Keyword: a word that serves as a key

Adventure: an exciting, risky, or very unusual experience, undertaking, or enterprise

Our Mission is What Drives Us.

We focus on providing education, resources, and inspiration around outdoor adventure lifestyles of all kinds, specifically for families and beginners. We believe “adventure” is up to the person participating and “outdoors” is welcoming of all experiences in nature, as a diverse, inclusive, and accepting place. We want to help everyone get into nature in ways that benefit their lives, well-being, and stewardship of the planet they play on.

Education

To present information and inspiration that creates a reachable vision and skillset for outdoor adventure to a diversity of families and individuals.

 

Connection

To deepen a sense of kindredness with ourselves, each other, and the natural world.

 

Empowerment

To uplift our community to a place of confidence, connection, and capability in their adventuring, on land, water, air, or in their own homes.

 

Inclusion

To provide an accessible space where everyone, regardless of ability, neurodiversity, race, origin, religion, or sexual orientation can be themselves and join us in adventure.

Conservation

To uphold and expand stewardship and understanding for the importance and delicate nature of the outdoors, conservation, and our impact on the world.

 

Wellness

To share the benefits of the outdoors and adventures of all kinds in the overall health and well-being of our minds, bodies, intellects, emotions, and spirits.

 

Community

To create a space where people with a common desire for personal and family outdoor adventure come together and feel welcome.

 

Entertainment

To express relatable and inspiring stories through writing, speaking, and various media with the intention of showing that adventure is attainable for everyone.

Our Vision is Our Future

Our vision is to create a welcoming community of new, past, and future outdoor adventurers through inspiring confidence, learning, and stewardship with each other and the world around us. We have a desire to see individualized adventure become a key aspect of folks’ lives in harmony with people and planet for enrichment and living well.

Our Team

  • Cristen

    Cristen’s been involved in the outdoors and adventure sports in some form for over 25 years. Her desire to be involved with and have a positive impact in the natural world drew her from Missouri to Arizona for a degree in Conservation Biology. This brought her into broad experiences in the field, both remotely and interacting with people. MORE

  • Matt

    Matt has long had a gift for educating and empowering others in their endeavors. His outdoor experience spans nearly 30 years and inspired him to find accessible ways to bring new adventurers into the outdoors with confidence and comfort. His education led him into aviation and earning a Commercial Pilot’s License. In a fateful turn of events, though, the attacks on the World Trade Center happened at the same time, changing his plans. MORE

  • "The Dude"

    “The Dude” is Matt and Cristen’s son, an amazing kid who’s been a part of his parents’ adventures since before he was born. He went rock climbing in the months before birth in Arkansas and was paddling in a kayak with Mom three days before he came into the world. Since then, he’s been a part of numerous road trips, camping trips, climbing trips, and paddling adventures with his beloved pets and favorite stuffed animals in tow. MORE