Cancer and Mining Suck

Cancer can suck the joy and the energy right out of you (my mom won’t let me open with “Cancer Sucks”). It’s as simple as that. That’s why when I was diagnosed with leukemia, I decided to use it to do something good. I had known for some time that my favorite place in...

Wilderness Medicine

A year ago, almost exactly, I was diagnosed with Leukemia. Officially, my medical record reads, “High Risk Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia.” What it means, though, is that for the last year I’ve been effectively grounded, unable to travel or do any of the things I love...