Jake ShillueThere is No Pause Button on RainierThe clanging of carabiners, ice axes, and crampons filled the air at Camp Muir. It was just after midnight on Tuesday, July 12, 2022. Final…Oct 2, 2022Oct 2, 2022
Jake ShillueThe Mt. Baker RetrospectiveMy car bottomed out on the forest service road leading to the trailhead probably more times than I would’ve liked. The day was cool and…Apr 4, 2022Apr 4, 2022
Jake Shilluein5 Minute Dispatch5MD: Noir #001“Hey, Mickey,” Joe said. The words came out low and slurred.Jan 22, 2021Jan 22, 2021
Jake ShillueWhat I Learned Quitting My Job To Become a FarmhandPerhaps the title is slightly misleading. I’m closing in on the final 24 hours of my 7-week stint as a volunteer farmhand on Vashon Island…Oct 31, 2018Oct 31, 2018
Jake Shilluein5 Minute Dispatch#007 | He’ll Make You LaughThe carnival was in town. The small backwater town of Beaumont, Alabama was a place almost every high schooler wished to put in their…Sep 28, 2018Sep 28, 2018
Jake Shilluein5 Minute Dispatch#006 | Paradise LostWaves lapped against the shore and the sun beat down on a white sand beach. Jacob and Alexandra Howard were on the final day of their…Sep 25, 2018Sep 25, 2018
Jake Shilluein5 Minute Dispatch#005 | From the ShadowsIn the penthouse suite of the Lotus hotel, a man stood up against the window and surveyed the movement of Tokyo’s citizens, hundreds of…Sep 8, 2018Sep 8, 2018
Jake Shilluein5 Minute Dispatch#004 | Raise The Jolly RogerIt was the height of the golden age of piracy. The Marlin was comprised of Captain Anne Trelawney, first mate James Robinson, and a…Sep 8, 2018Sep 8, 2018
Jake Shilluein5 Minute Dispatch#003 | Rogue NationStaff Sergeant Wiley Nicholson blinked his eyes awake and looked at the clock next to his bunk. 0400. He was up early this morning to pilot…Sep 8, 2018Sep 8, 2018
