Andy Cochrane

As the son of two park rangers, Andy Cochrane built a lot of forts as a kid. After a liberal arts undergrad, he moved to the Bay Area, earned an Design Strategy MBA, and worked in tech for five years. A mid-twenties-life-crisis drove a few questionable decisions, including five years and 200,000 miles living out of his Toyota Tacoma. He then landed in Bend, Oregon, where he lives with his wife. He works as a freelance writer and photographer, and contributes to the New York Times, the Guardian, Forbes, Wired, and Outside, but his best scribbles are unpublished notes to his beloved dog, Zero. You can find him on Instagram @andrewfitts.