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From Zion To Cryin’

July 8, 2014 · by Shawnte Salabert · in desert, outdoors, travel

On Thursday, November 28, 2013, I rose at a very stupid time and drove from Los Angeles to Zion National Park, which took me six and a half blissfully easy hours. After several days spent frolicking amongst the various displays…

AFRICA, PT. 4 – Tales of Gastrointestinal Fortitude and Lady Warriors

AFRICA, PT. 4 – Tales of Gastrointestinal Fortitude and Lady Warriors

May 14, 2014 · by Shawnte Salabert · in Africa, Kilimanjaro, mountains, travel

“Are you rich?” This question came up amazingly often during my first week in Tanzania, and I always answered with momentary silence followed by a stupid, awkward laugh. I reflected on this as I spent a good chunk of one…

AFRICA, PT. 3 – Just Call Me Serengeti Jones

AFRICA, PT. 3 – Just Call Me Serengeti Jones

December 7, 2013 · by Shawnte Salabert · in Africa, outdoors, travel

My first morning in Africa sounded like monkeys and prayer. The former thumped above my head in a seemingly never-ending rooftop play session, the latter was a haunting murmur of joined voices carried from who-knows-where direct to my curious eardrums….

AFRICA, PT. 2 – Takeoff

AFRICA, PT. 2 – Takeoff

October 16, 2013 · by Shawnte Salabert · in Kilimanjaro, travel

I forced myself to sleep during the flight from Portland to Amsterdam despite it being the middle of the day, and when I deplaned into an early-morning sea of guttural Dutch voices, it felt surreal. I rubbed my eyes and…

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Shawnté Salabert writes about land and people, and the intersection of the two.

Her book Hiking the Pacific Crest Trail: Southern California is out November 2017 via Mountaineers Books.

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