My Story
Hi! I’m Claire, an adventure planning consultant. I've been creating custom adventure plans for my family and friends for over 25 years. I love taking inspiration and making it happen. I love the puzzle of constraints. I love the satisfaction of finding a way to make it all come together.
I’ve always sought adventure. I thrive in the anticipation, excitement, and growth. Time away from duties and routine, fills me with new possibilities and gratitude. Time spent in other cultures grows my field of vision and my heart. Time spent in nature resets, realigns and reassures me. My experiences adventuring have allowed me to redesign my life.
But life has a way of snuffing out our adventurous spirit. Too often there is a slew of obstacles impeding our path to adventure. As we age, it becomes more difficult to get out of our comfort zones. It takes more push to overcome inertia and face our worries. I'm here to help you get out the door and into your adventure. I find great fulfillment in helping others experience more vitality & peace through their journeys. I wish to help spread possibility and inspiration. I hope to connect and share stories.
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Over the decades, I drove myself like a machine. While I performed for an imaginary audience, I slowly abandoned myself. Eventually, like a house of cards, the life I had been living collapsed. The accolades I’d chased after crashed from the display shelf. I came undone.
Lost in uncertainty, I ventured into the woods where I ultimately found a deep knowing of my worth and completeness. And to the shores of the Great Lakes where unendingness and possibility wash over me. Where a contentedness, fullness, and aliveness fills me. Where I hear the whispers. Everything is alright. You’re alright. Where I am in awe of my Creator's care and beauty. Adventuring has allowed me to step away from roles, expectations, ruts and routine. I’ve wandered around long enough to shed much of my cultural imprinting and religious programming. I’ve largely bled out the false tales I’d spun about myself. And now I see new life budding in scorched earth.
As a teen, I canoed the Quetico Provincial Park and traveled the Scandinavian countries for half a summer. As a twenty something, I raced triathlons, camped, traveled for work and got derailed trying to become something I wasn't. During my thirties (and forties), I raised and home schooled my four children. The ultimate adventure. With a more flexible calendar that homeschool afforded, we journeyed across the country on long road trips. I taught each of my children to downhill ski and found a way for us to navigate the costly world of alpine skiing.
Some years, we collapsed on the beach completely depleted, hoping 6 days in the sun could vitalize us for a half year or more. In my forties, I reached for something to call my own. I returned to triathlon, completed an ironman, and an ultramarathon. Kids’ activities and work travel took over the calendar. Some trips, we could only spare a day or an overnight. As my husband’s frequent flyer miles accumulated, I recognized the opportunity we had to venture to foreign countries. Despite not having the time, we went even if it meant unpaid vacation time. We rented flats in neighborhoods and shopped markets with locals. We saw the sights and engaged with foreign cultures.
And now, in my fifties, after being buried and resurrected, I have returned to outdoor adventure. I’ve gradually moved from day hiking to base camping to backpacking. I’ve slept in yurts, tents, travel trailers, and even the back of our minivan. I organized a quest of 30 days, 6,000 miles and 12 states living, working and schooling out of a small travel trailer. At an age when I am supposedly too old to sleep on the ground, too old to carry a backpack, or ski moguls, I have found a way. I’ve found my way. To live. To Be.
I asked myself a question. Is it possible to lay hold of the strands of spirit I encounter out adventuring and weave them into my being back home? I set out to find an answer. Along the way, I faced fears, encountered trials and experienced new life. I resurrected my younger self. I dared to reorder my life. I built a home that I carry within me.
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I know if it’s possible for me, it is for you.
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Let's travel through the portal and into the unknown.
