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Rin

@soarandexplore.bsky.social
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Queer, feminist, artist, thru hiker, climber, kayaker, feral human, appreciator of the natural world. On a pale blue dot speeding through the cosmos. I’ve got a whippet and a 3-legged cat. Past: FL, PA, OH, MD, OR Present: AK 🌈 🧗‍♀️🚣‍♂️🌲🐴🌵🍄‍🟫🪐💙

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Rin @soarandexplore.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Vet tech is out. I’m in my guiding era. #alaska #glacierguide #glacier
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Rin @soarandexplore.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
What it’s like having sport dogs #dogs #sportdogs #whippet #lurcher #sighthounds #dogsofbluesky
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Rin @soarandexplore.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Check out these zoomie #dogs ! #whippet #lurcher #sportdogs #snow #alaska #dogsofbluesky
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Rin @soarandexplore.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Trump is a pedophile (this is not new news). Trump should be in prison until he dies there. And so should Musk. And so should Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor And many, many others. Corrupt, powerful garbage. Pedophiles control the world. #epsteinfiles
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Rin @soarandexplore.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Been making a lil protest art. Still sending the White House anti-Trump & anti-ICE postcards whenever I need to blow off steam. #protestart #art #noice #iceout #fdt
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Rin @soarandexplore.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Winter activities. I love Alaska. 💕 #iceskating #winter
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Rin @soarandexplore.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Crazy winter sunset along the Turnagain Arm. #alaska
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Rin @soarandexplore.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Hiking besties 💕 #dogs #sighthounds #whippet #lurcher
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Rin @soarandexplore.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Recent shenanigans: Soar body checks his little sister! 😂 #dogs #whippet #lurcher #pets #snow #winter
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Rin @soarandexplore.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Recent shenanigans - queers on ice #lgbtqia #🏳️‍🌈 #skiing #alaska
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Rin @soarandexplore.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
It has snowed a bit #anchorage
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Rin @soarandexplore.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
This is Boots (Pacific Crest Middle Sister) who is my new sport mix pal. She’s foxhound x Italian greyhound and she’s just over 1yr old. She gets along great with Soar and he’s so happy to have a sister. Boots is enough of a sighthound that she fits my aesthetic haha #sportdog #dog #goodgirl
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Rin @soarandexplore.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
New dog who dis? #sportdog #italiangreyhound #foxhound #sighthound #dog #dogs
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Rin @soarandexplore.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
The rocks are red!
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Rin @soarandexplore.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
I’m on a desert climbing trip for Christmas!!
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Rin @soarandexplore.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
Holy smokes it’s been 3 weeks since my last post on here!?
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Rin @soarandexplore.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
I moved across the street over the past couple of days to a freestanding house (was in a triplex before) and I now have a private fenced yard, a washer/dryer, a bigger kitchen, and basement storage.
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Rin @soarandexplore.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
More bucket list stuff. #alaska
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Rin @soarandexplore.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Hoarfrost. #alaska
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Rin @soarandexplore.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Heyyy the lights are on
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Rin @soarandexplore.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
I know you wanna hear this chorus of wolves. #wolf #wolves #howling #howl #wildlife #animals #alaska
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Rin @soarandexplore.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Sunset at the dog park yesterday. #sunset #alaska #sky #lake #park #frozen
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Rin @soarandexplore.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Me, but in an ice cave. #winter #ice #glacier #snow #cave #alaska
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Rin @soarandexplore.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Looking into the abyss! #glacier #crevasse #alaska #snow #winter
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Rin @soarandexplore.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
My dog wondering why I’m like this. #whippet
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Rin @soarandexplore.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
It’s 35° and snowing right now in Anchorage, I’m going to the grocery store dressed like I am from Portland. I think I look cute! It’s not like I am going to be walking around in snowbanks or anything #Alaska #Oregon
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Rin @soarandexplore.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
9:25am sunrises are still fascinating to my southern-raised brain! It’s only gonna get weirder from here but I kind of love it. Yes I’m taking vitamin D and have bright lights in my house! #alaska
The sun rising over the Chugach mountains in Anchorage, Alaska at 9:40am. A municipal airport and a frosty grass field is in the foreground.
