The best part of life is the inevitable up's and down's. All the amazing times..... and the challenges allow perspective; an ever-evolving path that becomes who each of us are.

When the combo of high intensity BASE jumping, hang gliding, paragliding, and climbing (alpinism in particular) became saturated with the highest of highs and..... the lowest of lows from prolific loss, two things helped keep the right-side-up for me. First and foremost, it was the people. Family and friends who were constant reminders of deep level connections and all the love in the world. And the second, was the environments that made me feel small and insignificant.... part of something much larger. The ocean, the sky, rivers.... they don't care what we want, who we are, or have any emotional construct and yet, they all still seem to have their own personality and soul. During that time in my life, the ocean in particular served as a balancing point, a support system, and a place that allowed peace. Sailing across the Atlantic with Tyler Bradt and Daniel Treloar was an experience of a lifetime and every bit as impacting was time spent surfing.... from the green waters of the rugged Oregon coast to the warm waves in Nicaragua with one of my best friends, Hayden Peters.

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