• Hollie Ernest

    Hollie is a botanist, forester, cyclist and swimmer, currently traveling around the world by bicycle. Her other essays have appeared in North Coast Journal, Humboldt Insider, Adventure Cyclist online, Cleveland Review of Books, and Redwoods magazine. To get in touch about anything at all, you can find her on Instagram @hollie_holly.

Ever wonder what it is like to ride around the world? Hollie Ernest has been chronicling her journey for Adventure Cyclist since 2024. In this edition of her column from the magazine’s Fall 2025 issue, she and her husband Tom have finally made it Spain … just in time for summer.
Oct 23rd, 2025
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Climate change is increasing North America’s dramatic wildfires each year, with apocalyptic smoke-darkened skies and scorched landscapes. In 2021, smoke from California wildfires reached as far as New York City, ...
Aug 29th, 2024
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This is a ride report for the Short Route: Eureka, CA: Redwood Coast Loop while the author and her husband were developing the route. Sweat dripped down my nose and ...
Jul 2nd, 2024
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When people ask me about cycling gear, I generally say that if I’m not thinking about it (brake levers, sleeping pad, etc.), then it’s working perfectly. I used to ride ...
Jun 2nd, 2023
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Staring at the red dirt road stretching to the east, I suddenly realized the vast possibilities of traveling from one town to another off-road. It sank in, like scant rain ...
Feb 22nd, 2023
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My boss’s thick white mustache twitched nervously under fluorescent lights in the tiny office. Outside, the stars still shone bright in a navy blue sky of frozen predawn. I told ...
Jan 16th, 2023
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Twelve years ago, I worked in a bike shop with all men and raced mountain bikes on a team with only three other females. My fellow women racers were wonderful ...
Dec 13th, 2022
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