Looking Back on my COVID Summer Break What a peculiar summer eh? When I wrote the last one of these (end of May), I optimistically (very unlike me) thought life would start to return to some bit of normalcy over the summer (clearly I was wrong). Here it is, the end of summer (in Alaska anyway) and […]
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I’m going to keep this one short (plus I don’t have a whole lot to say anyway). From what little time I’ve had to keep up on what all is going on out there- I do know it’s been a crazy month… from states here in the US opening back up (which whether it is
Arrigetch Peaks Expedition I’m beyond excited to be running this trip to explore the remote Arrigetch Peaks alongside Backpack Alaska. As many of you know, I was born, raised, and still live in Alaska and am thrilled to share my home state with you. A Little About The Arrigetch Peaks The Arrigetch Peaks, meaning ‘Fingers of
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Hey guys, Who would’ve thought the last normal thing I’d do is spend (almost) a month in Yemen? Well, here we are… mid-coronavirus-apocalyptic times. (Sorry if you’re newer-ish around here and don’t know who I am, this is Nicole the person behind this website…) I know it’s been an extremely long time since I’ve sent
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Christmas Gift Ideas for Travelers & Adventurers Updated for 2019– Christmas Gift Ideas For Travelers & Adventurers Happy upcoming Chrismahannakwanzika everyone (and Festivus, or whatever you may or may not celebrate)! The holiday season is almost upon us… Not keen on throwing elbows with all the crazies on Black Friday? Me neither- I’ll be sleeping.
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Oman Tour: Expedition To The Empty Quarter & Dhofar This Oman tour will take us along Oman’s wild side. From the traditional meets modernist capital of Muscat we’ll delve into the lush Dhofar region along the ancient Frankincense trail and on to trek deep into the extremely remote and seldomly visited Empty Quarter to experience
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Pakistan Tour: Celebrate Chawmos in the Hindu Kush, The Kalash New Year Meet us in Lahore, the heart of the Punjab from which we’ll kick off our Pakistan tour that will take us to Peshawar’s bazaars up to Chitral to celebrate the Kalash New Year of Chawmos. After the conclusion of the Chawmos celebrations, we
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I’m a couple days late on this and (gasp!), I’m doing one of these updates 2 months in a row (you may have noticed that those monthly updates have sorta fallen off in the last year or so). June was entirely Alaska adventures with work woven and laced between them (and by work I mean
It’s been 3 months since I’ve written one of these. If you remember at the end of February I told you guys I was leaving to lead a couple of tours and go traveling for a bit. If you’re new here: Hi I’m Nicole and I really suck at blogging. So here it is everyone, the
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Tonight I’m Paris Bound Now before you freak out and think I’ve been abducted by aliens and replaced with an aspiring Instagram model, it’s just a layover. 24 hours to be exact. I’ve only been to Paris one time when I was 23, near the end of my first big overseas trip (do my previous