Maine-bred and Alaska-based, Carolyn is an outdoor educator, author, and freelance writer. She enjoys deep meaningful conversations in the mountains, pocket cheese sticks, hare-brained sufferfests, doing anything in costume, and believes true happiness lies at the intersection of serious and silly.
The outdoors are a major focus in Carolyn’s life, and have become a focus in her writing as well. Any weeknight or weekend can find Carolyn ski touring, trail running, mountain biking, climbing, backpacking, camping, or jumping into alpine lakes somewhere in the mountains. In her writing, she uses these experiences in the outdoors to explore greater truths about life and the human experience.
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No hotel? No problem. I’ve perfected the art of traveling on connection, karma, and the occasional borrowed futon.
When writer Carolyn Highland noticed her number of childless friends dwindling, she started to worry—what if not having children meant these relationships were coming to an end?