Category: Serious Play
Visit Any National Park for Free on September 26—or Volunteer to Help Maintain Them

1987 San Francisco Surf and Foghorns
Go Outside! Just Keep Your Distance.
The Unique Health Benefits of Autumn Hikes

It’s the best season for forest bathing (Elemental)
Jonny Ive On Ideas

While ideas ultimately can be so powerful, they begin as fragile, barely formed thoughts, so easily missed, so easily compromised, so easily just squished
How a one-handed champion is reinventing rock climbing
Beck is one of the leading advocates for adaptive climbing in the United States. She believes we have not yet seen how far adaptive climbers can take the sport. “I don’t know what the real limit is,” she says.

I bow to you Maureen Beck! “Adaptive climbing; Shmadaptive climbing.” You “out climb” me in every way. I get nervous climbing too high in trees. I’m OK with that. Sending you an awesome sized big hug. Yes, a hug that would elicit both wonder and terror–not unlike climbing a sheer thousand-foot cliff. I hope you find no limits!
Listening to the World with Mary Oliver

Saturday is National Public Lands Day!
There are many ways to participate in National Public Lands Day.
- You can visit a national park for free
- You can take part in a volunteer work project.If you volunteer on this day, you will receive a fee-free day coupon to be used on a future date.
- You can share your favorite outdoor activity on social media channel with the hashtag #NPSVolunteer, #FindYourPark and #NPLD!
Go outside and play!
