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2019 Adventure Goals

October 21, 2018 By Jeff H Leave a Comment

A dream written down with a date becomes a goal. A goal broken down into steps becomes a plan. A plan backed by action makes your dreams come true.” – Greg S. Reid One of my favorite activities at the Six-Pack of Peaks Finishers Party is sharing Your Next Adventure. We break out the pens and […]

Filed Under: Lifestyle Tagged With: adventure, goals, Six-Pack of Peaks

Where Adventures Are Born

November 17, 2017 By Jeff H 2 Comments

2018 adventure goals

Where are adventures born? They begin with inspiration. The adventure takes a giant leap forward when you commit it to paper and write down that adventure goal. At our 2017 Six-Pack of Peaks Finisher’s Party last month, we asked challengers to share their adventure goals for 2018 on an index card and clip it to our […]

Filed Under: Lifestyle, Photos Tagged With: adventure, Finisher's Party, goals, Six-Pack of Peaks

Four Big Adventures to Add to Your Life List

November 17, 2016 By Jeff H 1 Comment

Do you want more adventures in the year ahead? Maybe you’ve finished the Six-Pack of Peaks Challenge, and you’re looking for a new challenge−something that takes you out of your comfort zone and pushes you beyond what you thought you could do? Big adventures don’t happen by dreaming−they require planning and preparation. Many big adventures require […]

Filed Under: Hiking News, Lifestyle Tagged With: adventure, High Sierra Trail, inspiration, John Muir Trail, Lost Coast Trail, Trans-catalina Trail

Big Adventures Ahead

November 16, 2016 By Jeff H 3 Comments

Your next big adventure

At the 2016 Six-Pack of Peaks Challenge Finisher’s Party, we asked folks to write down their next big adventure and clip it to a line with a clothespin. The end result looked a bit like a Himalayan prayer flag filled with inspiring goals from our challengers. Here’s a glimpse at what they’ve got planned for […]

Filed Under: Lifestyle Tagged With: adventure, inspiration, Six-Pack of Peaks

Five Ways to Find Your Adventure

November 24, 2015 By Bethany Hester 4 Comments

Put Micro-Adventure in Your Everyday Life

Sometimes it can be easy to get caught up in the routine of everyday life and forget that there is so much out there to see and explore right in front of you.  And you can’t always get away to the mountains. Sometimes you have to go to work or school, too. Here are five simple […]

Filed Under: Lifestyle Tagged With: adventure, micro-adventure

3 Tips for Turning a Boring Hike into a Micro-Adventure

January 23, 2014 By Kam Altar 2 Comments

3 Tips to Make Hiking a Micro-Adventure - SoCalHiker.net

I love to hike. I remember hiking to Rainbow Falls just outside of Mammoth Lakes, CA when I was maybe 5 years old…floppy blue hat, pink striped shirt, my trusty pink “hiking pole” and my teddy bear tucked away in my backpack. I remember stopping in the shade to snack on Vienna sausages, canned fruit […]

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How to Fit More Adventure in Your Life

September 8, 2013 By Jeff H Leave a Comment

Last week I wrote a guest post at the Sierra Social Hub titled Fitting Adventure in a Busy Life. The basic premise is that adventure comes in many forms. Not all adventures are planned. Not all adventures are “epic” in scope, nor do they need be. And it doesn’t require quitting your 9-to-5 and living […]

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