by owa | Apr 12, 2018 | Blog
“I want to learn how to climb!” “That’s so great that you climb, I wish I could too.” “I want to come climbing with you sometime.” All of these are things I’ve heard when talking about climbing. Climbing is picking up popularity these days. More and more people are...
by owa | Mar 26, 2018 | Blog
If you’ve recently been in the need of some inspiration, I highly recommend watching Semi-Rad creator, Brendan Leonard’s, most recent film “How to Run 100 Miles”. I especially recommend watching the last few minutes, maybe a couple of times. I don’t want to give...
by owa | Feb 26, 2018 | Blog
The email read “High clearance vehicles only”. That was the first indication of what was to be a good weekend. It is almost always a guarantee that if not all cars can get to a spot, then it is probably worth the drive. And that is exactly what happened as we pulled...
by owa | Feb 16, 2018 | Blog
BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! Why? BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! Ugh. I thought as I fumbled around to turn this noise off. 5:30 AM. So early. I struggled to pull the covers off, and stepped out of bed to be greeted by the morning black. As a yawn escaped, I slowly pulled on my gym shorts...
by owa | Feb 3, 2018 | Blog
“How’d you sleep?” Mika asked me as she struggled to keep herself from sliding down the rock. “Not too bad,” I replied pulling my food bag from the inside of my sleeping bag, “those stars were incredible last night!” The previous night we started our hike around 11...
by owa | Jan 18, 2018 | Blog
Everyone loves big adventures. Those trips that you plan for months, have countdown calendars for, save up for for years, and use to keep yourself motivated. They’re things like biking across the country, backpacking across Europe, tackling the Appalachian trail, a...