Ruth Rudner is an outdoor writer, former horse packing guide, and erstwhile ski bum. Her work has appeared in the Leisure & Arts section of the Wall Street Journal, in Wilderness, ...view moreRuth Rudner is an outdoor writer, former horse packing guide, and erstwhile ski bum. Her work has appeared in the Leisure & Arts section of the Wall Street Journal, in Wilderness, Outside, Field & Stream, Parabola, Arizona Highways, and numerous other publications. Among her ten previously published books are Windstone, with her husband, David Muench, A Chorus of Buffalo, Partings and Other Beginnings, and Ask Now the Beasts.view less