Teachers
It is a beautiful late August day and you are mountain biking on a single-track trail in Upstate NY. Your friend Laura is doing about Mach 7, hits a big root and spectacularly flies over the handlebars to land on her belly. You find her on her side on the ground. You are happy she […]
You have been told that getting altitude experience is quick and easy in the Andes of Ecuador, and being from flatland Ohio, that sounds good, prior to your planned climb of Denali (Mt. McKinley). However, between you and your 2 climbing buddies, you can only get a 5 day window to get down there and […]
You are part of a wilderness medicine class staying at a small eco-resort on Costa Rica’s Southern Pacific coast. Your super nice and cool instructor gives you an afternoon off. You and three buddies decide to head down to the beach, about a quarter mile down a gravel road from the lodge. It is about […]
Rafting is a Gas – You are camped during a private raft trip on the Colorado, in the heart of the Grand Canyon. You are still pissed at the large party that pulled in late the night before, taking up most of the great campsite you were first at. You vow next time to take […]
Beam Me Out of Here, Scotty – You are up at one of the 10th Mountain Division Huts on a December ski trip, tired after a great day of shredding some sweet powder. The hut is pretty full, maybe 20 people. You are ready to throw out a group of four twenty-something year olds, or […]