Julia E Hubbel
1 min readDec 26, 2021

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There are worse. I claim a title, but I live it: I had fun coming up with the term Horizon Huntress which sounds awfully precious and pretentious unless you happen to be on one of my adventure trips to places like Central Africa, Patagonia, Greenland and the like. Lots and LOTS of people overstate their shit, Peter. Not too many of them can pitch a Nemo tent in 60 mph winds on a high pass in Western Mongolia, which I did. The one thing I never call myself is an expert at any damned thing. I sure as hell hunt horizons though, and write about it, and can prove it. And therein lies the difference. I've got photos, videos and guides who can say I did it, still do it, and am planning more trips to continue doing it. Calling one's self a thought leader on Linked In is like all the men who claim to be athletic and toned, and when this lifelong body builder shows up at coffee to meet them, they have forty pounds of athletic and toned slopping over their belts. This is who we are as a culture. We are so full of shit. So of course, when I show up and I've got cut up guns, they say, shit you look like your photos! Yeah, Sherlock. You don't. Bye now. Society is so full of poseurs. I can't afford to be one. If I'm not trained, in shape and know my shit, I die. Just that simple.

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Julia E Hubbel
Julia E Hubbel

Written by Julia E Hubbel

Stay tuned for some crossposting. Right now you can peruse my writing on Substack at https://toooldforthis.substack.com/ More to come soon.

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