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Leslie Hsu Oh

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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of a Diné and Tlingit family, she also brings a perspective that's seldom heard — a voice capable of overturning outdated formulas that have long dominated the genre.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.

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

Panorama | Cool Enough

Panorama | Cool Enough

October 30, 2016

Sierra | The Best New Outdoor Gear for Kids

Sierra | The Best New Outdoor Gear for Kids

June 5, 2016

Backpacker | How to Love the Rain

Backpacker | How to Love the Rain

May 1, 2016

Washington Post | W.Va.’s ‘island in the sky’ hosts pristine trails for skiing and snowboarding

Washington Post | W.Va.’s ‘island in the sky’ hosts pristine trails for skiing and snowboarding

March 20, 2016

Military Spouse Book Review | Phenomenal by Leigh Ann Henion

Military Spouse Book Review | Phenomenal by Leigh Ann Henion

March 9, 2016

Parenting Magazine | How to Enjoy a Family Ski Resort without Skiing

Parenting Magazine | How to Enjoy a Family Ski Resort without Skiing

February 23, 2016

Washington Post | Yes, that’s my toddler snowboarding. Extreme sports don’t have to stop when you have kids.

Washington Post | Yes, that’s my toddler snowboarding. Extreme sports don’t have to stop when you have kids.

January 22, 2016

Smithsonian | How Canoes Are Saving Lives and Restoring Spirit

Smithsonian | How Canoes Are Saving Lives and Restoring Spirit

January 6, 2016

Alaska Magazine | The Right Mask

Alaska Magazine | The Right Mask

October 1, 2015

49 Writers | What Every Author Should Know by Deb Vanasse

49 Writers | What Every Author Should Know by Deb Vanasse

June 22, 2015

49 Writers | Still Points North by Leigh Newman

49 Writers | Still Points North by Leigh Newman

April 20, 2015

First Alaskans Magazine | Sit’ Tlein: The Story of Hubbard Glacier’s Spirit and Indigenous Knowledge of Tlingit Seal-Hunting Practices

First Alaskans Magazine | Sit’ Tlein: The Story of Hubbard Glacier’s Spirit and Indigenous Knowledge of Tlingit Seal-Hunting Practices

June 22, 2014

The Military Spouse Book Review | Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey

The Military Spouse Book Review | Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey

May 11, 2014

First Alaskans Magazine | Tilting Point: The Resilience of Arctic Youth

First Alaskans Magazine | Tilting Point: The Resilience of Arctic Youth

April 22, 2014

First Alaskans Magazine | Woosh teen ayxa’a! Daa naaytee! We paddle together, imitating our ancestors

First Alaskans Magazine | Woosh teen ayxa’a! Daa naaytee! We paddle together, imitating our ancestors

April 22, 2014

49 Writers | Dirt Work by Christine Byl

49 Writers | Dirt Work by Christine Byl

April 22, 2013

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