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About Karen Kefauver
Based in the seaside town of Santa Cruz, California, an hour south of San Francisco, Karen specializes in writing feature stories about adventure travel and endurance sports. She has been a full-time, professional freelance writer and photographer for 14 years. As a travel content provider, Karen captures the spirit of adventure through words and photographs for major media markets.

Content by Karen
Karen provides content for the travel website Away.com and has written feature stories for for Her Sports, Adventure Travel and Singletrack, She frequently contributed travel and outdoors features to The San Jose Mercury News. Her stories have also been published in Triathlete, Yogi Times, South Bay Accent and Velo News Cycling. View full credits.

Photographs
The San Francisco Chronicle Magazine, The San Jose Mercury News, Adventure Travel and other notable publications have printed Karen’s digital photos.

Endurance Sports Coverage
Karen has reported from major endurance sports events including the Hawaii Ironman World Championships the X Games and the Sea Otter Classic.

 

Specialty Topics
• adventure travel
• endurance sports
• health and fitness
• spas and resorts
• food and culture
• business profiles

For Fun
Karen enjoys mountain biking and cyclo-cross bike races and has finished more than 30 triathlons. She relaxes with yoga, spa visits and fine dining.

Online Networking
• LinkedIn
• Facebook
• Plaxo
• Twitter
• Karen's Travel Journal Blog
• Karen's Travel Photo Galleries
• Professional Memberships

Karen in the News
• Roadrunner profile of Karen Kefauver
• Adventure Cycling - catalog cover
• Adventure Cycling - catalog pages
• Local Talk - Good Times
• Name-dropping - Santa Cruz Sentinel
• ASJA Society Page
• Women of Words