Episode Details

About the Guest

Carolyn Highland is a writer, outdoor educator, and endurance athlete based in Anchorage, Alaska. Her second essay collection, The Full Range: Essays from a Life Outside, is published by Rocky Mountain Books. Her first collection, Out Here, was published during COVID. She writes primarily about skiing and the outdoors for magazines including Backcountry Magazine, and has been keeping a journal since age seven. She taught fourth and seventh grade at an outdoor school in Truckee, California before moving to Anchorage, where she and her husband recently honeymooned by fastpacking the Alta Via 1 in the Dolomites.

What's Covered in Part 1

Trail Name — Carl

Trailblazer's Toolkit — Katadyn BeFree Filtered Soft Flask

The Hiking Poll — Score: 68

The TRT Solo — Summer 2020

The NOLS Lesson — You Don't Always Have the Answer

The Seventh-Grade Student-Led Trip

The Move to Alaska

Links & Resources

• Carolyn Highland — Website: https://www.carolynhighland.com
• Instagram: Verify handle before publishing (transcript shows C_Hyland — confirm correct spelling)
• Substack: Verify handle before publishing (transcript shows Carolyn Hyland — confirm correct spelling)
• The Full Range — Rocky Mountain Books: https://www.rmbooks.com
• Fierce Country — Heather Hansman: https://www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com
• Jeff Pelletier — Ultra-runner and fastpacker with a YouTube channel featuring trail running and fastpacking content. Inspired Carolyn and her husband's Dolomites honeymoon run.
• Protect Our Winters: https://www.protectourwinters.org

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