One Chick Travels - 🧗🏻‍♀️🚙 Alison Kaplan (Pee in Mono Lake)

Hellooo 👋🏻
I'm super stoked to get this video out there! Alison Kaplan is a dear friend of mine. She is an all-around BADASS rock climber 🧗🏻‍♀️, runner 🏃🏻‍♀️, swimmer 🏊🏻‍♀️, biker 🚴🏻‍♀️, AND she corrects the grammar on my Instagram posts 👩🏻‍🏫! Alison has been living in her Honda Odessy (Homer) 🚙 for a little over 2 years now and spends most of her time rock climbing. She is hilarious and I was giggling to myself the entire time I was editing this video.
I met Alison in March of 2017 when I was just getting in to rock climbing. She took me under her wing and did the grueling work of taking me out on TONS of single and multi-pitch climbs in Yosemite 🏞Shenanigans included me untying myself from the rope on pitch 2 of a climb, building a triangle of death anchor, and forgetting to untie the tagline from the bag at the base of a climb. She taught me everything I know about dirtbagging (and purple cabbage) and we would all be a little better if we listened to her sage advice.
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[@victorial3751]

5:30 using the locking mechanism on the seatbelt to hold up the board up is one of the most genius thing I have seen

[@gkling33]

Sooo great. She had me cracking up. She's doing what she wants to do, with a great attitude.

[@bigtomsvan4817]

just a great video...I like the way the van turns the corner at the end and fade out. wonderful wonderful. and such a great genuine real person Alison is.

[@truckerdaddy-akajohninqueb4793]

I like how you built it out. I've played with it a lot. Currently I changed and went with a small single mattress on top of milk crates, giving me a foot to one side. Weekend camper. Camping in my 18 wheeler seems so luxurious sometimes :D

[@sledneck7398]

Alison seems lovely! Red cabbage and coat hangers, good tips...

[@scnomad3626]

She is funny as hell! I love her.

[@KayaLindsay]

Me too!

[@zorazorazorzzora8333]

Enjoyed! As always thank you Kaya.... Red Cabbage, she is soo right it last for forever....

[@treppas]

Lots of great and easy ways to manage space in a smaller van.

[@Gubernatrix]

She's awesome! Love the carabiner hooks.

[@toastmctoast]

You are living the dream! I wish things had gone differently for me and I’d had a chance to dirtbag like this. Keep it up! Live your best life!

[@parklink87]

dude thanks for the red cabbage tip!!

[@rhinman]

Just read her article on Huff Post. So good.

[@ChristopherIves]

YES! Hummus, french bread, and red cabbage! I could totally eat a meal with this gal!

[@alaskaminnie644]

Wow she's literally the friend i need

[@KayaLindsay]

Yes.

[@standraiveyjones3670]

I was raised in Compton. Just started following you. Great video😀

[@KayaLindsay]

Hello from California! Glad you liked it :)

[@earthboundalchemy4795]

I love your videos. Great ideas.

[@KayaLindsay]

Thank you!

[@truckerdaddy-akajohninqueb4793]

Red cabbage 💕👍 Good production quality. You put your best in it. Appreciated.

[@KayaLindsay]

Thank you! I'm really trying to make these videos as high quality as possible.

[@shaunjennings1422]

These are my favorite videos! Keep these coming.

[@KayaLindsay]

Working on two more! 😁

[@shaunjennings1422]

@@KayaLindsay rad! You've inspired me so much and have really enjoyed your videos. I now have my own camper that I built. Leaving tomorrow for 7 days to colorado. Keep inspiring :)

[@WastedHoursProject]

I love these videos that you do, keep it up. :)

[@KayaLindsay]

Thank you! I will :)

[@eyecandie2004]

Lol about the red cabbage!

[@BradColemanisHere]

Love these vids, Kaya.

[@KayaLindsay]

Thank you!

