<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<urlset xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9" xmlns:image="http://www.google.com/schemas/sitemap-image/1.1" xmlns:xhtml="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.kickstepapproaches.com/stories</loc>
    <changefreq>daily</changefreq>
    <priority>0.75</priority>
    <lastmod>2021-07-23</lastmod>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.kickstepapproaches.com/stories/pika-exit-ii</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2021-07-26</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4df65aebbf9e634bdc5c19/1627028467744-KFH76YPULTMDU9FMAJWA/IMG_8963.jpeg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Stories - The Rest of the Story: Pika Exit II - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>The toe of the Kanikula Glacier.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4df65aebbf9e634bdc5c19/1627028621875-95TIMNTNUEKXIA3O2Z8T/IMG_8985.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Stories - The Rest of the Story: Pika Exit II - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4df65aebbf9e634bdc5c19/1627026559294-XPYDHC2AODSK6U4ZOPBH/IMG_8934.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Stories - The Rest of the Story: Pika Exit II - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Off the glacier and on the tundra! Looking at our day’s route down the Granite Glacier, Triple Crown Pass out of sight to the right, Exit Pass visible in the center/left.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4df65aebbf9e634bdc5c19/1627026896528-SKAHTLHDPD25Q0J5ELCH/IMG_8929.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Stories - The Rest of the Story: Pika Exit II - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>The terminal moraine of the Granite.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4df65aebbf9e634bdc5c19/1627027067628-PTS981WG2Y9Z5DHS0QRS/IMG_8935.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Stories - The Rest of the Story: Pika Exit II - Wildhorse Pass, looking ominous</image:title>
      <image:caption />
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4df65aebbf9e634bdc5c19/1627027071355-D0LNM0LALNSHZZ37ADEG/IMG_8937.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Stories - The Rest of the Story: Pika Exit II - Our alternate pass - just left of the saddle at right</image:title>
      <image:caption />
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4df65aebbf9e634bdc5c19/1627027097246-WG6Q1RO3SL59S5S40KXI/IMG_8939.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Stories - The Rest of the Story: Pika Exit II - Crampon kickstep</image:title>
      <image:caption />
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4df65aebbf9e634bdc5c19/1627027093978-B3I8UF1Y5JBSHJNVY28J/IMG_8942.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Stories - The Rest of the Story: Pika Exit II - Unnamed drainage, looking out past the Alaska Range</image:title>
      <image:caption />
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4df65aebbf9e634bdc5c19/1627027543895-51HYZPUBV20CHU9HWN2Y/IMG_8931.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Stories - The Rest of the Story: Pika Exit II - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4df65aebbf9e634bdc5c19/1627028223490-ZS22U3Y0DHDFRI1ONX5J/IMG_8966.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Stories - The Rest of the Story: Pika Exit II - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4df65aebbf9e634bdc5c19/1627026686831-38KEVKOVGNWK9ZB6T71C/IMG_8921.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Stories - The Rest of the Story: Pika Exit II - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Upper Granite Glacier.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4df65aebbf9e634bdc5c19/1627028415146-22RUT74BHWTYV7C6D2BH/IMG_8953.jpeg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Stories - The Rest of the Story: Pika Exit II - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>A brief break in the bushwhack.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4df65aebbf9e634bdc5c19/1627028809457-C3TRT4EGCFDSOELEJ9T8/IMG_8976.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Stories - The Rest of the Story: Pika Exit II - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.kickstepapproaches.com/stories/pika-exit-1</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2021-07-21</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4df65aebbf9e634bdc5c19/1626737139104-DK0VR2PUAQ7G9GKDOJIF/IMG_8908.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Stories - Exploring Edge Effects: Pika Exit I - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Hauling gear to basecamp.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4df65aebbf9e634bdc5c19/1626738071730-MOM2DRQUHIZ18T957QBP/IMG_8918.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Stories - Exploring Edge Effects: Pika Exit I - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Looking back at Exit Pass. As we discovered, the mid-slope cliff band is exposed even in early June.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4df65aebbf9e634bdc5c19/1626899991114-C15Z8RF6HBGWX7XDF90K/Photomerge_crop-2.