About
The Paso Winos are husband and wife journalists Karen Catchpole and Eric Mohl who are back in Paso Robles on a break from their ongoing Trans-Americas Journey, a 5 year 200,000 mile working road trip through North, Central and South America which began in April of 2006.
Journalist Karen Catchpole, 43, was deputy editor of Shop Etc. magazine at Hearst Magazines before the Paso Robles native left New York City to embark on the Trans-Americas Journey in April of 2006. In the course of her 22-year career as a writer, editor and TV and web producer, Karen has worked with every major women’s magazine (including Sassy, Jane, Elle, Allure, Self, Every Day with Rachael Ray, Mademoiselle, and others) and many travel and lifestyle magazines (including Escape, Outside, National Geographic Adventure, Travel & Leisure, National Geographic Traveler, the Minneapolis Star Tribune and others) as well numerous web sites and Lifetime Television, Oxygen Media, MTV and Paramount Television (where she was a segment producer for Jon Stewart’s show). She can also kill a rattlesnake with a hoe.
Photographer Eric Mohl, 43, specializes in travel, outdoor and lifestyle photography. His work has appeared in National Geographic Adventure, Elle, Escape, Outside, Jane, PC Magazine, Action Asia, Asian Geographic, the Minneapolis Star Tribune and various in-flight magazines as well as in promotional material for Austin-Lehman Adventures. He’s also been a producer at frog Design in New York City where he managed many digital media, branding and product design projects and was Technology Editor of SHOP Etc.at Hearst Magazines. Oh, and he was born with a GPS in his head.
