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Patrice La Vigne

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Patrice La Vigne is a freelance writer whose work has been featured in Backpacker, Outside, REI Co-Op Journal, GearJunkie and SNEWS. Although she and her husband, Justin, are self-proclaimed nomads who spend most of their time working on the road, their home base is a dry cabin outside of Denali National Park in Alaska. Patrice has hiked more than 6,000 miles, including the Appalachian Trail, and is close to her goal of visiting all the National Parks and climbing the state high points.

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Between Each Step: A Married Couple's Thru Hike on New Zealand's Te Araroa

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Currently living/working: January has been a mix of work, winter dormancy & play. I actually clocked 35 hours at the library (let me be clear—for the whole month, which prob seems like a joke according to traditional workers). Justin has had lots of things come up for his tourism job in the last week keeping him very busy, such as a completely frozen building that could have been avoided which he

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We Took to the Woods

by Louise Dickinson Rich

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The Hidden Life of Trees: A Graphic Adaptation

by Peter Wohlleben

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