Mt. Alice Ridge AND Stealth Belt Review
Read my Stealth Belt review at the end or Click Here to jump straight to the review on a separate page! The last time I attempted to hike a peak…
Surgery Recovery Setbacks and Snowbird Glacier
I don't know if everyone who goes through ostomy surgery feels like this at first, but I'm constantly worried about surgical complications. Every little pain that I feel puts me…
Comfizz Briefs Review
As soon as I heard that I was going to have to have another ostomy revision, I was immediately concerned about my risk for getting a hernia. This most recent…
Ultimate Direction Fastpack Review-Ostomy Edition
Background: This is a gear review, but in order understand the review, I need to give a little background about me and my use of different packs. Because of my…
Kachemak Bay Camping and Hiking
The fourth of July weekend provided another opportunity for adventure this Summer. Tyler had never been to Homer, so we opted to spend the long weekend in Homer/Kachemak Bay State…
Learning My Pace After Ostomy Surgery
A friend of mine recently sent me a really powerful message about her own experience with surgery recovery. She wrote: "It’s tough when our concept of ourselves doesn’t fit our…
Backpacking After Ostomy Surgery
My belief is that there’s a work-around for everything. Just because something is hard or you can’t do it at one point, doesn’t mean that it can’t be done. I…
Surgery Recovery Road Trip
There’s a habitual pattern that I noticed I have fallen into during surgery recovery. It’s something I’ve done after almost all six of my major surgeries. At first, I’m motivated…
Emptying Your Ostomy Outdoors
I want to start this blog post off by reminiscing about a time that I was NOT prepared for carting my poop out of the backcountry. If you've read my…
Gulkana River Paddle
*Somehow I never actually posted this story from 2 years ago, so here it is!* Objective: Paddle some sort of river in Interior Alaska for 3-4 days with an awesome roommate.…