Kate Siber

Kate SiberKate Siber has worked as a pastry cook, a small-time farmer, a ski-rental tech, and a thankless-accounting drone, among other distinctive vocations, but the career she tried on and kept was writing. For the last eight years, Siber, a freelance writer and correspondent for Outside magazine, has traipsed the globe in search of stories, shooting blowguns with Amazonian tribes in Ecuador, tracking rhinos in South Africa, and diving with sharks in Fiji, among other dubious endeavors. Along the way, her work has appeared in Outside, National Geographic Traveler, Budget Travel, The New York Times, The Boston Globe, and other publications. When stationary in Durango, Siber hikes, skis, runs, and backpacks. She is also a small-mammal owner, a pretty good cook, and a terrible (but enthusiastic) gardener.

Mermaid on a Mission

February 22nd, 2012 • BY

Roz Savage was the first woman to row across three oceans—the Indian, Atlantic, and Pacific—but what scares her more than rogue waves and boat-flipping storms is an ever-more-polluted sea. Women’s […]

The Ice Queen Cometh

January 23rd, 2012 • BY

Today, British adventuress Felicity Aston became not only the first woman to ski alone across Antarctica but also the first person to ski alone across the frozen continent by pure […]

The Holy Grail of Happy

January 19th, 2012 • BY

This month, Lonely Planet released a book on a topic we all could use a little more of: happiness. Happy: Secrets in Happiness from the Cultures of the World compiles […]

Art of Gifting: Getting Her Goat

December 14th, 2011 • BY

Contrary to popular belief, there is, in fact, a gift that works for close to all women. It’s called cashmere. Spun from the undercoat of a Kashmir goat, this ultra-soft […]

Art of Gifting: Personal Ornaments

December 12th, 2011 • BY

Think outside the little blue box. Giving jewelry may sound unimaginative but not when it’s a unique outdoor-inspired piece from an intrepid woman artisan, like Tanya G. Burnett, a dive […]