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Stories - Exploring Edge Effects: Pika Exit I - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>A highlight from my previous Pika trip, April 2019. Sultana (Mt. Foraker) in upper left; the Throne in center; the Trolls and camp in right.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4df65aebbf9e634bdc5c19/1626738174116-9FKQPHKHR2V2GNIHUIC2/IMG_8913.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Stories - Exploring Edge Effects: Pika Exit I - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Gingerly kicking our way down Exit Pass.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4df65aebbf9e634bdc5c19/1626738218473-1ITHBHSD125FELOW0FWT/IMG_8915.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Stories - Exploring Edge Effects: Pika Exit I - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Rappelling the last funnel to the apron above Granite Glacier..</image:caption>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4df65aebbf9e634bdc5c19/1626737740795-0AMY13T1S6ZHAPS2NWHA/IMG_8910.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Stories - Exploring Edge Effects: Pika Exit I</image:title>
      <image:caption>Alaska Range alpine start.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4df65aebbf9e634bdc5c19/1626737074165-F3SHXRHXBW79KFOERL90/IMG_8898-1.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Stories - Exploring Edge Effects: Pika Exit I - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Looking up Granite Glacier.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.kickstepapproaches.com/stories/refuge-traverse-5</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2021-07-19</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4df65aebbf9e634bdc5c19/1596501614203-DRM9FZ3Y4MDJ84T6NV9L/IMG_0549.jpeg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Stories - Packrafting the Coastal Plain</image:title>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4df65aebbf9e634bdc5c19/1596501603932-CZIH1CJUJW0U85IXOKMH/IMG_1903_2.jpeg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Stories - Packrafting the Coastal Plain</image:title>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4df65aebbf9e634bdc5c19/1596501619601-OFNX8Z4R84X4YZ08Y38G/IMG_1880_2.jpeg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Stories - Packrafting the Coastal Plain</image:title>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4df65aebbf9e634bdc5c19/1596501470772-Q2IT4TRURD7AWG2MX0X1/IMG_0380.jpeg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Stories - Packrafting the Coastal Plain</image:title>
      <image:caption>Setting up Mardy, the custom-made Alpackaraft boat designed for the American Packrafting Association’s Arctic Refuge initiative.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.kickstepapproaches.com/stories/refuge-traverse-4</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2020-08-24</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4df65aebbf9e634bdc5c19/1596403087756-JXV2WL3XDOQG7JVDVSYA/IMG_0314.jpeg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Stories - Navigating the Arctic Continental Divide</image:title>
      <image:caption>Hiking up through an otherworldly valley, leaving behind vegetation and signs of life, with walls of scree forcing us to stay in the clear creek until even the water disappeared.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4df65aebbf9e634bdc5c19/1596403290339-9BJTBAD6ZCEPPDG45EWG/21_IMG_1821.jpeg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Stories - Navigating the Arctic Continental Divide</image:title>
      <image:caption>Approaching the Arctic Divide. We’d thread our way just to the right of the snow-covered peak in the center of the photo.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4df65aebbf9e634bdc5c19/1596402992100-R5EW8C83WXC87CF5EAPV/19_IMG_1796.jpeg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Stories - Navigating the Arctic Continental Divide</image:title>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4df65aebbf9e634bdc5c19/1596402447718-YUC54J0QUBIM6XJEN4L5/IMG_1838_2.jpeg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Stories - Navigating the Arctic Continental Divide</image:title>
      <image:caption>The Arctic Continental Divide.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.kickstepapproaches.com/stories/refuge-traverse-3</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2020-08-17</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4df65aebbf9e634bdc5c19/1596401279352-U4730J83HKLA3WJIVLPP/IMG_1811_2.jpeg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Stories - Over the Brooks Range</image:title>
      <image:caption>Three caribou on a grassy bench near the Arctic Continental Divide.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4df65aebbf9e634bdc5c19/1596399604604-L5WVUE83CSR66EF4PZ34/12_IMG_0287.jpeg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Stories - Over the Brooks Range</image:title>
