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Circumnavigation by Sea: An Examination From All Sides
Happily enjoying the sunset at the completion of my goal aka slackrafting. Want to automagically receive future blog posts? Sign up for my newsletter here . Yesterday, as I write this, I accomplished my primary adventure goal in Malta – I completed my 30-mile packraft circumnavigation of the island of Gozo. In describing one of the legs of the journey to a friend recently, she reflected that she admires my ability to do that sort of thing; the planning, the route finding, the
Julia Yanker
Mar 289 min read


Greetings from Malta
Want to automagically receive future blog posts? Sign up for my newsletter here . Greetings from Malta, where I will be living for the next two months. Many of you are newly subscribed to my blog because of this recent adventure I’ve launched on. Some of you are long time subscribers to my heretofore neglected blog/newsletter. And while I will not promise a cadence in which I’ll write (hint: it'll be whenever the urge strikes me), you’ll be hearing from me more often. Why a
Julia Yanker
Mar 106 min read


The Matrix of Support
As this typical Montana spring storm rages outside my window, pelting the ground with pellets of ice that have now turned to snow, the...
Julia Yanker
Apr 19, 20245 min read
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