Meet the Team

 

Mark

Favorite Activities: Skiing, Snowboarding, hike/biking in the mountains

Best Outdoor Experience: 7 days on the Middle Fork of the Salmon River (the River of No Return) in Idaho with my family

Side Jobs: International and Winter Olympic Ski and Snowboard Competition Director

Favorite Line from a song: "You got to know when to hold em, know when to fold em" ~ The Gambler by Kenny Roger

Lisa

Word that best describes you? Optimistic

Where in the world have you traveled? Canada, Costa Rica, Mexico, Thailand, France, Germany, Austria, Great Brittan, Ireland and East to West in the United States.

What's the longest you've gone without a shower, and why? 3 showers in 50 days while studying an Outdoor Semester in the Rockies with Colorado Mountain College. The most amazing college experience ever!!!

Favorite place in the US to visit? Telluride, CO... a little slice of heaven only 6 hours from home.

Favorite activities? Skiing, camping, adventuring with my son Jack & husband Ben, river running, travel and home improvement.

 
 

Britni

Best outdoor experience: Paddle boarding on the Colorado River

Side job: Being an Auntie to 7 nieces and nephews

Favorite activities: Hanging out with my husband, drinking coffee in my backyard, skiing, mountain biking, driving down dirt roads, visiting my twin, swimming, traveling, being outside, gardening, paper crafting.

Favorite line from a song: "Don't question why she needs to be so free. She'll tell you it's the only way to be." -The Rolling Stones, Ruby Tuesday

Where in the world have you traveled? Thailand, Canada, England, Greece, Italy, Mexico, France, India.

Kendra 

Best outdoor experience?
Rafting down the Rogue river in Oregon with my family?

Rafting down the Rogue river in Oregon with my family

Where in the world have you traveled?
I have been lucky enough to have visited South America, Africa.
Where is your favorite place to visit in the U.S.?
My favorite place in America is Joshua Tree national park, the climbing that is available there is incredible and it offers equally incredible and scenic hikes.
Favorite activities?
My favorite things to do are climbing and snowboarding, I also enjoy setting up my hammock in a beautiful place and reading. 
Favorite line from a song?
The world stopped spinning when you opened your eyes my darlin 

Olivia

Word that describes you? Goofy and kind

Favorite Activities:   Hiking, working out, napping and baking.

Best outdoor experience: Rafting the Grand Canyon with my family.

Side jobs: house and dog sitting

Where is your favorite place in the U.S. to visit? Tahoe, California or Hawaii

If you could be any animal, what would you be and why? A sloth. We all need to slow down and enjoy life.

Kai

Favorite activities?
Mountain biking, weight lifting, skiing, traveling, ice hockey, listening to music
Best outdoors experience?
South Lake Tahoe with my family every summer or playing pond hockey on Lake Mary
Best pick up line?
"I play hockey"
Favorite line from a song?
"So let me go down the line, I wanna feel it all joy, pain, and sky" - Burn, Burn, Burn, Zach Bryan
 
Favorite place in the US to visit?
Fallen Leaf Lake, CA
Where in the world have you travelled?
13 US states, Canada, Mexico, and Japan
Jen

Your Preferred Title: General Badass

Favorite Activities: Paddle Boarding, Snowboarding, Rafting

Best Outdoors Experience: G.C.R Baby (Grand Canyon River trip) 

If you could click your heels together and be anywhere in the world, where would you be? Brazil

Side Jobs: Working on my money pit (house)

If you could be any animal, what would you be and why? A fox because I want to catch prey like them...you know, like, jump.

What's the longest you've gone without a shower? 17 days.

Raymon

Favorite activities
Basketball, Golf, Skiing, Fishing, Camping
Favorite line from a song
Ridin on a wing and a prayer
Where in the world have you traveled?
45 of the 50 States, Chile, Mexico, Canada, Spain
Best outdoor experience
6 day Canoeing Trip in Minnesota/Canada that included fishing, cliff jumping and camping. 
If I could click your heels together and be anywhere in the world, where would you be?
Vina Del Mar, Chile
 
  Breanna

Favorite activities: Running, working out, playing soccer, tennis/pickleball, or ultimate frisbee.

Where in the world have you traveled? Around the U.S., Mexico, Poland, Turkey, Ireland, England, Central America, and Canada.

Favorite place in the U.S. to visit? 
Olympic National Park, Washington

Proud moment?Running down to Indian Gardens in the Grand Canyon and back. Next up is down to the Colorado River and back!

Quote to live by:
“The best moments in our lives are not the passive, receptive, relaxing times… The best moments usually occur if a person’s body or mind is stretched to it’s limits in a voluntary effort to accomplish something difficult and worthwhile.”
- Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
  Tess

Favorite activities: I love being in the outdoors- Mountain biking, hiking and playing bass!

Best Outdoor Experience: In Yosemite I ran into a mama bear and her three cubs on the trail! They were only 10 feet away.

Best pick up line: "I'm in a band."

If you could be any animal, what would you be and why? I would like to be a meerkat because I feel as if being a small mongoose mirrors my personality.

Weirdest quirk: I can wiggle my ears! 

 


  

 James

Word that describes me: Quirky

Favorite Activities: Skiing Scary Slopes, Playing Chess, and Golfing

Best Outdoors Experience: Living in the Tongass National Forest for a month and a half

Side Jobs: Day Trading when I get bored

Weirdest Quirk: I will only ever eat cookies in a spiral shape

Crazy Unique talents: I'm really good at mimicking voices

 Andrea

Your Preferred title: Outdoor Enthusiast

Word that describes you: Determined

Favorite activities: Hiking, Biking, Playing guitar

Best Outdoors experience: Hiking all 500 miles of the Colorado Trail

If you could click your heels together and be anywhere in the world, where would you be? On the Camino in Spain

Where in the world have you traveled? Japan, Canada, and Hawaii

  

Nicole

Your preferred title: Coffee Lover and Food System Advocate

Favorite Activities: Playing my guitar, painting, running, biking, skiing, cooking and growing food!

Where is your favorite place in the U.S. to visit? I love pretty much all of Utah. My favorite is probably around the St.George area…Gooseberry mesa, Virgin, Zion. It has a really special place in my heart, and I continue to go back year after year.

If you could be any animal what, and why? I would be my very own dog. He comes with us pretty much everywhere, and despite loads of training from his parents, continues to act like a total dingus all of the time. Everyday, he is just happy to get out and romp around. I love that guy. 

What’s the longest you’ve gone without a shower and why? 3 weeks. At the time, I was living in Montana. I came down South to get out of the cold and enjoy some sunshine. I was on the hunt for free showers. They were few and far between, so there ended up being a 3 week stint where I went without one.