      <image:caption>Pausing to take in some sunshine and consult the map, with Red Sheep Creek – delineating the Mollie Beattie Wilderness – in the background. The snowy peaks reflected in sunglasses guard the Arctic Divide.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4df65aebbf9e634bdc5c19/1596400115672-1WPP0GWCHRJM3T1VRB2I/IMG_0207.jpeg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Stories - Over the Brooks Range</image:title>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4df65aebbf9e634bdc5c19/1596400114895-6K8AJ977SPGSC556VWC6/10_IMG_0275.jpeg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Stories - Over the Brooks Range</image:title>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4df65aebbf9e634bdc5c19/1596400144095-825TG0L8I062N7ZM3F6J/8_IMG_1680_4.jpeg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Stories - Over the Brooks Range</image:title>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4df65aebbf9e634bdc5c19/1596400143763-SUQX3REZD6NWZRK0N9TC/9_IMG_0245.jpeg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Stories - Over the Brooks Range</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.kickstepapproaches.com/stories/refuge-traverse-2</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2020-08-10</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4df65aebbf9e634bdc5c19/1596395921723-8IWW589U55RWGXYP6OIR/IMG_0166.jpeg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Stories - Bushwhacking in the Boreal</image:title>
      <image:caption>Backpacking on a budget - this is what 14 days’ worth of food and gear looks like.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4df65aebbf9e634bdc5c19/1596396863632-65UPKSGBU1D8538VSSA3/5_IMG_1625.jpeg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Stories - Bushwhacking in the Boreal</image:title>
      <image:caption>Heading to the mountains at last and leaving behind the East Fork Chandalar River – and our originally intended route across the river on the opposite site.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4df65aebbf9e634bdc5c19/1596396577186-GUFAELZ2TTII4UW1N1Z9/IMG_1574.jpeg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Stories - Bushwhacking in the Boreal</image:title>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4df65aebbf9e634bdc5c19/1596396569695-IQDQDVH8MT9GASIRCD7F/IMG_1578+2.jpeg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Stories - Bushwhacking in the Boreal</image:title>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4df65aebbf9e634bdc5c19/1596396559183-L7XXJV2LY3G3XX6UR4BH/IMG_1599.jpeg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Stories - Bushwhacking in the Boreal</image:title>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4df65aebbf9e634bdc5c19/1596396607805-54YAEWHSW274A89KV91E/IMG_1583.jpeg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Stories - Bushwhacking in the Boreal</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.kickstepapproaches.com/stories/refuge-traverse-1</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2020-08-02</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4df65aebbf9e634bdc5c19/1596393077915-PWB3ZEZUIY2B0XE0IJAF/Map.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>Stories - Across the Arctic Refuge, via Foot and Packraft - Our route through the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.</image:title>
      <image:caption>Our route through the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. About 70 miles on foot, 90 miles via packraft, and a few dozen on locals’ boats, totaling about 220 miles in all. We took 16 days, including a day in town at both the start and finish.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4df65aebbf9e634bdc5c19/1596393740422-SCJTSY6O0UTD9QGIYDFT/IMG_2160_2.jpeg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Stories - Across the Arctic Refuge, via Foot and Packraft</image:title>
      <image:caption>The final stretch of packrafting along the Okpilak River, before the channels became too shallow to continue. Flocks of Snow Geese dot the horizon and swoop overhead.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4df65aebbf9e634bdc5c19/1596394299726-NYRQ3PHZYY03IZCJYSWL/40_IMG_2211_2+2.jpeg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Stories - Across the Arctic Refuge, via Foot and Packraft</image:title>
      <image:caption>The final paddle out to the boat, in a stretch of the Arctic Ocean sheltered by barrier islands.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4df65aebbf9e634bdc5c19/1596394031261-OJ5WZZG3CTQ5QN1MF826/39_IMG_2200_2.jpeg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Stories - Across the Arctic Refuge, via Foot and Packraft</image:title>
      <image:caption>Wading through Arey Lagoon, pickup location in sight!</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.kickstepapproaches.com/stories/tag/Hulahula</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.kickstepapproaches.com/stories/tag/Arctic+Coastal+Plain</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.kickstepapproaches.com/stories/tag/Arctic+National+Wildlife+Refuge</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.kickstepapproaches.com/stories/tag/hiking</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.kickstepapproaches.com/stories/tag/Arctic+Village</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.kickstepapproaches.com/stories/tag/Kaktovik</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.kickstepapproaches.com/stories/tag/Brooks+Range</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.kickstepapproaches.com/stories/tag/Mollie+Beattie+Wilderness+Area</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