

Naked Hikers, Kerosene Creek, Rotorua New Zealand
I have to be strong. I have to be strong for [insert the name of someone you love] while they are hurting. I can not cry or show my...


Tad
Lessons in the Lines of Sad Songs You didn't realize the way you would live on in us An empty space at the altar Occupied by all our...


Naked Hiker Great Sand Dune National Park, Co
Too Loud. Too Quiet. Too Blunt. Too Passive. Too Emotional. Too Numb. Too Optimistic. Too Negative. I talk too much. I feel too much. I...


Naked Hiker Kai Iwi Lakes, New Zealand
I couldn't figure out why I was so annoyed at the cloudless sky last night. Then I realized it has been a year since that night. The one...


Reason 26
We started at an ancient movie theater that still played film reels and wreaked of fake butter and sticky soda soaked carpet. We started...


Naked Hiker Rocky Mountains National Park, CO
"Headed, I fear, toward a most useless of place, the waiting place. For people just waiting. [...] Everyone is just waiting. No! That's...


Naked Hiker Canyonlands National Park, Utah
Emergency code activated: Name: Kelly Hennessy Location: O'Connell's Pub, Huntington Beach Will disarm upon safe arrival home. Today's...


Naked Hiker Angle's Landing, Zion National Park, Utah
This was the first Naked Hiker photo during my half-cross-country move to Denver for Grad school. I remember feeling elated like I was...


Reason 23
We live in a culture that shames normal and glorifies this photoshopped unattainable image. It impossible to avoid all the adds. Why is...


Reason 22
As soon as I graduated High school, I packed my shit and moved in with my Aunt. Partly, because she was lonely after losing her husband....


Naked Hiker Salt Wash, Utah
I've only seen my dad cry three times. The first time was when he had to put Sonja (Our 19-year-old shepherd mutt, His first daughter) to...


Naked Hiker Three Sisters Falls, Descanso, CA
Recently, a friend told me they did not understand how I could be so bored all the time. However, what I have been experiencing is far...


Naked Hiker Polaroid North of Big Sur
I caught myself thinking about the massive crush I had on my best friend in high school. They say girls never get friend zoned but I was...


Naked Hiker Heart Lake
Self-love is so important because no one else is ever going to love you perfectly. Not even yourself. I have a group of best friends. Not...


Reason 21
Looking back, I can't actually pinpoint how we met. It was probably during USC's "O Week". Of all the friends I have met while studying...