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Laura is an adventurous spirit who, over the past few years, has grown from "just" hiking to the point that she now does hiking, BPing, ice climbing, rock climbing, and other related epic adventures, both in summer and winter, both alone and with groups. She used to live in the L.A. area, but a few years ago, moved to Bishop to be closer to our beloved mountains (Bishop is conveniently central to both Yosemite and the Whitney area). As we all are, she is a work in progress, and has moved through various stages and chapters in her life. She continues to grow and learn from everything she does in a way that is not unlike a little kid wanting to take everything in and learn as much as possible. Like others among us on both boards, she also increasingly avoids what we all know as "drama", choosing instead to focus on her goals, her growth as an accomplished mountaineer, and her significant gifts in both writing and photography. She is generous with her time and talents, and many have had the privilege of experiencing her gourmet cooking and hospitality first-hand, both at the Moose Lodge (her apt.) and on the trail. More recently, to make better use of her time, she decided to create her own blog, post her pics and TRs one time there, and then let others know of its existence. Newer members of both boards, however, would not know of the existence of that blog, which is why I have posted a link to her latest post on it here. For myself, I have subscribed to her blog, and so any time she posts something new to it, I get an e-mail with a link to the new post.

Edit: I had not read Bulldog34's excellent post above prior to writing mine. I would echo everything he said. Moosie is, truly, one-of-a kind!


If I'm not mistaken, I think SnowNymph (aka Snowy) was Laura's inspiration for this back when she began doing it. Snowy used to do the same thing, and I remember following her TRs at that time, wishing that I could move back to California and do the same.

CaT