Outdoors

John Williams is an avid lover of Cascadian wilderness. He has extensive hiking experience including all of Oregon's section of the Pacific Crest Trail. John is currently studying Recreation Resource Management at Oregon State University.

John Williams is an avid lover of Cascadian wilderness. He has extensive hiking experience including all of Oregon's section of the Pacific Crest Trail. John is currently studying Recreation Resource Management at Oregon State University.

John Williams is an avid lover of Cascadian wilderness. He has extensive hiking experience including all of Oregon's section of the Pacific Crest Trail. John is currently studying Recreation Resource Management at Oregon State University.

Dante Zúñiga-West is an Afro-Latino writer and outdoorsman known to some as “The Backwoods Blaxican.” He grew up in the suburbs of Los Angeles and now makes his home in Oregon. His fiction has been published in various literary journals. His novel Rumble Young Man Rumble is awaiting publication in 2014, on Black Coffee Press.

Dante Zúñiga-West is an Afro-Latino writer and outdoorsman known to some as “The Backwoods Blaxican.” He grew up in the suburbs of Los Angeles and now makes his home in Oregon. His fiction has been published in various literary journals. His novel Rumble Young Man Rumble is awaiting publication in 2014, on Black Coffee Press.

Patrick Newson writes freelance for the Eugene Weekly, he spends his nights bleeding ink and his days sweating wine.

Stacey M. Hollis is a graduate student in the UO journalism program and an intern with Eugene Weekly. Her work can be found at www.staceymhollis.com

Andy Valentine is Calendar Assistant, staff writer, and office magician of Eugene Weekly. He is also a student and a musician.

Aaron J. Nicholson of Eugene is working on promoting his recently published backpacking book, The State of Determination, which includes the self-contained, solo 460-mile Pacific Crest Trail trek he wrote about last fall for EW. His book website is aaronjnicholson.com