Into the Wee Hours

Wishing you all a very Happy New Year! 🎉

New year - new ways to adventure? What’s on your adventure intention list for 2022? 🍃

Yes, you!

Merry Christmas one and all 🌟

Sarah, ♥️

Most memorable item you’ve been gifted while out on an adventure? 🧅

Comment below 👇🏻

Mantra for the week ahead 💫 Amidst the hype of the holiday season, where is your focus? 🤸🏻‍♀️ 🍃 🏕

Now that we’re heading into summer, who’s taking to the water for some cooler adventures? 🙋🏻‍♀️

Luxury item you would take on an adventure? Hit me with it!

If coffee counts, coffee is one of mine. I was gifted these awesome filtered coffee “bags” before my latest bikepacking adventure, from which, albeit might seem a bit bulky, actually weigh nothing and can be crammed into the tiny spaces of your bags.

A coffee in the morning just retains that little bit of comfort and everyday ritual ♥️

What’s your luxury adventure item?

Not always easy. 🌙 Always powerful.

Your mantra for your week (and adventures) ahead 🔥

ADVENTURE PLANNING: MAPPING YOUR ROUTE 🌍

Back when I studied my MA in Geography there was a standard joke amongst students that all that geographers did was “colour in”🎨. That idea is now an Internet meme, but my studies predated the meme world (the digital memes anyway. FYI the research of the likes of Evolutionary Biologist Richard Dawkins, shows memes go back to 3 BC and mosaics 🤓, but that’s for another feed…).

Another thing geographers typically like, are maps. And this is a part of adventure planning which I really love!

To be clear, when I say “mapping”, this isn’t solely looking at a map and drawing a route on it. That’s the end result but it begins with a time intensive dance of cross examining all sorts of sources. Especially when you’re looking at adventuring offroad on less explored, remote routes. 🏜

When ground truthing isn’t possible (which is my current planning situation as I’m route building in the Australian Outback and I live on the Australian coastline) - I draw on all sorts of resources. In Oz these include:

Blogs. YouTube videos. Google Earth. Books. Google Images. Queensland Globe. Strava. Ride with GPS. Topo maps. Heat maps. Social media and hashtags. Need articles. National Park info. Historic road conditions and historic and upcoming weather reports. Word of mouth. The list goes on…

Do you have any other favourites when it comes to beginning to set a route? Or any questions about route setting before heading off on an adventure? 🎤

Sarah 🌙

Did you see our latest episode has landed? What do you think so far? Is there any “everyday adventurer” you’d like to nominate to share a conversation with us and raise the voice of the Collective? 🎙

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“This group of people is the type who would say YES to everything and ACTUALLY show up.” 🎙

Sound like a familiar win or struggle in finding your adventure community? Well, listen for more because Episode Eight with Hannah Russell is live 🎉

And you may be forgiven for mistaking this shot for Kristen…. Because the genes run strong in the Russell family! This week’s episode is a really lively conversation with Hannah - yep, you got it, Kristen’s sister.

We talk backcountry adventures; snowboarding; summiting mountains; surfing; remote working for Patagonia; how to make the most of life as a weekend warrior and 5-9 adventurer… along with some awesome conversation around learning to turn back on challenging adventures and how to handle the day to day when you and your partner in life and adventure are both post-op and confined to knee scooters!

Importantly for us, this was also our first REMOTE interview 🇺🇸 Please keep listening beyond the 15 minute mark and you’ll experience a delightful improvement in audio - as we switched from sketchy library wifi to tethering and blowing up Sarah’s phone bill instead 🔥 It’s worth it!!

Have a listen and if you haven’t already, please subscribe, rate and review!

Or in the words of - if you don’t love it, “don’t worry about it”. 😉

BONUS POINTS IF YOU GET THE ROSEBUD CHEAT CODE REFERENCE. HAPPY MONDAY!!

Mantra for the week: “I surrender the false perceptions I have placed upon myself. Nothing holds me back” 🌙

Whether it’s while we are challenging ourselves on an adventure, or in life in general, we’re often experts at getting in our own way.

Let. It. Go.

You’ve got this 🌙