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Even for Athletes, Mammoth Lakes is a Family Tradition//Explore Mammoth
Mammoth Lakes is all about making memories and family traditions even for the endurance athletes that now visit the area for high altitude training. One such case is Ben Jacques-Maynes, professional road cyclist and 2014 winner of the King of the Mountains Jersey at the USA Pro Challenge in Colorado. Ben visited Mammoth Lakes this summer to train for the Tour of Utah as well as the USA Pro Challenge, but it wasn’t his first time to the Eastern Sierra. Read more
read moreLiving Through Bikes with Leigh Donovan//WorldMinded.com
I met Leigh Donovan while she was coaching a three-day women’s mountain bike camp at Mammoth Mountain Ski Area in July 2014. As she smiled and hugged me, it was immediately apparent that this World Downhill Mountain Bike Champion was the type of woman who serves as an inspiration to those around her. Leigh is the proud owner of I Choose Bikes, a bike clinic business through which she shares her vast knowledge and experience of mountain biking with any woman who’s interested regardless of age, ability, etc. She’s using the I Choose Bikes...
read moreBackpacker.com
Working with Backpacker Magazine to prep online content. Tasks Transferring print stories to web. This involves scraping text from InDesign CC 2014 files (or less ideally, PDFs or IDML files for older versions of InDesign), but also requires some smart rewriting of headlines, subtitles, etc, to help content do better with search engines and live out of its original context. Attach images to the stories; sometimes needing to resize them first. Minor opportunities for design judgment, but all within WordPress templates. Posting web-only...
read moreClassic Crystal Lake // MountainHikingSite.com
The hike to Crystal Lake begins in the Mammoth Lakes Basin — a beautiful area in the heart of Mammoth Lakes that boasts beauty and wonder all on its own. Make it to Crystal Lake, however, and you’ll find a special gem. Nestled in an alpine setting at approximately 9,500 feet, Crystal Lake is a popular summertime hike in the Eastern Sierra. While the hike is short (2.7 miles round-trip), the climb is moderately strenuous so make sure to wear sturdy hiking shoes and bring plenty of water. You’ll also want to bring a camera to capture images of...
read moreThe Green Sheet
Editor of The Green Sheet from the launch of the publication in 2010 through its fall 2013 issue.
read moreEastern Sierra Summer Guide
Editor of the Eastern Sierra Summer Guide from the magazine’s launch in 2010 through the 2013 issue.
read moreEastern Sierra Wedding Guide
Editor of the Eastern Sierra Wedding Guide from the magazine’s launch in 2010 through the 2013 issue.
read moreEastern Sierra Dining Guide
Assistant Editor of the Eastern Sierra Dining Guide from the magazine’s launch in 2012 through the 2013 issue.
read moreThe Re-Cycler // Bicycling Magazine
It started with a bike from the 1980s, a yellow Scott frame that Ken Coleman rebuilt as a birthday gift for his boss, Brian Robinette, owner of Sierra Conservation Project, a recycling company in Mammoth Lakes, California.
read moreDeep Springs College at co-education crossroads // The Sheet Newspaper
Language is constantly evolving. Meanings of words and phrases morph over time, often to a great degree. Just think of how the word “gay” has evolved over the past 50-60 years. So when applying a document written in 1923 for an institution founded in 1917 to the management of that institution today, what context do you use? What did the words in the document mean in 1923? How might they be interpreted today? That is the problem currently facing Deep Springs College — that tiny university located among the cattle and the alfalfa fields after...
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