Athleta Chi » Outdoor Adventure http://www.athleta.net/chi Thu, 09 Sep 2010 22:29:34 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Desert, Water & Adrenaline http://www.athleta.net/chi/2010/08/06/desert-water-adrenaline/ http://www.athleta.net/chi/2010/08/06/desert-water-adrenaline/#comments Fri, 06 Aug 2010 16:20:20 +0000 Tamara Jacobi http://www.athleta.net/chi/?p=6497 by Tamara Jacobi, Eco-Adventurer | I’m in the middle of the desert, drenched to the core. My heart is beating with adrenaline, and a smile is frozen on my face. I had just experienced a set of Class 4 rapids through one of the most spectacular, narrow, stretches of canyon I’ve ever seen... Related Chi: ]]> http://www.athleta.net/chi/2010/08/06/desert-water-adrenaline/feed/ 2 Do It in a Skirt: Sea Kayaking in Thailand http://www.athleta.net/chi/2010/07/07/do-it-in-a-skirt-sea-kayaking-in-thailand/ http://www.athleta.net/chi/2010/07/07/do-it-in-a-skirt-sea-kayaking-in-thailand/#comments Wed, 07 Jul 2010 22:08:38 +0000 Sarahlee Lawrence http://www.athleta.net/chi/?p=6112 by Sarahlee Lawrence, River Rafting Guide | I'm a farmer and a river guide. When I leave the work at the farm, I head to work on the river. But sometimes its time to get gone. For the first time, maybe ever, I went on a vacation for me. No rivers, horses, vegetables, tractors, snow, or dust.... Just me and a couple Athleta bikinis headed to Thailand... Related Chi: ]]> http://www.athleta.net/chi/2010/07/07/do-it-in-a-skirt-sea-kayaking-in-thailand/feed/ 3 Dirty Knees and Pigtails http://www.athleta.net/chi/2010/05/21/dirty-knees-and-pigtails/ http://www.athleta.net/chi/2010/05/21/dirty-knees-and-pigtails/#comments Fri, 21 May 2010 16:38:00 +0000 Tamara Jacobi http://www.athleta.net/chi/?p=5722 by Tamara Jacoby, Eco-Adventurer | I've seen photos of myself as a child. I’m always the little girl with dirty knees, pigtails and chocolate ice cream smeared on her face. Since those photos were taken every cell in my body has changed, I am no longer that person. However, last week that little girl and I were re-introduced... No related posts.]]> http://www.athleta.net/chi/2010/05/21/dirty-knees-and-pigtails/feed/ 8 The Art of Sea Kayaking http://www.athleta.net/chi/2010/02/08/the-art-of-sea-kayaking/ http://www.athleta.net/chi/2010/02/08/the-art-of-sea-kayaking/#comments Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:42:40 +0000 Tamara Jacobi http://www.athleta.net/chi/?p=4235 by Tamara Jacobi, Eco-Adventurer | There aren’t many moments in my busy life where I’m perfectly happy sitting in one place and watching the world go by in silence. However, when you seat me in a sea kayak and give me a push out into the big blue ocean, my perspective on life seems to change... Related Chi: ]]> http://www.athleta.net/chi/2010/02/08/the-art-of-sea-kayaking/feed/ 1 The Arizona Trail http://www.athleta.net/chi/2010/02/04/the-arizona-trail/ http://www.athleta.net/chi/2010/02/04/the-arizona-trail/#comments Thu, 04 Feb 2010 21:26:13 +0000 Dina Mishev http://www.athleta.net/chi/?p=4200 by Dina Mishev, Featured Athlete | In the 1970s, Dale Shewalter dreamed of a trail stretching the length of Arizona, 800-some miles, from the state’s border with Mexico to its border with Utah. In 1985, Shewalter quit his teaching job to spend the year walking the state south to north to get a feel for where this dreamed-of trail of his might go... No related posts.]]> http://www.athleta.net/chi/2010/02/04/the-arizona-trail/feed/ 3 A Locavore’s Guide to Adventure http://www.athleta.net/chi/2009/12/07/a-locavore%e2%80%99s-guide-to-adventure/ http://www.athleta.net/chi/2009/12/07/a-locavore%e2%80%99s-guide-to-adventure/#comments Mon, 07 Dec 2009 16:55:44 +0000 Kristina Pinto http://www.athleta.net/chi/?p=3324 by Kristina Pinto | Last summer, like many people, I became a devotee of the town farmers market, my only hope for attempting to eat locally harvested food. Every Tuesday, I headed to the common with my reusable grocery bags and stocked up on organic vegetables, regional cheeses, the freshest seafood, and grass-fed meat from a farm down the road... Related Chi: ]]> http://www.athleta.net/chi/2009/12/07/a-locavore%e2%80%99s-guide-to-adventure/feed/ 2 Do It In a Skirt: Surf’s Up http://www.athleta.net/chi/2009/09/03/do-it-in-a-skirt-surfs-up/ http://www.athleta.net/chi/2009/09/03/do-it-in-a-skirt-surfs-up/#comments Thu, 03 Sep 2009 16:20:19 +0000 Sarahlee Lawrence http://www.athleta.net/chi/?p=2392 by Sarahlee Lawrence, Outdoor Adventurer
You wake up to the sound of surf on the southern Mexican coast. Your hair is heavy with salt from the day before and eyes hazy in the dawn. You’ve been here for a week and the surf continues to break clean all day and all night, so you’re not surprised by the waist-high waves peeling off the little rocky point just beyond your tent... Related Chi: ]]> http://www.athleta.net/chi/2009/09/03/do-it-in-a-skirt-surfs-up/feed/ 5 Do It In a Skirt: Rescue a Damsel in Distress http://www.athleta.net/chi/2009/07/22/do-it-in-a-skirt-rescue-a-damsel-in-distress/ http://www.athleta.net/chi/2009/07/22/do-it-in-a-skirt-rescue-a-damsel-in-distress/#comments Wed, 22 Jul 2009 16:54:30 +0000 Sarahlee Lawrence http://www.athleta.net/chi/?p=1996 by Sarahlee Lawrence, River Rafting Guide
It doesn’t seem to matter what I’m doing, from running rivers, to farming, to hiking, to biking, to running… I just have more fun in a skirt. It’s something about my legs being free, or maybe (speaking of Chi) the skirt opens the connection to the circulating life energy inherent in the earth... Related Chi: ]]> http://www.athleta.net/chi/2009/07/22/do-it-in-a-skirt-rescue-a-damsel-in-distress/feed/ 5 Returning the Favor http://www.athleta.net/chi/2009/01/30/returning-the-favor/ http://www.athleta.net/chi/2009/01/30/returning-the-favor/#comments Sat, 31 Jan 2009 00:44:39 +0000 Sarahlee Lawrence http://www.athleta.net/chi/?p=672 by Sarahlee Lawrence, River Rafting Guide
I had been fighting the Colorado River for a hundred and eighty miles. The river swatted my boat and hit me sideways. I strained against the oars, trying to hold my line. Every rapid felt like a chaotic pummeling. I was just a sophomore in college and had never rowed a raft before in my life... Related Chi: ]]> http://www.athleta.net/chi/2009/01/30/returning-the-favor/feed/ 2