Kate Monahan Outdoors

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The Outdoor Industry: Our Watershed Moment

No pain no gain, or so the saying goes. I find myself in the uncomfortable position of needing to continue a conversation for which I have a lot of feelings and few words. I wrote a little bit about this when I hit a personal moment last winter of needing to say something. Now I’ve…

Career Change: Slow Down and S.T.O.P.

We have an acronym in wilderness medicine: S.T.O.P. It stands for stop, think, observe, and plan. Good advice for when you find yourself in the middle of a backcountry crisis. As it turns out, it’s also good advice for unexpected front-country situations. Stuck in an uncomfortable political conversation? S.T.O.P. Flooded basement? S.T.O.P. Bat careening around the…

Tales from the Trail: A Love Letter to my Tent

The history of my relationship with my tent, in five parts: Act I: My Tent and I Meet Location: Ottawa Valley Synopsis: Just like new relationships in an age before Instagram, there are no photos of me meeting my tent for the first time nor of our first outing. At the eleventh hour I decided…