Gentry Hale

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Location
Salt Lake City, Utah
School
University of Utah, University of Montana
Expertise
Luxury Travel, Outdoor Recreation, Sustainable Tourism
  • Gentry has an affinity for wildlife, especially ungulates (hooved mammals). She has covered wildlife stories around the globe, from musk oxen on the Alaskan tundra to ibex in northern Pakistan.
  • Whether she's surfing in Vietnam, trekking through the Himalayas, or fly fishing the River Spey in Scotland, Gentry loves an adventure. If it's outside, she's in.
  • Gentry's favorite travel ritual is grabbing a beer with locals. She believes the heart of travel lies in human connection, and few things foster that better than a shared drink.

Experience

Gentry Hale is a Salt Lake City–based travel writer with bylines in National Geographic, Business Insider Travel, Trails Magazine, and more. Her stories span luxury layovers in Singapore to remote mountain towns in Nepal, with a focus on adventure travel, high-end escapes, outdoor recreation, and destination guides. Before shifting full-time to travel writing, Gentry worked as a magazine editor and journalist covering wildlife conservation and land management, which helped shape her love of landscapes and local cultures. She always says that she feels the most at home when she's not at home.

Education

Gentry earned a bachelor's degree in Environmental and Sustainability Studies and a minor in Creative Writing from the University of Utah and a master's degree in Environmental Science and Natural Resource Journalism from the University of Montana.

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