Dakota Kim is a writer living in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains. She previously worked at Sunset and Edible San Luis Obispo, and owned a restaurant. She is the daughter of Korean American immigrants who taught her that every good hike should be punctuated by a meal of kimbap at the summit. She enjoys hiking, climbing, foraging and teaching her son about edible weeds. REI Member since 2021.
Even during Antarctica’s warmest months, the temperature on Mount Vinson Massif plummets to -40°F, a cold made worse by katabatic winds exceeding 40 miles per h...