Hip Hiker Blog

Wild Wayfinding's fun new venture is the Hip Hiker Blog!

Hip Hiker is dedicated to inspiring people to embrace walking, hiking, backpacking, and spending time in the outdoors as we age. Through engaging storytelling, trip suggestions, gear recommendations, and safety tips, Hip Hiker promotes exploration and adventure while embracing our own limits. With personal insights from hiking with friends and family (and a zirconium hip!), this site aims to create a supportive community for active and meaningful living that gains wisdom from the wilderness.

Plus, special features on Wisdom from the Wilderness, highlighting take-aways from outdoor experiences that can be utilized in your workday.

Featured Posts

Lea's feet wear gray hiking shoes with bright aqua laces standing on cement next to gravel.

Why I like to walk

The best part of my (mostly) daily walks is getting outside. When I go out for a walk I am outside of my small office, which sometimes feels confining, and into a much larger, open expanse. Clouds, a breeze, trees, and sidewalks often feel more welcoming than my desk! Without walls and a roof, my walks themselves become the containers for my experience, finite in time and infinite in possibility. I imagine them like the Mason jars my mom and gramma used to make jam...they get

Oct 27

The Sands of Time

I hiked the dunes in Death Valley in early May—what an amazing place! While I was on the sand, I couldn't help but notice the passage of time as the wind swept up the particles so that footprints faded in minutes. And across the vista was a mountain range that grew over eons, a combination of volcanic and seismic activity. Quick change. Slow change. Both were evident. I know for me and for an awful lot of people I work with in coaching conversations, we prefer the quick c

May 22

Shoulder Season

This is the time of year that those of us in the outdoor industry affectionately call the shoulder season. Usually crowds are less but weather for outdoor adventures is still good—before snowfall in the High Sierra, for example. Unfortunately, I haven’t been able to go out and enjoy the wonders of nature very much lately. For me this has been, and continues to be, the hip season. I got a hip replacement at the end of June. I’m so grateful I finally did that, especially now t

Feb 19