Size Matters Not: The Story of Boiler Ruck
Size matters not. Judge me by my size, do you? Yoda I started our local GORUCK Ruck Club because I was tired of being the…
How’s Your Home Team?
‘It’s easier if you walk along the edge,” my husband, Jaime, said. We were covering unfamiliar terrain. I knew how to hike the packed dirt…
Black Belt attitude: adventures in taekwondo
I will live with perseverance, in the spirit of taekwondo. Having honor with others, integrity within myself, and self control of my actions. – American…
What Do You Need for Your Next Adventure?
“Are you sure you’re okay?” Jaime asked, hesitating. We’d been pushing it all week: driving from Iowa to Wyoming on the fringes of a several-state-spanning…
You can’t achieve it alone
This is the part of the year where I’m supposed to tell you things like “you just have to put your mind to it, and…
A Parent’s Nightmare: 11-Year-Old Lost in the Woods
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Are You Looking for More?
Twenty hours of cross-country driving delivered my family to the foothills of the Wasatch Range of the Utah Rockies. We were there to ski, excited…
Suffering, cats and hope in Advent
As I write this, our cat Blackie is doing what cats do when anyone is trying to concentrate on writing, and sticking his tail right…
Danger in the Dark: Cultivating the Senses for Adventure
The moon watched from above in the night’s darkness. I fingered the cold rough rock face until my fingers found enough traction to pull me…
50 Mile Star Course: Pavement, Pain, and Perseverance
With 7 miles to go in our 50 hour endurance suck fest, I collapsed under a tree from exhaustion. Dripping with sweat, carrying my 35…