Good Intentions are Pure We’ve all done it: paid the extra two dollars for a reusable cloth bag at the grocery store and felt the surge of do-good energy in helping to contribute to the betterment of environmental health. A week passes and we have to make a stop on […]
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Have you ever found yourself outdoors, missing a crucial piece of equipment or gear? Maybe you were heading skiing in a blizzard, completely forgot a balaclava, and found yourself faced with a decision: brave the frostbite, or get a little inventive. An old t-shirt in your gear bag? Sure, that […]
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Exercising is one of the greatest things you can do for your physical and mental health, especially during the winter months when you live in the northern hemisphere. The lack of vitamin D means that eating properly and staying active are some of the most effective ways to keep your […]
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Human Attraction to Danger Have you ever found yourself hiking somewhere remote and asked yourself the question “how long could I survive here if I was stranded?”. Maybe you’ve been cutting through swells of lake water with your canoe and found yourself wondering “could I cross the open ocean with […]
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Paradise Lost It’s a beautiful day in your small portion of the world, the sun is shining brightly and you’ve just met with some friends after a long day spent hard at work. You and your co-workers are currently in the midst of a building project for your community’s infrastructure. […]
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Face the Cold head-on Coming out of the holiday season always has a familiar ring to it. No matter what resolutions we’ve made for the new year, or how many hikes along snowy trails and past ice bath waterfalls we’ve taken; the fact that we’ve spent some amount of time, […]
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How long can we keep this up? When we think about pushing on into the future, about continuing to live our lives the way we do; we all, in some way have to acknowledge that this lofty ambition might not be possible. Choosing to live the way we currently do, […]
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Life With(out) Birds All around us, outside of our own created experiences, lies the natural world; a place that provides us with endless input. Think of a time you might have been studying for a final exam, or when you worked a grueling amount of overtime at work; perhaps you […]
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The Winter’s Edge Every year we say goodbye to the months that let us live comfortably in our t-shirts and side stripe shorts, the evenings that served us up 20-degree sunsets at 9:30 pm, and the mornings that welcomed us with breezes, no cooler than the sun that beat down. […]
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A Different Breed Every year, as we collectively move past the most colorful season of the year we seem to willfully forget what lurks around the corner. As the autumn leaves grace us with their presence, we are gifted long, sun-filled days that are accompanied by cool breezes and an […]
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