Luna Soley is a student at Bowdoin College. She likes sea kayaking, Steinbeck novels, and second breakfast.
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How a new pair of Limmers taught me a few things about life, death, and the trails we hike in between
I own a men鈥檚 Fitz Roy puffy that doesn鈥檛 really fit and got damaged by hot grease during a campout. Here鈥檚 why it鈥檚 my most treasured clothing possession.
It took me months of cold, scary failure to learn how to roll my boat in the open ocean. The effort taught me that barriers to outdoor proficiency, no matter how daunting, can be overcome if you don鈥檛 give up.
During her college break, the author went all in on solitude鈥攍iving alone on a Down East island and working for one of the area鈥檚 few female skippers. Luna Soley reflects on a time of loneliness, hard work, and natural beauty.