Take Your Gym Routine Outside

  You’re not alone if you typically hit the gym to burn off some stress after the work day. But instead of extending your time indoors, try taking your routine outside this summer. Doing the same workout in a different environment can be enough to keep it from being stale. Henry Halse, CSCS, CPT, certified …

Finding Your Groove – Bicycle Times #35

                In this issue’s Globetrotting column, Finding Your Groove: Being open to change allows you to take wrong turns, broken bike parts and bad weather in stride, so you can focus on things other than your daily mileage count–like the friendly people you’re probably meeting, the incredible food …

2015 Princeton Tec Catalog

An image from our travels in Kyrgyzstan was published in Princeton Tec‘s 2015 catalog. The American lighting company manufactures all of their headlamps in the United States and is celebrating their 40th anniversary this year. If you haven’t checked them out for your outdoor adventures, get on it!

Croatia – Adventure Cyclist July 2015

My images were recently published in Adventure Cyclist, a cycling magazine dedicated to bicycle travel and adventure, and known for inspiring photography and insightful stories. The photos accompany an article about Croatia’s emerging bike touring scene, written by eight-time Pulitzer Prize nominee, David Lamb. See all the photos and read the story at Adventure Cyclist.

Tajikistan: The Roof Of The World

All told, we spent a month and a half traveling in Tajikistan by bike. Part of this time was pedaling some of the highest mountains in the world–the Pamirs, known as “The Roof of the World”–and through one of the most remote regions in the world—the Wakhan Valley. It was here that the wind tore at …

Wild Albania – The Clymb

  My words and photos were recently published on The Clymb, a website that continuously features writers and photographers who inspire me. Check out Wild Albania: The Allure of the Accursed Mountains and see why we fell in love with this lightly-traveled region on our bike tour. From the story: Ever since my hus­band and I started …

Food: More Than Fuel – Bicycle Times #34

                  In this issue’s Globetrotting column, Food: More Than Fuel: It’s our second day in Turkey and gale force headwinds have us moving at a snail’s pace exerting an elephant’s effort. Our faces are chapped, our eyes teary, our quads burn and our stomachs beg for nourishment. …

‘Spring’ In Kyrgyzstan

The entire plane erupts into cheers and applause the moment we make contact with the ground. I look around the cabin at the round, smiling faces, which reveal rows of perfectly straight gold teeth. Men wear traditional tall, white hats and women wrap their hair in bandanas. We are two out of maybe a handful …

Chasing Temples In Thailand

We cross into Thailand from Malaysia at Thale Ban National Park and immediately find ourselves in the throes of an open-air market. People peruse stalls and stuff their overflowing bags with cheaply-made goods and clothes before walking back across the border to more expensive Malaysia. We ride until we reach a roadside “resort” that’s more like our …