At what time in your life did you feel best? This is something I’ve been thinking about a lot lately. I’ve had some pretty drastic highs and lows in my life, and as I reflect on these cycles I noticed a trend… inspiration. The times in my life when I’ve been healthiest are generally the [...]
Opportunity & Conservation
September 8, 2011 By 2 Comments
I fish the waters around Durango, Colorado regularly. Those waters include one of my favorites, East Fork of Hermosa Creek. But for some reason I always pass a beautiful, narrow stretch of the upper Hermosa as I forge ahead to my regular stomping grounds further behind the ski resort and on into the canyon. This [...]
Give Back & Make a Difference
July 1, 2011 By 4 Comments
After a wonderful weekend on Maui participating in OluKai’s 3rd Annual Ho’olaule’a, I was able to experience a day of giving back that I had never done before. Each year, OluKai partners with Maui Cultural Lands to spend a day in the Honokowai Valley doing reforesting work to preserve the area in hopes of restoring [...]
Legacy
June 27, 2011 By 12 Comments
Mark points out a big flash of silver among the rippled waters. “He’s a big one,” I hear him shout over the roar of the river. I’m in the canyon, downstream from Fred’s Bluff, just me against the fish. Adrenaline pulses through my body as I pull line from my reel and rhythmically cast to [...]
Travel, Fish and Immerse
February 3, 2011 By 8 Comments
by Amy Becker Williams, Featured Athlete | Mariano Cruz sat across from me, all five-foot four of him, Roman nose, dark skin, sallow eyes. He ate a chunk of smoked duck breast, licked his fingers, took a gulp of red wine and gave us a gentle smile. My husband, Mark, and I were on the front-end of a fly-fishing trip along the spine of the Pyrenees straddling Spain and France…
Snow Angels
December 28, 2010 By 10 Comments
by Mary DeLaney, Featured Athlete | I woke up this morning thinking about snow angels. Then my mind quickly went to my “to do” list. This time of year we can get so caught up in doing this, going there, making another something, mailing one more package, that we forget the magic of this season…
River House
November 11, 2010 By 2 Comments
by Sarahlee Lawrence, River Rafting Guide | Every girl has that thing she does on long winter nights… after skiing or running or a trip to the gym. For me, that thing is writing. It has taken me four winters, but this month my book, River House, was finally published.
Soaking up the Heat in Yellowstone’s Backcountry
October 22, 2010 By 6 Comments
by Dina Mishev, Featured Athlete | Confession time. I have lived in Jackson Hole for 13 years without ever venturing into the backcountry of Yellowstone National Park. Of course I had hit Old Faithful, Mammoth, the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, and all the rest of the sights you can see without venturing more than 100 feet from your car.
Do It in a Skirt: Sea Kayaking in Thailand
July 7, 2010 By 4 Comments
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…
Dirty Knees and Pigtails
May 21, 2010 By 10 Comments
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…
