Contributors


Tom Vogt is passionate about the wilderness and environmental science, He also enjoys soccer, cooking, gardening, and reading, and will attend Whitman College next year. Tom is presently interning at the Audubon Society’s Wildlife Care Center.
Katie Rowlett is a sophomore at Greensboro Day School in North Carolina. She loves writing fantasy-fiction and playing violin, and she hopes someday to travel around the world.
Alex Page is a junior at Grady High School in Atlanta, Georgia. His favorite adventure in life was a 100 mile backpacking trip on the Appalachian Trail.
Indigo Grady is a junior at Atkins High School in Winston Salem, NC, and an alum of The Outdoor Academy in North Carolina. His favorite experience was a trekking and sea kayaking trip near Haines, Alaska.
Daniel Silverman is a sophomore at Pacific Crest Community School in Portland, OR. He is an avid photographer and shares his work from last summer’s GOA expedition on the coastal trail from Hoh River to Third Beach.
Caitie Baglien is an incoming freshman at St Mary’s High School in Portland, OR. She has written poetry for many years, with her experiences with nature as a central theme.
Andrew Stellfrug is a student at Youth Employment Institute.  He likes to be out in the wild and experience new things.  One day he hopes to travel around the entire world and hopes that other people can have outdoor experiences like he has.
Julina Brooks, AKA Liyna, is a student at YEI.  Her favorite adventure was her camping trip with her father when she was younger.  She loves to draw Japanese Mange comics, but also likes to write about her adventures in the great outdoors.
John Landretti is a writer whose interests include the literary essay, poetry, and the novel. His work has appeared in a number of literary presses and anthologies. His essays have been featured most regularly in Orion magazine. John currently lives in Minnesota with his wife and two young sons.

Eddie Friedman is a senior at Catlin Gabel School in Portland, OR. He is active in outdoor program outings and an accomplished mountaineer and rock climber.

Sol Milne is a student at Brentwood College School, a boarding school in British Columbia, where he is active in the outdoor program.