Redefining a blog

How do you define adventure?

It started for me with the Appalachian Trail trip last summer; a perfect example of an adventure and this blog was started to help me explore the preparation, the trip itself, and my personal reflections on what I learned about myself throughout the entire experience.   During the process of documenting this I suddenly stopped writing and it took a while to figure out why.  Perhaps it was a lack of momentum, time commitments and phases of life, even sheer laziness and lack of commitment.   But there was more ....

I began to see adventure as more than a single trip.  This sentiment echoed through the writing and became more apparent each day-- that I was not going to come to any revelation from this trip except for one idea that kept bouncing around in my head:  I still have a lot to learn!

The real adventure for me is not what I have done, even though there are some great stories that I shared and more to come.  The excitement comes from the unexplored, the anticipation of "what's next?" and what it takes to get there.  I saw the concept of Reboot, Select Adventure take on a life of its own and grow into something bigger than the concept of personal growth through select outdoor experience.  I was living something that was different than I had ever experienced and I got caught up in the moment --forgetting to document it and share it with you.  That is easily rectified, though I am still wading across this river with no far shore in site.

I have new adventures from the winter to share, and adventures planned for this summer that are completely new to me as well as  others that will be more familiar but hopefully will come with challenges, twists, and a new set of highs and lows. Each decision I make right now is carefully considered to ensure that I am finding ways to select adventure over routine.  It's not perfect but I hope that as you take this journey with me the questions I raise will help you find your own personal path, and the answers we are all seeking come to us as we need them.


As I write this I recall that I should be on the trail right now but a series of events conspired to pull me off the AT and put me on a new path.  I will never know if it was a good decision, but it's a decision that was made and in that moment it opened up new opportunities that will become the next set of stories for June and July. 

Stick around and look for new entries on Sunday and Wednesday nights, as I round out the AT stories from last summer, talk about my experiences this winter, and very soon I will start documenting my next big thing.