A statement of purpose...

I'm modeling this blog after one created by a friend of mine (click here to go to Ken's blog) as a way of sharing my adventures, photos, gear reviews, and random musings with friends, family, and passerby. As a lifetime wildlife biologist in training (entering my junior year of undergrad at Lawrence University), I take summer field jobs wherever the wind may blow. My nomadic lifestyle has allowed me to explore many different places, meet a plethora of amazing people, wander through a diverse flora, work with an amazing array of fauna, and try out a bunch of different pieces of gear and equipment. I only hope that sharing my stories, photos, and reviews will allow others to enjoy and learn about our world vicariously from the comfort and safety of their desk chairs. So sit back and relax with a Nalgene of water and your hiking companion (two-legged or otherwise), and let me crash through the catclaw acacia, face off with rattlesnakes, and portage a canoe through a mile of mosquitoes. It's my pleasure...really.