Join Megan for the story of a 15-day trek in the Himalayas to the Gokyo Lakes and Everest Base Camp. You'll cross rivers and glaciers, visit peaks and high passes, and hear about the Buddhist culture of the mountains. In addition to practical tips for embarking on a trip like this, we'll also hit on […]
Jillian A. Brown's presentation will take you on a wild ride of adventure, emotion and passion. Her presentation shares the story of a driven young women who finds herself homeless and lost, to shifting her experiences into fuel to drive her to accomplish a World First paddling a tandem sea kayak down the Colorado River […]
Brian and Michelle Coleman will take you on a journey through the Camino de Santiago as they walked 600 miles last summer on the Camino Frances, from St Jean Pied de Port to Santiago de Compostela, and on to Finisterre and Muxia. They will share stories of the people they met along the Way, explain […]
The Klostermans are excited to share the story of our 7-day guided sea adventure aboard The Nemo III in July 2023. The boat carried our group of 11 adventure tourists and a crew of 9, sailing around the Galapagos Islands located 600 miles off the west coast of Ecuador near the equator. Each action-packed day […]
In February of 2023, fellow adventures Gary and Linda De Kock and John and LaNae Abnet canoed and camped the vast 438,000-acre peat-filled wetland straddling the Georgia–Florida, which is the great Okefenokee Swamp. Considered to be one of the Seven Natural Wonders of Georgia, the Okefenokee is the largest "blackwater" swamp in North America. Experience […]
Nancy East & Chris Ford present Chasing 948 Miles in Great Smoky Mountains National Park In 2020, Nancy East and Chris Ford, two everyday athletes, earned a fastest known time (FKT) of the Smokies 900 Challenge. The duo will share the highs and lows of hiking 948 miles in 29 days with over 165,000 feet of […]
JeanMarie Gossard presents Fear, Bliss and Breaking Trail: One Woman's Journey; Join in as JeanMarie Gossard shares tales from the 12,000+ miles of long-distance trails she's hiked in the last few years, including her yearlong walk where she set out to hike as much of the Pacific Crest and Continental Divide Trail as she could […]
Justin Yoder presents Taking Pride Outside; When an LGBTQ+ person comes "out of the closet", they often look for that place of acceptance which can often be the bar and club scene. However, even if a person's mother doesn't accept them, Mother Nature always will. The outdoors is a place full of heart pounding […]
Michelle & Brian Coleman present Walking & Biking the Camino Portuguese Take an adventure with the Colemans as they share stories and preparation tips from their 2019 Camino from Lisbon, Portugal to Santiago de Compostela. While many are familiar with the Camino de Santiago, most only know of the Camino Frances, the 500-mile route from Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port […]
Joe Crowley & Peter Kotses present Baileys: Ohio's Newest Outdoor Adventure Destination; While big named destinations are on everyone's bucket-list, our own backyards are often filled with untapped potential. A committed grassroots local effort has taken a forested blank canvas and turned it into a plan for 88 miles of hiking and biking trails highlighted by […]
Gudrun and Peter Seifert present Hiking, Good for You, Take it Up!; In these times with so many travel and contact restrictions, local parks have become very important. We describe our favorite trails at the Germantown and Twin Creek MetroParks, the Caesars Creek Perimeter Trail, and finally as a distant reward, for the strongest hikers, […]
