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Best Hikes in Olympic National Park & Outdoor Rock Climbing in Ten Sleep Wyoming

That photo in the header? That's this week's storyteller, Brittany Goris sending Da Illa Pilla, 5.13a. She says "I've dreamed about this route for three years, ever since I ever got on it in 2012 when I was barely sending 5.12a. It's such an incredible feature and hands down the best route I've ever climbed." Scroll down to see more about Brittany.

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Laura Houston's Adventure Story: Master Chi Running Instructor

Laura Houston crossing her log; best hikes in Olympic National Park

Laura is a Chi Running and Walking Instructor, and more recently, a Nutritious Movement™ Certified Restorative Exercise Specialist. She says her passion is helping people feel better in their bodies. She also has a Masters in Immunology! She offers classes and private sessions to help you feel better in your body. Restorative Exercise helps you fill in some of your weak spots with corrective exercises, so you get a stronger more functional body.

Find the Best Hikes in Olympic National Park -
Rialto Beach on the Olympic Peninsula

Part of the Olympic National Park and in Washington State, the Olympic Peninsula is home to snow-capped mountains and old-growth rainforest. You can take part in America's favorite past time--scenic driving-- or you could do something more fun and challenging like....

The Ultra Pedestrian Wilderness Challenge Olympic Route:
​Hike, walk, run 50 miles along the Olympic Coast in a day

Julie Cassatta on the Olympic Coast Ultrapedestrian Wilderness Challenge; discovery the best hikes and runs in Olympic National Park

Ras and Kathy Vaughn devised the Ultrapedestrian Wilderness Challenge, a list of 15 long routes in the backcountry (2017) meant to be explored on foot, independently, and quickly. The second route on the list will take you along the most scenic 50 miles of boulder strewn Olympic Coast in the Olympic National Park. The route takes you along Rialto beach so you can see where the action in Laura's story took place. 

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Brittany Goris's Adventure Story: Outdoor Rock Climbing in Ten Sleep Wyoming

Since her humbling experience in Ten Sleep Wyoming in 2012, Brittany has pursued climbing and has been known to occasionally take up the dirtbag lifestyle. She explores the world through that lens, and she just returned form Slovenia and Italy. 
See below for some of her photos and a video from her Ten Sleep Wyoming climbing experiences and lots more inspiring rock climbing photos from her travels here.

Adventure Quote

From the Electric Kool-Aide Acid Test, which is the official name of the guidebook, to the moose (aka swamp donkeys) that we saw on the daily, to miles and miles of outdoor rock climbing as wild as Wyoming, Ten Sleep has always been a place that captured my heart ever since I first visited in 2012. Being able to go back made it obvious though, that half the magic comes from sharing such a special place with amazing people. From being reunited with old and dear friends, to adventuring with those I've gotten to know more recently, to meeting new people and hearing their stories, our clown show wouldn't have been complete without each and every person that had the masochism to put up with our constant bullshit, trash talk, and vulgar humor. ~ From Brittany's 2015 Facebook page reflection on her most recent climbing trip to Ten Sleep Wyoming

Ali Hancock (left) with Brittany Goris (right) 2012. Both worried about the short rope on their climbing trip to Ten Sleep Wyoming

Pulling the long reach on Dickins Cider, 5.12c, 2015. Ten Sleep Wyoming Outdoor Rock Climbing

Brittany Goris "Getting psyched for the pockety overhang of Bonnie and Clyde, 5.12c" Ten Sleep Wyoming 2016 Outdoor Rock Climbing

Kielbasa 5.12c 2015 Ten Sleep Wyoming Outdoor Rock Climbing

Ready to Ten Sleep?

Here's a list of FAQs about Ten Sleep Wyoming outdoor rock climbing from the Bighorn Climbers Coalition.

Music

c4. Robot Rave.
Dan Ake. Wyoming '79.
​Komiku. Down the River.
Podington Bear. Climbing the Mountain.
Repetophile. A Story About Logs.