4:45 a.m.—Alarm buzzes annoyingly in my ear. I smack the snooze button. 4:50 a.m.—Alarm buzzes annoyingly in my ear. I contemplate letting it go, then smack the snooze button. “Hike Mount Sopris,” we said. Climb 4,396 feet before the weather hits. Knock it off the bucket list. Everything was packed and ready to go, I … More In hiking my first mountain
One of my biggest fears is fearing. If crazy is knocking at my door and I have the opportunity to answer, I take about three seconds to wonder if crazy is dressed as insane or stupid. If insane, I usually open the door. If stupid, I almost always ignore. Then there comes times when crazy is knocking … More Cliff jumping: Fear vs. Logic
I know It’s been awhile since my last post; apologies to my followers! But in the time I’ve been absent from this blog I’ve been working on another one for Glenwood Adventure Company, where I currently work as a raft guide. You can check out those posts here or view them under “Other Work” in the … More A short recap of a Colorado summer
After two weeks of nonstop shivering, vicious sunburn and dodging giant rocks, trees and suck-holes, I am now a certified whitewater raft guide! According to pretty much everyone I’ve met since being here, I couldn’t come to Colorado for just the winter. “Come for a season, stay for a lifetime” is the popular motto. I don’t … More The training to be a whitewater raft guide
“Jenn, are we stupid for doing this?” I looked down at where my feet used to be, seeing only hard-packed snow instead. Somewhere below, my left calf throbbed where it skinned past a thick layer of ice for the third time. I was pretty certain my right ankle was bleeding, and I couldn’t tell if my toes were still attached. I … More The reason for snowshoes
One of the things I love most in life is gaining an appreciation of something I’ve become desensitized to. Gaining an awareness of something that I’ve seen a hundred times but have never actually noticed. Such things happen when friends from home come to see… well, home. “Check out those fancy, rustic houses!” “Look at those Christmas-looking trees!” “The weather is beautiful!” … More Seeing Colorado for the first time…again
I can think of a few people who would absolutely kick my butt if I didn’t get this blog going, mostly because I promised again and again I was getting to it. In defense of my procrastination, I’d like to say, “life happened,” but I think that’s exactly the point: life happened, and unfortunately, I was … More The time I actually started a blog
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