Leslie Hsu Oh, whose work has been named among the distinguished stories of the year by Best American Essays, is a regular Outside contributor. She “is one of the most innovative outdoor writers today. Her prose style has a combination of spare lyricism, perfect rhythm and sensory power that seems almost like magic, bringing her readers fully into the worlds she re-creates,” says former Editor-in-Chief, Katie Ives of Alpinist. Not only does she bring to her stories a degree in biology, ethnobotany, MFA in creative nonfiction and public health from Harvard, but she is also a Schweitzer Fellow for Life. Her award-winning writing and photography appear in Adventure Journal, Alaska Magazine, Condé Nast Traveler, National Geographic, Saveur, Smithsonian, Travel + Leisure, Washington Post, Vogue, among other publications.
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A local mother reflects on the complex rush of emotions following the tragedy that claimed nine lives after California’s deadliest avalanche.
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