WHERE IN THE WORLD IS SARA?

ADVENTURE LIFESTYLE

10,000 HUMAN-POWERED MILES AND COUNTING…

Mexico, 2023

Welcome and thanks for checking out my website. I’m not sure how you found yourself here but welcome to this little labor of love I call my adventure travel website. But really it’s become much more than that. This is my personal website and platform where I can share my wide and varied passions and experiences with y’all. What once was just a way to share photos with family, has now become a resource that I hope proves useful to you the reader, or even better inspires you. I have built this website to combine my passions of travel, culture, the environment, sustainability, and connection with nature. But if I had to give you an elevator pitch I would say I am a

writer & video blogger focusing on

+Adventure travel

+human-powered travel

+solo female travel

+budget travel

> low-impact sustainable living

> Environmental & Social Justice

Life Philosophy = Lifestyle

“Yet all experience is an arch
wherethrough
Gleams that untraveled world
whose margin fades
Forever and forever when I
move.
How dull it is to pause, to
make an end,
To rust unburnished, not to
shine in use!
As though to breathe were life!”
— Alfred Tennyson

I recently deleted a novella-length story explaining my life philosophy/lifestyle. I felt it was too much and unnecessary. So here’s the cliff notes version.

I view my life as a radical alternative to western society’s traditional lifestyle.

I reject what society deems worthy and successful and have instead decided to forge my own path, which I am making up as I go. I have sacrificed stability and security for a life of uncertainty and risk, which I translate into freedom with a side of fear and overwhelming anxiety.

I am only able to live this life because of my privilege. I am able to make the choice not to work full-time in order to follow my passions because of my privilege. And I hope that with this privilege I can empower other women and inspire others to get outdoors, travel, and establish a relationship with nature, however that may look for them.

I don’t make a lot of money and live extremely frugally. This choice supports my beliefs and values of living lightly on this planet rather than an all-consuming, materialistic lifestyle.

I feel most true to myself when I identify as a struggling writer/artist. I consider myself an idea generator and visionary who has many passions and my hands in many different pots.

I am a work in progress.

herstory

Education: The University of Alabama-International Management, Environmental Studies, Italian (NCAA Division I Women’s Rowing Team); Northern Arizona University -Master of Arts in Sustainable Communities (Thesis- Relationship with Nature and Environmental Behavior: A Case Study of Arizona National Scenic Trail Thru-Hikers)

6000+ miles hiked

2500+ miles rowed

1500+ miles biked

Seasonal Work: Cedar Point; Bear Viewing Company in Alaska (2010-2013); Ski Resorts in Oregon, Arizona, and Colorado; graduate assistant; Earthship Biotecture Intern & Volunteer; Appalachian Trail Ridgerunner (2016 & 2021, 2022); Forest Service visitor information assistant (Red Card certified, Fire Lookout sub); Production Assistant for ESPN at the US Open in NYC (2018, 2019, 2021-2023); Census Enumerator; and so much more!

Countries Visited: 23

Although most of my trips and adventures are taken solo I always have the support from my family for which I am eternally grateful. I come from a family of professional photographers which has definitely shaped how I’ve gone about documenting my life.

I am in the process of writing a book of short stories that highlight the random experiences I have accumulated over the years. I have also published articles about adventures on theTrek.co., in the Alabama Living magazine (portfolio & press page), as well as audio recorded pieces that have been aired on my local NPR station. In 2023 I was a guest on Backpacker Radio podcast which can be found here.

future

Just as I tell everyone I become friends with, my ultimate goal in life is to live an environmentally low-impact, intentional lifestyle growing my own food and building an off-grid home. I hope to also continue traveling around the world meeting people and learning about other cultures, challenging myself both physically and mentally, helping others, giving more than I receive, and practicing gratitude.

always,

-TIDE WALKER

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