Jayme Moye

Adventure journalist Jayme Moye writes about travel, mountain sports and culture, and pushing the limits of human potential. She is the 2019 recipient of the Keith Bellows Award for Excellence in Travel Journalism, and the first woman to achieve the North American Travel Journalists Association’s annual Grand Prize in travel writing more than once. She is a co-author with Hans Florine of On the Nose: A Lifelong Obsession with Yosemite’s Most Iconic Climb, a 2017 Best Book Award Finalist. Follow her adventures here.

COVID Cuts Ski Season Short at Whistler, Revelstoke, and Big White

British Columbia is in the midst of a major surge in coronavirus cases, forcing resorts to shutter early

Jayme Moye

Apr 2, 2021

One of the First Women on Mount Everest Finally Tells Her Story

In 1986, Sharon Wood became the first North American woman to climb the world's tallest peak. Now she's opening up about her experience—on and off the mountain.

Jayme Moye

Oct 11, 2019

They ascended 20,310-foot Denali from the north side. Then they skied off the summit.

Salt Lake City to the Summit of Denali, Without a Motor

Here's what it takes to get yourself on top of Denali, from Salt Lake City, without a single motor

Jayme Moye

Jul 22, 2019

Whether swabbing or stabbing, serving as lab rats on Everest was a new experience for Matt Moniz and Willie Benegas.

Climbing Everest Could Alter Your DNA

Exposure to extreme environments can change our DNA. Everest climbers—and their twins—are the perfect study subjects.

Jayme Moye

Aug 23, 2018

Here are some of her best practices for how to take any kind of dog (including your own local shelter dogs) into the wilderness.

How to Take Any Dog on an Adventure

Even if you don’t own a dog! (Yes, this is possible.)

Jayme Moye

Jun 27, 2018

Stop Romanticizing Native Culture (It's Stealing)

The founder of Native Women's Wilderness talks about how she developed her organization and how far we still have to go

Jayme Moye

May 31, 2018

In a departure from typical climbing narratives, Redford doesn’t write about her greatest accomplishments on the rock.

A Climbing Memoir Without the Happy Ending

Jan Redford's 'End of the Rope' doesn't shy away from the author's climbing, relationship, and career pains—which makes it a refreshing new contribution to the canon

Jayme Moye

May 8, 2018

Some beginners prefer bouldering, which doesn't require as much gear and avoids 100-foot heights. Here, a climber boulders in California's Joshua Tree National Park.

Everything You Need to Know to Start Rock Climbing

How to prepare physically and mentally before tackling your first wall

Jayme Moye

Jun 9, 2017

Surfing in Morocco

Jayme Moye

Sep 14, 2012

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