​While Lance fights fire in Seattle, climbs the mountains of the Pacific Northwest, and sails the Salish Sea, he writes. He is the  author of ITINERANT, an e-book adventure series on Amazon's Prime Reading. His writing has appeared in OUTSIDE, MOUNTAINEER, and THE STRANGER, who listed his essay, Assaulted and Silenced, as The Best American Journalism of 2018. He resides with his fiancé and two dogs in Seattle WA.