For the past five months, Tony and I have been living out of a Nissan Pathfinder. We traveled down the West Coast from Canada to Mexico passing through Squamish, Smithrock, Lover's Leap, Bishop, Red Rocks, Sedona, and El Potrero Chico. It took getting used to fitting my life into a car but it felt great to only have the essentials. We even picked up a pup in Los Angeles whom has many fans at the crags.

All photos of me by Tony Archie Kim

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Squamish sunset in September

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Phantasmagoria at Smithrock, OR

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Heavenly Path in Bishop, CA

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Super easy but beautiful climb!

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November 1st, we went the to the West Valley Animal Shelter in LA and found Hippo the vicious killing machine

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Trying the moves on the Iron Man Traverse

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The Pit Campground, Bishop

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Sunset at Alabama Hills

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Sedona morning

Me and my little 1995 Honda Odyssey went around the South Island for a month and a half. We saw glaciers, fjords, blue penguins, baby seals, lots of sheep, and fat cats.  I haven't traveled solo for sometime before New Zealand, so living out of the van by myself brought a real sense of freedom. It was a nice feeling to be able to go anywhere anytime and have everything you needed with you at all times.

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The valley walk at Franz Joseph Glacier

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The overcast day made the colors pop out so much more.

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My car at camp before heading to Milford Sound

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Wye Creek on the way to climbing with some friends I met at Thakhek, Laos

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Farewell Point with my friend Alan on our rest day from climbing at Takaka

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View from the Hooker Valley Hike at Mt. Cook

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Bonfire and drinks with other campers at Purakaunui Bay

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Driving on the leftside and eating leftovers.