Jen Hazard, Author of The Maine Play Book

I came to recognize it as I was older…. just going to a new space, and exploring like that, that really always just inspires me, no matter what.

Carrie Hoffman, Bigger Life Adventures & Grand Canyon Eco-Retreat

Someone said to me once, ‘your life can be bigger than your biggest dreams for it’, and I never forgot that. And that’s actually where I got the name for my company, Bigger Life Adventures, because it’s true.

Briana Sullivan Treks El Camino (Plus Teeny House Intel!)

There were like 1000 different views, from cobblestones to forests to wide open paths, in one day. It was so diverse. You get that kind of change on the AT like, once a month, and we were getting it in one day.

Lauren Humphrey of Outside Perspectives

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

Jennifer Klein, PhD, The Trustees of Reservations

We have to connect [nature] to where people live, and get our programs to talk more about a greater bio region, rather than ‘nature is here. And it’s not here.’

"Tall" Ashley Leedberg, Two Loons Guide Service

It kind of clicked inside that I didn’t need to be miserable at my job. That wasn’t the goal, that wasn’t the point.

Kelley Cullenberg & Sarah Doscinski, Spandits

One of the really key things to staying in the business has been adaptability, you know, just rolling with the times and what people are looking for.

Mischa Ostberg, East Mountain Designs

This climbing gear has a life. Yeah, it saved your life. And it’s served its purpose initially. But everything that we use, we can repurpose.

Acadia Gantz, the ‘TrailRunningBabyCatcher’

There is such a need for information about running and pregnancy… really good, solid, not-scare-tactic information about running in pregnancy, about getting back to running post-partum, about what it’s like to be trying to raise a child and be a runner.

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.

The Ladies Adventure Club of Maine

Tag along as Jen ‘Hidden Hikes’ with Gillian Schair, founder of LAC, and a bunch of other awesome ladies!

Paige Emerson, Chubby Hiker Reviews

The days I don’t want to leave my house or don’t want to get out of bed, I’m like ‘Ooh, but there’s this new mountain that I could go review’