Hi! I’m Elena, an avid outdoor-adventurer, endurance athlete, traveler, and general get-out-of-my-comfort-zoner. I fully believe that we are all much more capable than we may think and that adventure is our greatest tool for learning about ourselves.
My goal is to help others embrace the adventure in life–to discover new sources of inspiration, find the joy in temporary discomfort, and take risks on themselves so that they can be surprised by the abilities they never knew they had.
I’ve been fortunate to have many incredible adventures–from backpacking around the world to climbing and skiing several PNW volcanoes and covering many miles of ground in between. I created this site to share information, resources, and thoughts on these adventures, in addition to offering coaching to anyone chasing big endurance goals. It may end up mostly being a forcing function for me to reflect on what I’ve done, but perhaps someone will find something here useful!
Have a few months and a healthy dose of wanderlust? This post is all about how you can make all your travel dreams a reality, hopefully without having anything go horribly wrong in the process. Read more…
This was a big adventure ~2 years in the making. I knew I was moving out of the PNW (sad!) in July, so I wanted a challenge that could both require me to use all Read more…
Originally written July 2019 Do you ever look ahead to some fairly certain date, like a distant graduation or an exciting vacation, and think “yeah that’s going to happen. And when it happens I’m going Read more…