Olivia Dwyer is a freelance writer based in New York’s Adirondack Mountains. She’s formerly an editor at Mountainmagazine and once co-piloted a 1982 Volkswagen Vanagon from Colorado to Panama. REI member since 2012.
A version of this story appeared in the fall 2019 issue of Uncommon Path.
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