Adventure stories from a white water kayak adventure, an all around outdoorsman, and a long time ultra marathon runner about their formative teenage experiences. We’re celebrating our birthday this week at Boldly Went too. Thanks for being part of our first year creating this! We’re excited to continue sharing the adventure with you!
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Storytellers: Ali Small, Kyle Banerjee, Will Thomas
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Ali Small's Adventure Story: Dawn Patrol

Ali's adventure story took place on a Class IV run on the Deschutes River called Meadow Camp, a five mile run in the middle of Bend!

Ali Small, crushing whitewater kayaking

Ali Small stitches after white water adventures accident with high school crush.

Adventure Quote

I finally see the mirror and definitely, the eyebrow was gone. There was a large gap there and it’s starting to bleed. ~Ali Small's kayaking tip

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Kyle Banerjee's Adventure Story: How to make good decisions

Inquisitive and adventurous by nature, makes Kyle game for everything. He has a habit of saying yes to new things. In this episode he describes how that pattern was established from the time he was in his early teens, picking up some experience along the way.

Adventure Quote

All of you know where good decisions come from right? Experience. Do you know how you get experience? Bad decisions. ~ Kyle Banerjee, kayaking tips

Kyle Banerjee reclined bicycle trail

Kyle Banerjee Telemark skiing adventure Bennett Pass

Kyle Banerjee crossing white water stream in Wallowa Mountains

Kyle Banerjee alpine touring trail and climbing up Middle Sister, Bend, OR

Kyle Banerjee enjoying cocktail hour ski trail on Middle Sister, Bend, OR

Kyle Banerjee creating his adventure story on Tamanwa Falls Edge

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Will Thomas's Adventure Story: Find your Spark

Will Thomas has been ultra running for 10 years. He started turning off the trails and up the mountains to see the views from the top. Will is trail famous in the local ultra running community in Seattle. A few of the trail running events he's completed include

• Hardrock 100 ultra marathon
• Fastest known time on Section J of the Pacific Crest Trail 
• First person ever to summit the 100 tallest peaks along the I-90 corridor in the Central Cascade Range in Washington State.​
• Being a talented photographer

Adventure Quote

I turned over and there was my raft, blowing away in the wind. The wind had picked up as I was standing [on the summit of Mount McLoughlin] and I could see it blowing away. I made a trajectory towards where I thought it would be and just started running down the side of the mountain as fast as I could. ~ Will Thomas, ultra marathon runner

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Ryan Little. West Coast. Attribution License 4.0.
Scott Holmes. Shine Bright. Attribution-NonCommercial License.
Jon Watts. Success It’s Good. 
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