The Only Way Out is Through

I put my trekking poles out in front of me to provide support as I lowered my foot onto a steep “trail” of loose rock. My knee crackled as it took on the weight of me and my pack. Scar tissue from six years of playing rugby was arguing with my decision to...

Does the Amount of Risk = The Amount of Reward?

Our sandwiches started to get soggy as the rain quickly turned from a sprinkle to a steady pour.  My husband Jay and I got up from our seat on a fallen Aspen tree to seek shelter under a large Spruce tree.  I was only one bite into the sandwich from my new dry picnic...

Falling Down for Fun

Are you good at being inept and uncoordinated? I am, or at least I am trying to be. This morning I shelled out more money to fall down in the snow. Here in Flagstaff Arizona we actually get a lot of snow; (interruption to let that mind-blowing fact sink in— it...