If you were to map out your daily movements, would you find that you tend to stick to what you know with little deviation? …from the house to the job to the gym to the supermarket, back to the house, and get up the next day to do it all again? Order is good in many ways but if we get too accustomed to seeing the world in one way, we lose perspective and the ability to be creative and to imagine what could really be. It’s like the frog at the bottom of the well – he thinks the sky is as big as the top of the well. But, if he surfaced, he would have an entirely different view.
We all have mountains to climb in life, but by taking control of your circumstances and deliberately seeking out adventure instead of passively waiting for life’s little adventures to present themselves, you get much more out of literally summitting the proverbial mountain than a metaphor to life’s challenges. Free from the chaos, distraction and tyranny of routine, you will experience a profound sense of adventure and discovery, reinvigorated creativity and awareness, simplicity, realism, independence, self-reliance and growth of the spirit.
Besides, it’s better to see something once, than to hear about it a thousand times, right? Below are some of the destinations we plan to visit this summer. Join us!
Zion National Park
The Basics: Zion National Park is located near Springdale, in southern Utah. The most prominent feature of the 229-square-mile park is Zion Canyon, which is reddish and tan-colored Navajo Sandstone that has been cut through by the North Fork of the Virgin River. The Canyon runs approximately 15 miles long and up to half a […]
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Grand Canyon National Park
The Basics: The Grand Canyon is 277 miles (446 km) long, up to 18 miles (29 km) wide and attains a depth of over a mile (6,000 feet / 1,800 metres). The forested rims are high enough to receive winter snowfall, but along the Colorado River in the Inner Gorge, temperatures are similar to those […]
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Mt. Whitney
The Basics: Mount Whitney is the highest summit in the Contiguous United States with an elevation of 14,505 feet (4,421 m). The east slope is in the Inyo National Forest and the west slope is in Sequoia National Park. The summit sits at the south end of the John Muir Trail (which runs 211.9 miles […]
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Joshua Tree National Park
The Basics: With over 790,000 acres (1,235.37 square miles), Joshua Tree National Park is slightly larger than the State of Rhode Island. A large part of the park (approx. 430,000 acres) is a designated Wilderness Area. A wilderness area is a region where the land is in a natural state; where impacts from human activities […]
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