[5] Due to multiple injuries she took an alternate pathway, instead graduating in 2012 with her bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Nevada, Reno where she was a student athlete, competing as part of the Nevada Wolf Pack as a cheerleader.
[6] For 173 days in 2018 she thru-hiked the Pacific Crest Trail, PCT, from south (United States-side of the United States–Mexico border) to north (Canada), making the 2,653-mile journey on foot on her own (solo) and vlogging the journey as she hiked.
[3] The total thru-hike cost her $8,446.81, which included supplies, food and lodging, and miscellaneous expenses such as excursions to the spa and to see a SpaceX rocket launch.
[12] The following videos Mabus published on YouTube documenting her 2020 Tahoe Rim Trail thru-hike.
[11] One of the full-time hikers Mabus has influenced is Lily Tagariello, who in part derived her motivation and confidence for successfully thru-hiking the Pacific Crest Trail in 2021 from watching Mabus's vlogs, which made a trail she had not been to before tangible virtually from afar, stating to Kinute of the impact, Lily Tagariello said, "Thru-hiking became the only thing I cared about, even before I ever stepped foot on the PCT.