Author Archives: scottytang

Don’t Forget About the Blackberries

Posted on August 22, 2024 by scottytang

We live in a world where it becomes increasingly difficult to get along with people. Social media has given us the means to share our thoughts and opinions like never before, which creates a whole slew of arguments and debates … Continue reading →

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Almost Didn’t Make It Out

Posted on July 5, 2024 by scottytang

I did a backpacking trip recently from the Eagle Lake OHV area up to Old Man Mountain, which is the mountain that looks like a shark fin when you first come up over Donner Pass on I-80 going East. The … Continue reading →

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When Things Go Wrong

Posted on June 20, 2023 by scottytang

I do a lot of backpacking trips by myself, and when I talk about this with people, they often look at me like I am crazy. Then in one way or another ask me what I am going to do … Continue reading →

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Take Care

Posted on June 7, 2023 by scottytang

Living life with a stutter, there are certain things that people like me just have to get used to. Once I begin stuttering in a conversation, usually with people I am talking to for the first time, it is not … Continue reading →

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Peace

Posted on May 1, 2023 by scottytang

I recently went backpacking in Humboldt County, sleeping on the beach in some of the most beautiful and remote places along the Northern California coast. Lots of tall rock, lush green cliffs along the beaches that are incredible. One problem … Continue reading →

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Where Does My Worth Come From

Posted on December 11, 2022 by scottytang

Where does our sense of worth come from? For me, which can’t be healthy, has often come from the things I create. For a large part of my life it was making skateboard videos, now it is landscape photography, writing … Continue reading →

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Storms… They Pass

Posted on August 21, 2022 by scottytang

I recently spent a couple days backpacking in the mountains, and something that’s always in the back of my mind every time I decide to do this is, “what if I get stormed on?” This particular time, it’s getting late … Continue reading →

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That Old Familiar Tune

Posted on August 10, 2022 by scottytang

Grief often feels like a broken record. The same song plays over and over again, and it’s not just any song. It’s a song that evokes feelings and past hurts that I thought I buried and had moved past, but … Continue reading →

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It Will Be Ok

Posted on August 3, 2022 by scottytang

There is something about being in the mountains that brings some kind of clarity. On July 4th, just a couple weeks ago, I had to work in the morning till about 2 or 3, and all day at the coffee … Continue reading →

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Irony in the Wilderness

Posted on July 31, 2022 by scottytang

I think all of us wrestle with feeling like we have a lack of people around us. Whether that be family, friends, community, etc. Most of us, if not all struggle with feeling alone in the world without a solid … Continue reading →

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