While Lance fights fire in Seattle, climbs the mountains of the Pacific Northwest, and sails the Salish Sea, he writes. Recent work has appeared in or is forthcoming with Outside Online, Mountaineer, Orion, Hidden Compass, and The Stranger, which listed his essay Assaulted and Silenced as The Best American Journalism of 2018. His ongoing adventure series, ITINERANT, was a finalist for the 2019 International Book Awards and his nonfiction is featured in the anthology, EARTHLY LOVE.