.kickstepapproaches.com/stories/tag/traverse</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.kickstepapproaches.com/stories/tag/conservation</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.kickstepapproaches.com/stories/tag/Arctic+Continental+Divide</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.kickstepapproaches.com/stories/tag/caribou</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.kickstepapproaches.com/stories/tag/backpacking</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.kickstepapproaches.com/stories/tag/wilderness</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.kickstepapproaches.com/stories/tag/Boreal</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.kickstepapproaches.com/stories/tag/packraft</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.kickstepapproaches.com/home</loc>
    <changefreq>daily</changefreq>
    <priority>1.0</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-01-24</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4df65aebbf9e634bdc5c19/1583183241161-G8DGAI6DTBK2Q51H3EYJ/refuge_hulahula_sun.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Home</image:title>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4df65aebbf9e634bdc5c19/1583183134142-HXXU1EYLJRV833XJHHHB/refuge_frost.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Home</image:title>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4df65aebbf9e634bdc5c19/1583183201081-FZT1X79BF84CD1FHLODK/SAM_7761.JPG</image:loc>
      <image:title>Home</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.kickstepapproaches.com/science</loc>
    <changefreq>daily</changefreq>
    <priority>0.75</priority>
    <lastmod>2020-03-02</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4df65aebbf9e634bdc5c19/1582485819415-GOIXEN3O06G40JAYZAFD/R_Studio2.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Science</image:title>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4df65aebbf9e634bdc5c19/1582487479275-QFUAQBQQL5V3O070279L/ActivityBudget.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Science</image:title>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4df65aebbf9e634bdc5c19/1582487165731-CQYK4JPRKZE5LJAZTEK1/Figure7.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Science</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.kickstepapproaches.com/spatial</loc>
    <changefreq>daily</changefreq>
    <priority>0.75</priority>
    <lastmod>2020-02-23</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4df65aebbf9e634bdc5c19/1582486496033-NECR09F0MUZ604X5827S/9_road.JPG</image:loc>
      <image:title>Spatial - Where are changes happening and what’s at stake?</image:title>
      <image:caption>Kickstep Approaches couples cutting-edge spatial analysis with stunning cartography. The result: spellbinding visuals that speak to audiences of all levels.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.kickstepapproaches.com/synthesis</loc>
    <changefreq>daily</changefreq>
    <priority>0.75</priority>
    <lastmod>2020-03-02</lastmod>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.kickstepapproaches.com/my-story</loc>
    <changefreq>daily</changefreq>
    <priority>0.75</priority>
    <lastmod>2026-01-07</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4df65aebbf9e634bdc5c19/1583183456866-M8MAI0VBORN5KHQYSHAW/IMG_7321.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>My story - Ben Sullender</image:title>
      <image:caption>I’m a spatial ecologist living and working in Alaska. With over a decade of professional experience in geographic information systems (GIS) and biology, I’m a proficient data wrangler, geospatial analyst, cartographer, landscape ecologist, independent researcher, and scientific writer.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.kickstepapproaches.com/contact</loc>
    <changefreq>daily</changefreq>
    <priority>0.75</priority>
    <lastmod>2020-08-02</lastmod>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.kickstepapproaches.com/the-name</loc>
    <changefreq>daily</changefreq>
    <priority>0.75</priority>
    <lastmod>2021-09-10</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4df65aebbf9e634bdc5c19/1582482951929-5JV1BEZ227R4HTN91SPK/Steps2.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>The name - kickstep noun</image:title>
      <image:caption>: (mountaineering technique) a manner of climbing in which the climber kicks one’s foot into a firm snowpack to create a level platform for one’s next step.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.kickstepapproaches.com/hatcher-pass-map</loc>
    <changefreq>daily</changefreq>
    <priority>0.75</priority>
    <lastmod>2021-09-10</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4df65aebbf9e634bdc5c19/1616542913874-PQNR9VOBWC8ED7TEMA0K/Legend_sample.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Hatcher Pass Map</image:title>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4df65aebbf9e634bdc5c19/1616551445617-57LYP5I7SWQLU7CQFPAC/Hatcher_Final_lowres+copy.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Hatcher Pass Map - Low-resolution overview</image:title>
