Writing Portfolio
Pam writes for large and small publications, individuals, websites, blogs and more. She’s most at home in the outdoors, and prefers sleeping bags and tents to high thread-count sheets and fancy hotels. And she’s never afraid to try something new.
Featured Writing
Austin Travels: Diving into French Polynesia
January 2022
Texas Co-op Power: Just Add Adventure
March 2022
Texas Monthly: The Secrets of Bonfire Shelter
January 2022
Texas Co-op Power: Learning Rocks
September 2021
Texas Monthly: Squirrels Gone Wild!
October 2021
Texas Highways: Water Into Whiskey
September 2021
Texas Highways: What Lurks in the Dark at Texas Parks?
September 2021
Texas Co-op Power: Current Events His Way
September 2021
Texas Highways: When Mermaids Reigned
July 2021
Texas Highways: All Wake, All Day
May 2021
Texas Co-op Power: Every Day is Hump Day
February 2021
Texas Monthly: Cold-Water Paddling is for the Brave
January 2021
Get Me Giddy: Can Cycling Affect Your Sperm Count?
February 2021
Our Rock Art Library
January 2020
Five Remote Retreats in Texas
November 2019
A Ski Sampler
February 2020
13 Things to do in 2020
January 2020
A Series of Grand Adventures ...
June 2019
A Splash of Teal
August 2019
Five Hidden Gem Texas Lakes
July 2019
What's on the Horizon for Big Bend National Park?
September 2019
Easy moves to make you feel great
April 2019
Halloween Howl
October 2018
These 10 Texas Nature Conservancy Preserves Offer Public Access—and Plenty of Awe-Inspiring Sights
April 2018
Are tourists harming whale sharks off the Yucatan coast?
September 2016
Deal With The Devils
November 2017
Five days on the Pecos River
May 2018
An Underwater Adventure
October 2017
Featured Podcasts
Pam was a featured guest on She's Bold with Beth Whitman Episode 072 - Pam LeBlanc - Outdoor Junkie and Journalist in December, 2018.
Pam was featured on the I Could Never Do That Podcast, Episode 12 "Living a Life of Adventure" in November, 2017.
Featured Videos
Highlights
Pam LeBlanc’s work has appeared in local, regional and national publications, and she has won two Barbara Jordan Media Awards for articles about athletes with disabilities. She specializes in writing about adventure, fitness and travel, and the quirky people and activities that make life interesting.
Major Publications
Miles Swum
Miles Backpacked
Life of Adventure
Featured In
Blog Updates
Meet the new baby porcupines at the Austin Nature and Science Center
Porcupines, known as porcupettes, look vaguely like prickly little potatoes when they’re born. They’re smaller than a fist, and already covered with quills, which harden within a few hours of birth. But as the weeks pass, they grow into lumbering, vegetation-munching...
This is the best place to find shells in Texas – but you can’t drive there
I discovered the best place to find shells in Texas, but you can’t get there by car. To reach the stretch of Matagorda Beach where I found handfuls of lightning whelks and lettered olive shells, you’ll have to either paddle across the Colorado River, where it opens...
Arctic Cowboys pull plug on Northwest Passage expedition
Smashing waves, gale-force winds and logistical complications have cut short the Arctic Cowboys attempt to kayak the entire Northwest Passage in a single season. The team made it 260 miles in 17 days before making the call to stop in Arctic Bay, where they had gone to...
Meet the new baby porcupines at the Austin Nature and Science Center
Porcupines, known as porcupettes, look vaguely like prickly little potatoes when they’re born. They’re smaller than a fist, and already covered with quills, which harden within a few hours of birth. But as the weeks pass, they grow into lumbering, vegetation-munching...
This is the best place to find shells in Texas – but you can’t drive there
I discovered the best place to find shells in Texas, but you can’t get there by car. To reach the stretch of Matagorda Beach where I found handfuls of lightning whelks and lettered olive shells, you’ll have to either paddle across the Colorado River, where it opens...
Arctic Cowboys pull plug on Northwest Passage expedition
Smashing waves, gale-force winds and logistical complications have cut short the Arctic Cowboys attempt to kayak the entire Northwest Passage in a single season. The team made it 260 miles in 17 days before making the call to stop in Arctic Bay, where they had gone to...
I found the best glazed donut in Texas just down the road in Blanco
I couldn’t decide between an old-fashioned cake donut or a fluffy yeast-raised one when I wandered into a donut shop in Blanco this morning, so I got both – plus a kolache. The verdict? I’m officially going on record as saying the glazed donut from Main St. Donuts...
Testimonials
Pam LeBlanc is a remarkable and fearless adventurer. She is not afraid to ‘ride the tiger’. Her writings capture the spirit and essence of her varied exploits...and she demonstrates a deep sense of stewardship for Mother Earth."
- Dan Sholly, former chief ranger of Yellowstone National Park
To read any of Pam’s reports from the field is to be whisked alongside a down-to-earth yet formidable woman with a great adventurous spirit, for the ride of your life. Her storytelling and photographs will have you yearning for the great outdoors, a new journey into yourself…or perhaps a naked run with hundreds of your closest friends!"
- Tanya Streeter, record-setting free diver and environmentalist
Pam’s perspective of seeing the world brings out the light in people, places and situations. Not only is she creative, and original, with her lighthearted humor, she always finds a ways to put a smile on your face. I always look forward to seeing her work!"
- Leo Manzano, Olympic silver medalist in the 1500 meter run
I’ve never known someone so willing to jump — sometimes literally — into her work as Pam LeBlanc. She is a writer whose prose can take you places you’ve always wanted to go — or the places you wish you could go, but probably never will."
- Debbie Hiott, former executive editor of the Austin American-Statesman and now general manager of KUT and KUTX