Torey Lee Brooks

Don’t get the impression I’m a good nordic skier, I’m just good at long, arduous stubbornness!

Karrie Thomas, Northern Forest Canoe Trail

It was really never intended to be a ‘thru-paddle’… the founders imagined a series of destinations that would allow people to discover the northeast over time.

Susan Shasok, Caroline’s Dream

The choices that you have to make…. none of them are good. None of them are good. And yet, you still have to make those choices.

Cail Casserly, Brewer, Rider and Poet

If we’re out there enjoying a thing, I try to be conscious of, who am I not seeing? If this was hard for me, who’s it harder for? And I hope that that thought continues to foster other things, in terms of my activism, my work and my passions.

Tiff Soukup, VagabondWay

If we had ever let the fear of what could happen stop us, then we would have missed out on a lot of things.

Tiffany Soukup, Vagabond Way

I went to work at 10, got out at 6, came home, packed a suitcase. And a 8 o’clock that night, we started driving west…I lived on the floor next to a washer and dryer all summer and it was the best time of my life.

Chrystsonthy Drellos, Blue Sky MTB

If I had $1 for every time I wanted to throw my bike into the woods and stomp off, I’d be a millionaire.

Vertical Weekend Recap with Trish and Jen

I realized it was just what I needed.

Sabra Davison, Little Bellas

There are plenty of people with ideas. But it’s how that idea is fostered, and how what community you build is a defining part of your later success.

Laura Beebe, Sterling College

We’re all at our own stages of development, and have areas that we really excel in, and areas that we need to work on.

Heidi Myers, Rasputitsa

I tell people that haven’t finished, it’s really okay -the beer is the exact same beer for the finishers as it is for the non-finishers.

Cori Brago

I remember hooking into my first rainbow trout and just being overwhelmed with happiness, and joy, and I just could not believe that I had done this.