Tazbah Rose Chavez is a citizen of the Bishop Paiute Tribe from the Nüümü, Diné and San Carlos Apache tribes. She holds a degree in American Indian Studies from the University of California, Los Angeles and is a poet, film director and television writer. REI member since 2017.
A version of this story appeared in the winter 2020 issue of Uncommon Path.
At the Kearsarge Pass trailhead in the high alpine outside Independence, Califor...