      <image:caption>(Low-resolution overview)</image:caption>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4df65aebbf9e634bdc5c19/1616542931817-K35PS5E615F32V89SS2F/Main_sample.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Hatcher Pass Map</image:title>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4df65aebbf9e634bdc5c19/1616551555765-OGIRH7P2ENBIQGPKF5KF/Reverse_sample.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Hatcher Pass Map</image:title>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4df65aebbf9e634bdc5c19/1616552455056-QOIUDA03Y19RK8LLEU4A/IMG_8360.jpeg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Hatcher Pass Map</image:title>
      <image:caption>The map, me, and some glorious sunshine on 4068’.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4df65aebbf9e634bdc5c19/1616551719178-ICVR11N627MAXGGSYOKE/Inset_lowres.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Hatcher Pass Map</image:title>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4df65aebbf9e634bdc5c19/1616551859959-5Y0CIH2J128HWPLZ7A9R/IMG_3163.jpeg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Hatcher Pass Map</image:title>
      <image:caption>Approaching the Lost Couloir</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.kickstepapproaches.com/map</loc>
    <changefreq>daily</changefreq>
    <priority>0.75</priority>
    <lastmod>2023-09-04</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4df65aebbf9e634bdc5c19/54d6f751-75ce-4396-a0bb-74db6b447079/Bob_Cou.JPG</image:loc>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4df65aebbf9e634bdc5c19/b2c300da-1f45-4fde-a611-a2e24c37ba10/FieldCrew.JPG</image:loc>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4df65aebbf9e634bdc5c19/96145623-6399-48a3-ae46-e72224f929c9/Lynx_team.JPG</image:loc>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4df65aebbf9e634bdc5c19/c3a3a18c-9e82-4987-b345-2dff6cdc69ea/WlfMoo.png</image:loc>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4df65aebbf9e634bdc5c19/5ee12e0a-0992-4119-bb36-9c0ee64ade41/WA_pit.JPG</image:loc>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4df65aebbf9e634bdc5c19/fad4f752-8bfc-4134-81a2-c43dfb2ec719/Data_Study_Area_LR.jpg</image:loc>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4df65aebbf9e634bdc5c19/5b4aad81-7ada-422c-a1c4-578ec46dfa37/DENA-3.jpeg</image:loc>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4df65aebbf9e634bdc5c19/efb0c19e-5905-47b7-aad3-7895b95e3f08/DENA-2.jpeg</image:loc>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4df65aebbf9e634bdc5c19/8043722e-f7c5-4e9a-a8e0-84eda9452911/Refuge_2.JPG</image:loc>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4df65aebbf9e634bdc5c19/ed051d4f-26ac-4c61-8dc4-62bb382efe4b/ANWR-1.jpg</image:loc>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4df65aebbf9e634bdc5c19/9e20e20a-b657-4739-95fe-4e21a65ec441/Refuge-2.jpg</image:loc>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4df65aebbf9e634bdc5c19/e0a66451-ae2b-49de-a389-db0e2b2b718b/APA.jpg</image:loc>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4df65aebbf9e634bdc5c19/bfc735f8-79fa-4734-8e78-4d1f64211980/Refuge-1.jpg</image:loc>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4df65aebbf9e634bdc5c19/36ac5331-e6ff-4186-9bbb-4f8caac7b0bf/NPRA.JPG</image:loc>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4df65aebbf9e634bdc5c19/3e3b5e9e-1cb5-40f1-8a0b-32f1000e7778/NPRA_Development.jpg</image:loc>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4df65aebbf9e634bdc5c19/9f1365f3-538c-4416-9aca-c3f408ad5d47/NPRA-3.JPG</image:loc>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4df65aebbf9e634bdc5c19/dd3d6e03-79e5-41a9-aa85-5f4d27f48b1d/NPRA-2.JPG</image:loc>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4df65aebbf9e634bdc5c19/34ddb3ab-ceba-4943-8dea-878a390eae3d/Ambler.jpg</image:loc>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4df65aebbf9e634bdc5c19/b43334fd-337d-4ef2-b885-1f63feaadcbb/John.jpg</image:loc>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4df65aebbf9e634bdc5c19/40957a72-099a-4532-967a-5544dae87ff2/8_road.JPG</image:loc>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4df65aebbf9e634bdc5c19/248954cb-25ab-407d-bd34-c5bb39da4b69/Sullender_Aleutian_ATBAs_LR_Page_14.jpg</image:loc>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4df65aebbf9e634bdc5c19/b05c23e0-3f73-4712-aee8-af87d0152654/Aleutians.JPG</image:loc>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4df65aebbf9e634bdc5c19/c4a40c99-e0ad-40c4-887b-e663b17f7643/Aleutians2.JPG</image:loc>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4df65aebbf9e634bdc5c19/5b6831b5-9871-40e4-90b4-3b4728c0127d/skinER.JPG</image:loc>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4df65aebbf9e634bdc5c19/73a17330-2984-4364-8ba6-d861b42ac629/Hunter+Pass+Area+%282%29.jpg</image:loc>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4df65aebbf9e634bdc5c19/7dfb2f7d-fc98-4917-88d8-fc7e56d1f131/Grade.jpg</image:loc>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4df65aebbf9e634bdc5c19/05acd9e0-ae06-4db7-9b0a-985bbdcc36df/IMG_6907.JPG</image:loc>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e4df65aebbf9e634bdc5c19/3a517e27-25dc-4bbe-a3b5-97840e7bbc55/BCBTiming.png</image:loc>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.kickstepapproaches.com/nwifc-demo</loc>
    <changefreq>daily</changefreq>
    <priority>0.75</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-10-14</lastmod>
  </url>
</urlset>

