Owen’s writing has appeared in a diverse array of outdoor adventure, action sports, and travel publications, including Climbing, Rock and Ice, Outside, Travel + Leisure, Backpacker, Summit Journal, Iron & Air, and The Outdoor Journal. His work particularly focuses on the vertical world, but other areas of expertise include long-distance trekking and motorcycling.
Owen has worked on writing contracts for 60+ industry-leading outdoor brands, including The North Face, Arc’teryx, Black Diamond, REI, Outdoor Research, Petzl, and La Sportiva, as well as nonprofits and mainstream organizations. Interested parties can also find him on Upwork.
Currently, Owen is a contributing editor to Summit Journal, and the editor-at-large for the adventure travel booking platform The Outdoor Voyage and it’s companion magazine, The Outdoor Journal. He is also a lead writer for the cycling, skating, and watersports brand Retrospec, reports on mountain ranges around the world for the alpine augmented reality navigational tool PeakVisor, covers adventure motorcycling for Moto Camp Nerd, profiles classical musicians for the formal wear brand Coregami, and is the American Alpine Journal “Climbs and Expeditions” editor for the African continent.
Owen founded the collaborative writing community Dead Foot Collective and currently serves as its editor-in-chief. He also authors the serialized dark fantasy tale VOID INJECTION.