Tarin O’Donnell, Tarin It Up Podcast and TKO Yoga & Fitness

It’s networking. Everything in life is networking. You meet people, and you’re just exposed to things you weren’t exposed to before. You find these opportunities you didn’t even know existed.

Rae-a Moughty, Campfire Institute

The suicide rate amongst Queer teens is ginormous… If these little moments, laying in the snow, looking at the stars, can help give them just a tiny bit of resilience, then I want to keep giving them camp. So I never turn anyone away.

Saige Linsay, Wabanaki Public Health and Wellness

I, in particular, love the whitewater community, and I’m not saying that our community isn’t great - but we can always make it better, right??

Meg Pierce, Inclusive Ski Touring

I really enjoy starting something when you’re kind of at the sucking stage, but you can see yourself progressing very quickly…. I’m very addicted to that sharp part of the learning curve.

Traci Bisson, Golden Dog Adventure Company

We’ll carry extra water, we’ll carry snacks, so you don’t need to. It’s really a no-brainer, and that’s what people need, because they’re so busy in their lives. They just want to go, have fun and not have to think about it.

Alice Bean Andrenyak, Alice's Awesome Adventures

If I can have two ‘aha!’ moments from the people that I’ve had out that day, that fuels me for the next day.

Anyssa Lucena, Genuine Climbing

It’s so cliched, but it’s really true. It’s about your connection with the rock, and how your body talks to the rock, and how it talks back to you. All you need is to have a soul in order to do that, you don’t need anything more than that.

Chrystsonthy Drellos, Blue Sky MTB

If I had $1 for every time I wanted to throw my bike into the woods and stomp off, I’d be a millionaire.

Lauren Humphrey of Outside Perspectives

Our goal is mainly to get more kids outside. And more often.

Cathy Piffath, H2Outfitters

When people have that interest and they can gain those skills and see that comfort level and competence level go up, it’s just so gratifying.

Laura Beebe, Sterling College

We’re all at our own stages of development, and have areas that we really excel in, and areas that we need to work on.

Jen Deraspe, Spirals of Wellbeing

I really wanted to test more conscious living. Like, ‘what do I need?’ versus ‘what do I want?’