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…
November Adventure Challenge: Take a Night Hike
This month’s adventure challenge is to take a night hike. November, with its early sunsets and temperate weather, is an ideal time to be able to get out on the trail in the dark. Here are a few tips for a successful night hike:
COLD AND UNCERTAIN
On August 11th, 2021 we set out on a family hike down the Daniel Ridge Falls trail in the Pisgah National Forest in North Carolina….
Choose an Adventurous Life
Two Octobers ago, I paused on the bank of the Gardner River and wondered just exactly why I would choose to be standing there in…
October Adventure Challenge: Draw each day for Inktober
Remember the feeling when you were in kindergarten and your teacher handed you some crayons for the first time and invited you to draw whatever…