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Emily Pennington

Boulder, Los Angeles
As seen in: CNN, CNN International, CNN Underscored, MSN, MSN Canada, The New York Times, Yahoo Life, Business Insider, Terra, The Guardian and
Covers:  Travel, Wellness, Health, Outdoors, Environment, Yoga, Fitness, Climate Change, National Parks, Adventure, Sustainability
Author. Adventurer. Photographer. Words in: @NYTimes + @outsidemagazine + @cntraveler. Visited every national park! For inquiries: BrazenBackpacker@gmail.com
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Emily Pennington’s Biography

Emily Pennington is a freelance writer based in Boulder, CO. She’s written for The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, Outside Magazine, CNN, Lonely Planet, REI, Backpacker Magazine, Mountain Life Magazine, and dozens of websites like Outdoor Project, The Outbound, Territory Supply, and Modern Hiker, to name a few. She also runs a blog and a popular Instagram account under the moniker Brazen Backpacker.

When she’s not hunched over her laptop, you can usually find her sleeping in the dirt all over the Rocky Mountains.

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