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GCR2R ‘24 •JMT ‘25 • OTrek ‘26

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Mt. Shasta with my main girlll @gabbyballin. Mobbed up from SoCal, linked up with our girl Rachel, and rented boots for our first mountaineering attempt ever. Shout out to doing new things outside your comfort zone.

Plan A was Avalanche Gulch, but our guides pivoted to the West Face at the last minute after hearing about heavy rockfall. Got within 1000ft of the summit, insane views. The glissading down was easily the highlight of the whole trip, endless giggles and adrenaline even though we look like we are going hella slow 🤣

This mountain isn’t done with us though, round two is already in the works. 🔁⛰️

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O Trek on film. In typical film fashion, arriving hella late (Feb26). Going on trail is a type of love language.

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No place I’d rather be than celebrating these two ( @hey__dre__ @jeepcherokeebone ), surrounded by the most goated people I know 🤍 Still not over this day 🍸

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June was an 11/10 ✌🏻

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Oh me oh my! What a bachelorette trip for the sweetest most precious soul @hey__dre__ ! So many endless laughs, giggles and exploration. What a way to experience NOLA. (Hello this is mark with AT&T, voo doo séance rooms, trying to spell “tidied”, triple double shot scams, mice at 5am, obligatory witch casting in bathrooms, photo bombs, bubbles dancing, bourbon street marching, deep girl talks that fill your cup, plantations, gator tours, beignets, emergency poncho runs with Naif, stranger polaroids, “say it to my face” wig man, mandatory pizza runs, big bertha, Kyle sticking Gabby’s pose and so so much more). 😂Memories that will last a lifetime. Love you Drea and can’t wait for your special day with our boy @jeepcherokeebone ❤️💃🏼🪩

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Celebrating my favorite Chico Latina ✨ @hey__dre__

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“Was (s)he not also a mere seeker, plagued by thirst?” - Siddhartha Hermann Hesse

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Popping out over John Garner Pass, the highest point of the O Circuit, Grey Glacier was there whispering a silent hello. I’m especially fond of the first photo, it captures the scale best, with the boat + people in the bottom left showing just how massive the glacier is…by golly!

While hiking alongside this behemoth, we witnessed the natural process of calving. Not rare, but I still felt like a lucky duck. Last pic thrown in just for funsies!

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I’m going to cherish this photo, this version of me, exactly as I am in this moment, when I’m an old potato chip lady someday.

Like I told a friend recently, I’m just leaning into the joy of this chapter: doing my own thang, no obligations, and fully embracing my 30 year old bingo card, doing thangs with people who feel that same spark to be outside too. Shout out 📸 @babakghadaksaz on that first pic! Absolute legend capturing the girls EP cover art. Some banger photos from the camera roll coming in hot ☺️ The last pic sends me! @gabbyballin

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The last day of the O trek we were graced with a small but ideal pocket of weather that allowed us to see the most iconic view point of this hike at sunrise 😅 I was concerned our chances were slim (laying in my tent at 9pm the night before) given the forecast but the pocket was there and my heart will FOREVER be thankful. With a 3am departure time and arrival at 6:50am just before the sun peaked out, it is simple to say I couldn’t think of a place I would have rather been in that moment. As we like to say, collecting that killer mom lore 🫶⛰️ Remember there is so much beauty to see amidst the chaos.

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Beautiful moments with Mirador Serrano and Cerro Balmaceda glacier (launch point out of Puerto Natales) 🥃 Sometimes the last minute spontaneous trip add-ons end up being the sweetest of highlights 😄 Also this was my first time being so close to any type of glacier this magnitude (Grey Glacier to soon 10x surpass this in the coming days). I think the only other time I can recall was hiking the North Circle Loop in Glacier National Park and it was miles away. Not this time…what a beautiful world.

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Cerro Manquehue peak in Santiago Chile 🇨🇱 A 6am wake up call and a steep walk with Marcelo. These are a few of my favorite things. By the time we were hiking down it was muy caliente, just like the view 😉🔥

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