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How To Stay Warm (When Freezing Climates Are Not Your Thing)

Posted on November 6, 2021 by Kym Zest

Some people do well in the cold. I am not one of them. Being even a little bit cold makes me crabby. I am prone to all sorts of cold injuries, including being pre-hypothermic a handful of times. Some people … Continue reading →

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Post Adventure Blues? 10 Questions to Help you Reflect and Plan

Posted on November 2, 2021 by Kym Zest

This was written for and published by Garage Grown Gear! Check them out! It’s done. The BIG ADVENTURE you planned and planned and trained and prepped for. It dominated your life, it defined you, it absorbed all conversation. It’s over.  … Continue reading →

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Pick One: Fast, Easy, or Cheap

Posted on January 1, 2021 by Kym Zest

Do you have a big goal in mind?   You’re really fortunate if you can say: ✅ I’m able to be patient and work up to it as gradually as my body needs.✅ I’m ready to commit effort and time to … Continue reading →

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Successful loop!

Posted on March 10, 2019 by Kym Zest

Winter camping doesn’t need to be ambitious to be adventurous. Our trips are all 3 to 4 nights and are never very far from civilization. Yet we’ve had seven memorable years of winter shenanigans. In all these previous years we … Continue reading →

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Identities – Part Two

Posted on October 29, 2017 by Kym Zest

I am half Chinese and half Danish/Scandinavian.   Most of my life I have considered myself to be just 100% Minnesotan.  It was easier to focus on the white part of my heritage and to be “colorblind” even to myself. … Continue reading →

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Identities – Part One

Posted on October 22, 2017 by Kym Zest

In this last year there are two identities that I’ve learned to claim.   Biker, and Woman of Color. I don’t just bike.  I am a Biker.  It doesn’t matter what kind of bike, or how fast I am, or … Continue reading →

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A different progress report.

Posted on February 26, 2017 by Kym Zest

Public accountability.  It can be a wonderful thing. Sometimes we hope and wish no one is watching us.  Other times, such as blogging, even if no one is watching we hope an imagine people are.   So I share my … Continue reading →

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5 Reflections. No Resolutions.

Posted on January 1, 2017 by Kym Zest

I don’t do New Years resolutions.  Resolutions are just decisions that move you towards your goals.  But every decision affects my future.  And my goals are infinite; from the mundane and immediate to the eccentric and expansive. Heck, I put … Continue reading →

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Daring Steps and Leaps

Posted on December 4, 2016 by Kym Zest

One step leads to the next.  Usually when we reach for a step we know where our foot will land.  I feel like I’m walking out into a thick fog – I can’t quite see where I’m going but it feels … Continue reading →

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Denial felt better.

Posted on April 26, 2016 by Kym Zest

It’s been ten weeks since I shared my big boring goal.  Time for an update AKA voluntary public shaming.   Budgeting is to security as training is to racing.  Some people like the training even without the motivation of a … Continue reading →

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