Active & Physical Pursuits

Parkour/Freerunning How I Landed My First Precision Jump (Without Shattering My Ankles) The gap between the two concrete ledges seemed […]

Foraging (Mushrooms) How I Found My First Edible Morel Mushroom (And Didn’t Poison Myself!) After weeks of poring over guidebooks,

Survival Skills/Bushcraft How I Built a Debris Hut That Kept Me Warm in Near-Freezing Temps The temperature was dropping towards

Pickleball How I Won My First Pickleball Tournament (As a Total Newbie) I entered my first pickleball tournament, a “2.5

Salsa Dancing How I Survived My First Salsa Social (And Didn’t Step on Too Many Toes) The salsa club buzzed

Yoga (Vinyasa Focus) How I Finally Nailed Crow Pose (And Didn’t Faceplant) in Vinyasa Yoga Crow pose (Bakasana) seemed like

CrossFit How I Survived My First CrossFit WOD (And Didn’t Puke… Much) The whiteboard listed “Fran” – thrusters and pull-ups

Calisthenics/Street Workout How I Achieved My First Muscle-Up (After a Year of Failing) The muscle-up seemed impossible. For a year,

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (No-Gi) How I Survived My First Week of No-Gi BJJ (And Didn’t Tap Instantly) Walking into my first

Snowboarding (Backcountry) My First Backcountry Snowboard Tour: How I Didn’t Trigger an Avalanche The silence of the backcountry was profound,