Inside The Adventure

Grace Anderson is the Inspiring Connections Representative with the Sierra Club. Grace currently coordinates the 52 group nationwide volunteer-led program that connects marginalized communities to the outdoors, especially youth. She has worked as a council member for the Appalachian Trail Conservancy and has worked to promote diversity in the outdoors through NOLS, the National Outdoor Leadership School. Grace was also recently named as one of America’s “30 Under 30” outdoor movers and shakers by the Outdoor Industry Association.

On this episode, we learn the story of how Grace fell in love with the outdoors, how she is making the outdoor community a more comfortable place for people of color, and the impact that the outdoors has on the youth in our community.

This podcast is sponsored by Vestigo and produced by Force Media.

Langely McNeal is most well known for her phenomenal accomplishments as a pro skier on the US Ski Cross World Cup Team. She was the top American Ski Cross female in 2008/2009/2011/2012/2013, has appeared in 4 Winter X GAMES and was the 2012 Winter X GAMES National Champion. She’s been featured in top publications such as Ski Magazine, Shape Magazine, Powder Magazine, and Eddie Bauer. Through all of this, she served as her own manager and agent, mastering the business side of sports marketing and social media.    On this episode we discuss how Langely fell in love with skiing, how she turned skiing from a hobby into a profession, the story of how she got to the X GAMES (After not skiing for months and having only 1 week to train), and we get a behind the scenes look at the mental/physical/emotional aspect of being a professional skier.   This podcast is sponsored by Vestigo and produced by Force Media.

Chris Shiver is a natural born entrepreneur and investor who has visited over 36 countries, living in 4 of them and working in 6. Chris was the founder and President of a NASA-based composite thermal materials and products company who’s proprietary material helped NASA  patch it's heat shield in orbit. Chris is also an avid scuba diver who’s spent 30 years in the sport and 5 years as the director of sales and marketing for 6 high-end diving resorts located in Fiji, Belize, and the Philippines. Chris is currently the CEO and editor of ColoradoAdventures.com, a one-stop-shop for outdoor recreation and adventures.    In this episode we learn how traveling around the world at a young age led Chris to his love for the outdoors, the story of Chris' Mt. Everest Expedition in search of Sandy Irvine body, Chris’ opinion on making the ocean habitable for humans, and Chris’ advice on how to build a lifestyle that combines your career and the outdoors.   This podcast is sponsored by Vestigo and produced by Force Media.           

Lisa Slagle is the founder and Creative Director of Wheelie Creative: A creative marketing agency that creates wild and meaningful content for the outdoor industry. They build brand identities, make videos, and work with businesses to help them tell their story in a fun and engaging way.    In this episode we learn how Lisa started Wheelie Creative, what inspired Lisa to get into snowboarding (Lisa has had 5 concussions in the last year from snowboarding) and how snowboarding, fear and the outdoors are closely tied together.    This podcast is sponsored by Vestigo and produced by Force Media.

Ryan is the founder of Alpine Hammock and Deep South Mountaineering. Alpine Hammock has raised over $60,000 on Kickstarter. Deep South Mountaineering creates elegantly functional outdoor equipment that seeks to protect our shared natural resources.   On this episode, we learn how Ryan started Alpine Hammock, how Ryan used Kickstarter to fund his company, Ryan’s experience as a dog sledder and we hear the story of how Ryan and his friends summited a mountain for the first time and officially named the mountain!   This podcast is sponsored by Vestigo and produced by Force Media.

Jon Bowen is a cartographer at National Geographic where he works on building interactive maps and atlases. Through cartography, Jon has worked in the Galapagos islands at The Charles Darwin Research Center and has also led numerous whitewater rafting trips in the back country. Jon was also nominated as one of the 30Under30 creative leaders in the outdoor community.     On this episode we learn how Jon fell in love with cartography, how cartography can help people get involved with the outdoors, and a behind the scenes look at how maps and cartography shape our world. We also get to hear what Jon thinks of Pokemon Go!   This podcast is sponsored by Vestigo and produced by Force Media.

Lance Haynie is the associate director of the University of Georgia Recreational Program. Lance’s primary responsibilities include leading, organizing and managing all the outdoor trips for the UGA recreation program.   On this episode we learn what inspired Lance to get into the outdoors, the positive relationship the outdoors can build between your family and friends, and how the outdoors can strengthen you as a leader and communicator.    Fun fact: Lance is also who inspired our host, Marshall Mosher, to get into the outdoors. Without Lance, this show probably would not exist!    This podcast is sponsored by Vestigo and produced by Force Media.

After spending 3 years as an event director, Adam spent 2015 with his wife traveling internationally through Chile, Thailand, Australia and many other countries across a total of 6 continents. Following their return home from the United States, Adam set out in February 2016 to break the Guinness World Record for the fastest crossing of the USA on foot, traveling from Huntington Beach, CA to Tybee Island, GA, completing the 2,500 mile journey in 60 days.    On this episode we get to hear how Adam fell in love with running after a half-marathon race with his wife (After the race he said he was not going to do a race ever again…quite the opposite happened), the intense challenges Adam faced running across America, and the life lessons Adam learned from being an ultramarathonner.        This podcast is sponsored by Vestigo and produced by Force Media.

On November 1st, 2014, Hina Dar went hiking for the first time in her life. In 2016, Hina hiked Mt. Kilimanjaro, the highest peak in Africa.   On this episode we get to hear Hina share her powerful story on how going through a tough divorce got her into working out and hiking, how she went from a beginner to hiking Mt. Kilimanjaro and the advice she would give to everyone else about getting started in the outdoors.    This podcast is sponsored by Vestigo and produced by Force Media.

Kirk Reynolds is the founder and CEO of Discover Outdoors. Started in 2004, Discover Outdoors has been guiding local, regional and international adventure trips for thousands of city dwellers. Their team handles it all from transportation to logistics for adults, kids, private parties and corporate teams.    On this episode, we learn what got Kirk into the outdoors, how Kirk left a secure job at IBM to build Discover Outdoors and the impact that outdoor trips can have on your life.    This podcast is sponsored by Vestigo.co and produced by ForceMedia.me