Maya Silver is the editor-in-chief of Climbing. She’s covered the outdoors, travel, the environment, and food for 15+ years, and is the author of four Moon travel guides to Utah. Previously, she has written for NPR, Travel + Leisure, and many more publications, and she also co-authored My Parent Has Cancer and It Really Sucks with her dad. She lives just outside Utah's Uinta Mountains, where she can often be found climbing, mountain biking, skiing, and camping with her family.