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.