a blast from inside Emma's current life in the SF Tech bubble. I'm sending out a little communication... as some kind of cross between an SOS and a progress report. I kind of don't know why I'm here. I came to SF a year and a half ago …
Update #12: Walking to Canada
Hello everyone! I hope you are well! This final update comes to you from Fairfax, CA, which means that I have, at long last, landed at home. My long hike is over. My last days on the trail were truly wonderful. The weather held out for me from Stevens Pass right up to the border! (The rain …
Trail Update #11: Rain and Pain
Day 130, 12 noon, Stevens Pass WA Hi everyone! It's been longer than usual between updates this time, and for that I apologize. I've been fully in the flow of hiking and experiencing and being with the people out here as well as with my constantly-evolving thoughts... It's been challenging and rewarding, miserable and joyful. …
Trail Update #10
Day 112, 10:30 AM, near Bend OR Hello friends, fam, and fans! Over the last 10 days or so I've covered quite a bit of ground, making my way from Ashland to Santiam Pass (mile 1998) where my grandpa picked me up and brought me to the beautiful home of his friends Mike and Katie …
Trail Update #9: Reflections on Solitude
Day 101, Ashland, OR, 2:00 PM (I've been out here over 100 days now? Wow.) Hello hello from Oregon! That's right, Oregon! Two days ago I finished the California stretch of the PCT, which is just under 1700 miles and almost 2/3 the length of the entire trail. I feel pretty accomplished and definitely relieved …
Trail Update #8: Goodbyes and New Adventures
Day 88, 6:30 AM / Burney, CA Hey everyone - I'm gonna try to keep it short today because I want to get back to the trail, but we'll see how that goes. Since I last wrote we've been hiking through one of the least-liked sections of trail. It's hot, hot, hot again and water …
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Trail Update #7: Home on the Trail (Sort Of)
Day 77 (Wow...), 9:30 PM Well hello! It's been another beautiful stretch of hiking since I last wrote, with the land changing beneath our feet quickly and drastically, the high mountains rounding out and softening as we've headed north. We came out of Mammoth, hiked through Yosemite Wilderness, and worked our way up to the …
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Expressions from this side of the here & now 