Everett Ó Cillín on Finding Beauty in the Hard, Trails as Conversation, Trans and Nonbinary Representation, and Marginalia

The Trail Ahead

Everett is a curator, organizer, and adventure cyclist currently based in the coastal mountains of a region now known as Santa Cruz, CA. For over a decade they've been using bicycle travel as a way of exploring their relationship to the worlds within and without. As a trans and genderqueer adventure cyclist they find themself seeking out the in between places, finding trails and unpaved roads to connect the dots between people, places and ideas.

After working for several years as a tours specialist and cycling guide, they left the full time bike life and returned to the world of arts nonprofits where they now work to organize collaborative exhibitions that help dismantle social norms and share underrepresented stories. You can find their essays on art and cycling in Adventure Cyclist Magazine and The Bikepacking Journal.

We talk about, connecting with nature as a way of connecting with self, about healing and recovery, about route-creation as art-making, artistic inspirations freedom and play and so much more. They also went into depth about upcoming work in Iceland supported by their affiliation with the non-profit We Got Next.

Links for Everett Episode

Check out Everett on Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/grandpaeverett/

We Got Next

WeGotNext amplifies individual stories of adventure and activism from communities that have been underrepresented in outdoor and environmental spaces.

https://www.we-got-next.org/

Robert Smithson, Spiral Jetty

Great Salt Lake, Utah

https://www.diaart.org/visit/visit-our-locations-sites/robert-smithson-spiral-jetty

Nancy Holt (American, 1938–2014), Sun Tunnels, 1973–76, Great Basin Desert, Utah

https://umfa.utah.edu/land-art/sun-tunnels

Radical Adventure Riders

https://radicaladventureriders.com/

The Golden Spike

National Park: https://www.nps.gov/gosp/index.htm

Andy Goldsworthy: Storm King Wall 1997 – 1998 Significant Works – Sue Hubbard

https://artlyst.com/features/andy-goldsworthy-storm-king-wall-1997-1998-significant-works-sue-hubbard/

The Library of Water

Stykkishólmur, Iceland

By Roni Horn

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/the-library-of-water-stykkisholmur-iceland