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Leslie Hsu Oh

Travel Writer | Photographer | Editor | seen in T+L, NatGeo, CNT,Outside, Parents, Smithsonian

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"Leslie Hsu Oh is one of the most innovative outdoor writers today. Her prose style has a combination of spare lyricism, perfect rhythm and sensory power that seems almost like magic, bringing her readers fully into the worlds she re-creates. As a mother who goes on backcountry expeditions with her young children, and an adopted daughter of a Diné and Tlingit family, she also brings a perspective that's seldom heard — a voice capable of overturning outdated formulas that have long dominated the genre. She is part of a generation of writers who are redefining what it means to write about nature and adventure and to seek a more inclusive sense of place in the wild and the world." ~Katie Ives | Alpinist Magazine, Editor-in-Chief

"Leslie, I just want to say that I read your piece in Outside on your incredible anniversary hike through Chilkoot Pass today, and was in tears. Not just for the struggles that you and Thomas overcame, but for the insightful, personal and emotional journey that shared, and what you'd dealt with leading up to the trip also. I want to tell you that I really appreciated the piece, your strength and openness as a human and a wife/mother/woman/adventurer/perseverer is apparent and so inspiring. Really amazing stuff, and I hope to read more of your work soon."
~Jess Smith | VP of OutsidePR

Leslie Hsu Oh is an author, photographer, editor and founder of an award-winning nonprofit. Through the lens of conservation & wildlife, culinary, culture, gear, family travel, health & wellness, indigenous knowledge, outdoor adventures, sustainability, watersports and wintersports, she hopes to make a difference in this world.

By the age of twenty, she had white water rafted, spelunked, hiked, and ridden on horseback through nearly all the national parks in the United States and Canada when both her birth mother and eighteen-year-old brother die from hepatitis B. She is currently writing a memoir about the years that followed their death and how she turned to the natural world and the indigenous people most intimate to these places for answers.

She rappelled down a waterfall in Maui, photographed whales from a helicopter (and flown one), kayaked in Puerto Rico’s bio bay, fly fished beneath a waterfall in the highlands of Iceland, paraglided off a cliff in the Alps, ice climbed a glacier in Alaska, jumped out of an airplane in sight of Half Dome in Yosemite National Park and was invited by Elders to ceremonies or sacred landscapes that are not open to outsiders. Leslie has degrees in biology, ethnobotany, MFA in creative writing and public health from Harvard. Her work (photographs and words) appears in Alaska Magazine, Alpinist, Backpacker Magazine, Conde Nast Traveler, Fourth Genre, Huffington Post, National Geographic, Outside Magazine, Parenting Magazine, Real Simple, Saveur, Smithsonian Magazine, Sierra Magazine, Travel + Leisure, Vogue, Washington Post.

Leslie is a Champion of Change for the White House in Asian American and Pacific Islander Storytelling and Art, a Schweitzer Fellow for Life. Her work has been named among the distinguished stories of the year by Best American Essays. In four consecutive years, she won 7 gold medals, silvers in North American Travel Journalist Association's Travel Media Competition and two bronze medals (one in Society of American Travel Writer Foundation's  Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Award. Read more about Leslie here.

Real Simple | The 8 Genius Hacks You Need to Know Before Visiting Harry Potter World

Real Simple | The 8 Genius Hacks You Need to Know Before Visiting Harry Potter World

April 14, 2018

Outside | Snowboarding Gear That’s Actually Designed for Women

Outside | Snowboarding Gear That’s Actually Designed for Women

March 28, 2018

Sierra Magazine | A Guilt-Free Day on the Slopes

Sierra Magazine | A Guilt-Free Day on the Slopes

January 27, 2018

Backpacker | 4 More Nutrition Myths That No Hiker Should Believe

Backpacker | 4 More Nutrition Myths That No Hiker Should Believe

January 14, 2018

Misadventures | Leslie Hsu Oh, a Force of Nature

Misadventures | Leslie Hsu Oh, a Force of Nature

December 11, 2017

49 Writers | Wisdomkeeper by Ilarion Merculieff

49 Writers | Wisdomkeeper by Ilarion Merculieff

November 27, 2017

Backpacker | The Best Gift for Hikers of 2017

Backpacker | The Best Gift for Hikers of 2017

November 20, 2017

MIC | Iceland is one of the healthiest countries in the world — and the secret lies in its cuisine

MIC | Iceland is one of the healthiest countries in the world — and the secret lies in its cuisine

October 20, 2017

Huffington Post | What You Need to Know About hepatitis B

Huffington Post | What You Need to Know About hepatitis B

October 15, 2017

Panorama | Snags

Panorama | Snags

October 15, 2017

Conde Nast Traveler | Why Adventure Travel is for the Whole Family

Conde Nast Traveler | Why Adventure Travel is for the Whole Family

September 28, 2017

Outside | The Couple in Trouble

Outside | The Couple in Trouble

September 26, 2017

Travel + Leisure | Whistler

Travel + Leisure | Whistler

July 11, 2017

Backpacker | 5 Nutrition Myths That No Hiker Should Believe

Backpacker | 5 Nutrition Myths That No Hiker Should Believe

July 7, 2017

Sierra | Eat, Sleep, and Play: A Recipe for a Happy, Outdoorsy Dad

Sierra | Eat, Sleep, and Play: A Recipe for a Happy, Outdoorsy Dad

June 18, 2017

Backpacker | Rules, Shmoolz

Backpacker | Rules, Shmoolz

June 1, 2017

Alpinist | K’e yil yal tx’i: Saying Something

Alpinist | K’e yil yal tx’i: Saying Something

June 1, 2017

Sierra | Gear for Adventurous Families

Sierra | Gear for Adventurous Families

May 14, 2017

Travel + Leisure | 19 Products That Will Make Traveling With Kids Easier

Travel + Leisure | 19 Products That Will Make Traveling With Kids Easier

April 16, 2017

Backpacker  | What are the Best Snacks for Backcountry Skiing and Riding?

Backpacker | What are the Best Snacks for Backcountry Skiing and Riding?

March 28, 2017

Storia | Why Train at Blue Mountain Resort?

Storia | Why Train at Blue Mountain Resort?

February 12, 2017

Washington Post | I tried the Chinese practice of ‘sitting the month’ after childbirth

Washington Post | I tried the Chinese practice of ‘sitting the month’ after childbirth

January 8, 2017

Washington Post | In Pennsylvania, a tubing and snowboarding destination for families

Washington Post | In Pennsylvania, a tubing and snowboarding destination for families

December 16, 2016

Backpacker | 2016 Holiday Gift Guide

Backpacker | 2016 Holiday Gift Guide

November 23, 2016

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