Your Team

Megan “Belay” Taylor

Owner & Guide

A long-distance expeditionist, mountain climber, minimalist, life-long learner, and Shih-Tzu mama.

Belay has hiked the entire 2,184-mile Appalachian Trail, 2,650-mile Pacific Crest Trail, 210-mile John Muir Trail, 273-mile Vermont Long Trail, 104-mile Uinta Highline Trail, and 230-mile Ouachita Trail as well as completed a double traverse of Zion National Park.

She has hiked 32 of Colorado’s 54 fourteeners and 44 of 50 U.S. highpoints. Her latest obsession being our Seven Summits and white-water kayaking the Arkansas River.

Belay has been a nomad since 2016 when she gave up her Salt Lake City apartment and moved into her Honda Element then eventually just onto her bicycle. Eight years later, she is still nomadic but keeps in a simple office in the quaint mountain town of Lake City, CO.

Belay has two Shih-Tzus that travel with her and you can often find JoJo or Nells on the BE’s domestic expeditions.

Belay is dedicated to bringing you life-changing experiences around the globe that focus on being outside, simple, & in pursuit. So we can all be ourselves but better!