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Rin @soarandexplore.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
My friend is flying in to visit me for the weekend on Friday. The government is still shut down and air traffic controllers received partial paychecks this week. Shit has been bad for a long time but it’s about to get much worse. #FDT
Photo: snowy Alaskan peaks beneath an airplane wing with clear blue skies all the way to the horizon.
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Rin @soarandexplore.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
If I can go full send 5.9 and 5.10 and I haven’t climbed in a year…the climbs are over-rated lol. #rockclimbing #climber #indoorclimbing #climbinggym
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Rin @soarandexplore.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Hey check out this waterfall. #pnw #pnwonderland #waterfall #basalt #oregon
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Rin @soarandexplore.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
I wasn’t sure we were gonna go all the way to Rabbit Lake but we did. It was beautiful. #winterwonderland #winter #snow #mountains #alaska #hike
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Rin @soarandexplore.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
We hiked to some snow yesterday. #whippet #snow #winter #hike #hiker #dog
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
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Rin @soarandexplore.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
I’ve got to work today and can’t go physically but I have small protest signs for my car and house. If you can, get out there and fight fascism!! #nokings #releasetheepsteinfiles #fightfascism
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Rin @soarandexplore.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
This is the lake we hiked to. The edges were slushy, it’ll freeze before too long. #alpinelake #hiddenlake #alaska #hike #chugach #mountains
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Rin @soarandexplore.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Happy as a whippet in the mountains. #whippet #snow #snowday #alaska #mountains #hiking
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Rin @soarandexplore.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Alpine whippet found his favorite thing today: snowwww! #whippet #hiking #hikingwithdogs #dog #alaska
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Rin @soarandexplore.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Met this dude out living his best life today. #moose #alaska #hiking
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Rin @soarandexplore.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
My adult life could have gone very differently. I was not set up for success. I am glad I got to where I am now, sitting in my apartment in Alaska, fully supporting myself and my pets, having experienced a bunch of incredible things that I bravely chose to pursue. #life
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Rin @soarandexplore.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
My coming of age was “best of luck, you’re an adult now, hope you figure it all out!” I did, mostly, but it took a long time and so much struggle. I was so poor and depressed and unable to get it right for so long and felt stupid. It was NOT MY FAULT. #millennial #struggle
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Rin @soarandexplore.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
I didn’t even know how to clean a house. When I was a kid, my parents could only barely keep up with keeping our home clean. I didn’t know how to clean or manage my time to clean my home till my early 30s. It took so long to learn how to hot glue and tape my life into what it is now.
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Rin @soarandexplore.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
I have taught MYSELF all of this stuff. I now have navigated healthcare and advocated for myself. I haven’t overdrawn a bank account in over a decade and I have excellent credit. I am still learning communication and find it challenging to address concerns, but I’m better at it than I was.
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Rin @soarandexplore.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
I did not learn basic communication. I could NOT ask for help until my late 30s. I couldn’t openly discuss problems, concerns, or discomforts. I had no idea how to talk to doctors about BODY FUNCTIONS. Mental health was never discussed, everything seemed so secret. We got a vague sex talk once.
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Rin @soarandexplore.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
My parents taught me about money by saying “we have food at home” or “no we aren’t buying ___ today.” I had no idea why, I didn’t understand budgeting. I thought we were poor, but now I think that my dad was just very careful with money because he did grow up poor. #money #adulting #millennial
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Rin @soarandexplore.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
It took me a long time to learn to be an adult. I didn’t know how bills or interest or investing or retirement worked. I had no clue how to navigate healthcare and mostly didn’t have it before my 30s. I couldn’t balance a checking account and didn’t understand taxes. #life #adulting #milennial
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Rin @soarandexplore.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Sometimes I’m just like “shit I’ve come a long way.”
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Rin @soarandexplore.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
More pics from my career 💕 #vettech #vettechweek #animals #pets
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Rin @soarandexplore.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
It’s Veterinary Technician Week! Thank your favorite vet tech! #vettech #veterinary #vetmed #pet #animal
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Rin @soarandexplore.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
A herd of dall sheep under some mountains. #dallsheep #hike #mountain #hiker #alaska #wildlife
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Rin @soarandexplore.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Jagged peaks softened by mist. #alaska #mountains #mist #fog #peaks #hike #hiker
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