There is a perception of outdoor people being long haired, irresponsible, party animals. There may be another side to them and they may just be what the world needs right now.
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New Year is a good time to take stock. It is a time to look at what we accomplished the previous year. It is a time to choose who we want to be and what we want to achieve in the following year.
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“Manipulation, fueled with good intent, can be a blessing. But when used wickedly, it is the beginning of a magician’s karmic calamity.”
T.F. Hodge
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“People don’t buy what you do, they buy why you do it.”
Simon Sinek
Sinek makes his claim while explaining the Golden Circle in his classic and popular TEDx talk.
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Lots of young people ski in Colorado. The only young kids we see in the backcountry tend to be ones who come with us. Why is this a distinction? When you ski in the backcountry you are much less able to predict the conditions.
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The question now becomes how do we incorporate it into raising our children. The fantastic part is that in most instances it will happen naturally when we get out of our own way. Here are seven tactics we used.
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Picture this, your once young child is leaving for college. You swell with pride as you watch them go. This transition towards independence was both satisfying and easy. When you look at your offspring you see an accomplished and beautiful being.
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Cognitive dissonance. You know that feeling when a deeply seated belief you hold is shattered by new evidence?
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Originally posted in 2012
Last week I went on a hut trip, something I love and used to do fairly often, yet I easily find excuses not to now that I am a husband and father. Do you know what I am talking about all you parents out there?
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Strong foundations are an important strategy in developing anything worthwhile.
Standing on the top of Mt Audubon I was struck by the boys’ smiles. I had dreamed of and prepared for this moment for years.
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My bicycle meditations brought me to the realization that there is a pulse beating through most of our existence. The sun comes up and goes down. Our blood courses through our body. There is birth and there is decay. It is all one big complex rhythm.
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Science now shows us this airy concept is founded in neural connections and chemical reactions in neurotransmitters. The fields of brain based teaching and positive psychology were eye openers for me.
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There is an image seared in my mind, part real and part predefined. Big, fat flakes of snow falling, the stillness of sheltering in the trees, the quiet glide of skis through fresh, dry snow and sharing this emotion with someone special.
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Do you ever look at your child and fill up with an overwhelming sense of pride? Of course there are moments when you feel that Pol Pot would beat you in a compassion competition but for the most part you take pride in being a good parent.
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Best-self, it is that version of you that you know is bad ass, someone you admire and like to associate yourself with. There are good parts and bad parts, happy times and painful times. Also, there are times when you are off the charts impressive and others when you are spinning the hamster wheel…
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Stories have long been one of my secret weapons. It is often easier to make up a story than find an expert to communicate a particular message with my son. In particular I used them for preparing Cai for arduous adventures…
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