[@go-dog-go]

Woahh Alison....you had me at 'red/purple cabbage' =) I cook it weekly in my grandmothers Griswold iron skillet, using her recipe, nom nom nom. In the fall i bury several heads of cabbage on my farm in the Appalachians...then dig them up in the Spring for an Awe-Mazing slaw recipe : ) Anyhoo, you girl have an open invitation to camp on my farm on the New River, near Boone NC anytime!! ps: I Always keep a sturdy coathanger in my Yukon...and one on the outside i hide in the bumper when i leave my keys inside, haha....its the Eagle Scout in me.

Did you really just turn this comment section into a dating resume? Yeesh!!!

[@go-dog-go]

Haha...thanks for the 'heads up'. I forwarded this to my teenage Son for viewing...i told him she was cute, and he keeps pressing me to move back to the 'City' full time......Thus, he took it upon himself to drop some dating info on me......Innocent Karma is Real, hah. I've just released 'Counter measures'........by changing my network, Xbox 1, And his Fortnite log-n password =) *How long should i let him smoulder Esteban??

[@CincyPlasmaTech]

As a sole proprietor, working and living out of her van, should translate to a lot of tax credits. Any expense on the vehicle, even if not 100% for business purposes only, should take down the tax liability significantly. Should...I dont know if it actually does.

[@KayaLindsay]

It does! That's what I do actually. It only reduces the amount you pay on it by a percentage though. I can't remember if it's 40% or 50%...

[@gailhookailo9850]

Red cabbage is the best!

[@KayaLindsay]

I agree!

[@RicardoRoams]

Great video! I have a Honda Odyssey that I was thinking of converting into a mini camper. My questions are about the rooftop cargo carrier. How does it affect your gas mileage and does it create a lot of wind noise? And I eat red cabbage all the time. It does keep forever. Thanks. Continued safe travels to you both.

[@KayaLindsay]

Hey! Not sure how it affects Allisons mileage. I'll text her and ask!

[@KayaLindsay]

She says she gets 21mpg and it's pretty quiet to drive, she hasn't noticed anything about the gas mileage going down since adding the box.

[@RicardoRoams]

Thank you so much!

[@emma-janebudarick1892]

Hahaaa! Best one yet!

[@KayaLindsay]

I think I'm getting better at these!

[@MattRud]

Awesome video Kaya, are you gonna be in Josh this Winter?

[@KayaLindsay]

Hopefully!

[@brandibomb]

How do you stay in Yosemite valley in your van for a month? Do you need a camping spot or are you in one of the parking lots? Do you just lie low when the rangers come around?

[@go-dog-go]

Kaya.....i've found a 10-12 passenger 'short bus' im converting during this Winter. Im putting in a small kitchen, bath, showee, etc in.....I've done some welding and building a frame for 300W that will clip and 'roll out' on top, plus a rack for storage. Question: I Know people that have 'Skoolies' out there, But do you s@@ many where your hang and climb and Are they "Pretty mobile' for the terrain?? State Parks, roads are one thing.....dessert, canyons, etc are Another. Thx, i'll hang up and listen to your answer off the air, haha. Gary~

[@KayaLindsay]

I think the skoolies are cool but not super practical for cheap and efficient travel. They're really expensive to drive, hard to park and super slow. I think skoolies are better for stationary vanlife builds. OR if you want to put like 10 people in them and have everyone split the gas.

[@davep6977]

About planning. I saw a friend who was going to law school, who had a tee shirt which read "I refuse to plan my day out ahead of time, because if I do something bad, it's premeditated"

[@joethecomputerguy1]

"It's not big but it's mine" explains just about everything. Oh, also "from california". "I subsisted on hummus and baguettes". That sounds like a life ... oh never mind. Van life people are just very different. "Dirtbagging". Ah, makes sense now...

[@kotkurt9082]

PARTY MODE

[@Swimdeep]

I love red cabbage.

[@KayaLindsay]

Me too!

[@bizfrizofroz]

Hell ya red cabbage!

[@garykaplan7728]

When you are self employed, you have to remember to set aside money for income and self employment taxes to avoid any unexpected tax bills.