Alison Hudson is a freelance writer, filmmaker, and field instructor at the National Outdoor Leadership School, who splits her time between the backcountry and the frontcountry. Her writing has appeared on The Clymb and Outdoor Nation and her documentary short about Nepal’s high altitude workers was selected for the 2015 Maine Outdoor Film Festival.
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