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Reset the Compass for Adventure as You Age
Lia Lucine & Nicki Ripple, Beyond the Compass
This is the narrative we hear all the time: when you get older, it’s hard… and then the other narrative we’re always hearing is, how important enjoying your youth is.
Everything's Better on Bikes
Nicole Freedman, NEMBA & former Olympian
I’d look through the 'Want Ad' and the only things I felt like I was qualified to do said "costume provided"
Running the River from Passion to Purpose
Julie Sloan, Maine River Runners
We’re trying to do things ethically, and we’re trying to do things with the environment in mind. I’m not just trying to pump people down the water.
Getting Dirty for a Decade
Heidi Myers, Rasputitsa
It’s always great to see returning faces that are there to support you. And we support them in return.
Take Your Advocacy to New Heights
Cindy Hession, 48 Peaks for Alzheimer’s
I wasn’t really into doing things by myself back then…. But I pushed myself out of my comfort zone and I loved it.
Wrestling Your 'Dream Life' Demons
Tarin O’Donnell, Tarin It Up Podcast and TKO Yoga & Fitness
It’s networking. Everything in life is networking. You meet people, and you’re just exposed to things you weren’t exposed to before. You find these opportunities you didn’t even know existed.
If You Build It, They Will Bike (and Walk, and Ski...)
Marianne Borowski, Cross New Hampshire Adventure Trail
I tried to put together the things that I found useful. I like the map, I like to know that there’s a town coming up.. and that there’s ice cream in that town!
There’s No Such Thing As Too Little Movement
Val Hopkins, 365 Mile Challenge
I have some banned words… I don’t let people say ‘just’, or ‘only’.
Build a Community of Support OUTdoors
Rae-a Moughty, Campfire Institute
The suicide rate amongst Queer teens is ginormous… If these little moments, laying in the snow, looking at the stars, can help give them just a tiny bit of resilience, then I want to keep giving them camp. So I never turn anyone away.
Break Toxic Patterns and Rediscover Your Strength
Kat Ripley, Juniper Moss Guide Services
I don’t even think I fully had realized at the time that that’s what I was doing, was trying to run away… there was just a draw to go somewhere else and do something grand.
Pause, Pivot, but Keep Pedaling Forward
Lindsay Currier, Bikepack Maine
Don’t give up - just have reasonable expectations. I don’t have expectations really for anything anymore in my life, and that’s just made my life a lot better.
Fight Flavor Fatigue and Fuel Yourself for the Long Haul
Aaron Owens Mayhew, Backcountry Foodie
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