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Live Your Dream

"Your greatest regrets in life will be the things you didn’t do, not what you did do."
- Mark Twain

This website and its affiliated “Carpe Diem: Live Your Dream” podcast, have the goal of inspiring you to bust out of your daily routine and add some spice to your life by pursuing an ambitious dream adventure. Read on to recognize your own potential to rise, strive, and achieve your dream.

Adventure Stories

An ever-growing library of stories by people who have pursued and achieved a cool outdoor adventure.

Inspiration

Everyone needs some inspiration and tips and tricks for motivation now and again. Find yours here.

Podcast

See a summary of all the "Carpe Diem: Live Your Dream" podcast episodes, and the links to listen.

Resources

Need ideas for an adventure, or guidance for how to achieve yours? Here's a curated list of resources to help.

Sailboat "Big Bird" with its beautiful big yellow parasail raised

Sailing

Trans-Atlantic Sailing Rally

Every year, hundreds of sailors fleet up to cross the Atlantic Ocean from Mediterranean waters to the warmer Caribbean for the winter. The ARC rally is an annual event that makes this...

Running / Hiking

Racing the Planet: 4 Desert Ultras

The four greatest deserts on Earth, each with a 200 km ultra-distance adventure race. This white-collar professional desk jockey completed them all, and took in some of the most epic...

Paddling

Yukon 1000 Paddle Race

Racing 1,000 miles down the remote Yukon River in Alaska is an adventure. Being the first to do it on a SUP makes it even more so.

Dale and his sis backpacking on a frozen lake

Other Adventures

Winter Camping

Why don't more people try winter camping? Being afraid of the cold shouldn't be a reason.

Cycling

Trans-American Bicycle Ride

Some adventures can be spontaneous and inexpensive, like riding a bicycle across the country.

Sailing

15 Years of Dreaming

Never stop dreaming. It took me 15 years to finally fulfill my dream of sailing the oceans for a year, but the wait was worth it.

A cold, foggy, and windy day atop Mt. Fuji

Type 2 Adventures

Do you know what a Type 2 adventure...

Mindfulness and the Sundial

There's nothing like a big physical...

Photo of a person "pushing" a massive rock up a hill.

Big Rocks in Life

“Remember to fit the big rocks...

Podcast

Freestyle Highlining to Cure Fear

Listen to how this world #4 ranked freestyle highliner cured her fear of heights and rose to the top of this rapidly emerging sport. The tricks are amazing (tricks like the Almighty and the even more difficult Holy Grail) and you’ll learn a lot about this fascinating world of balancing high in the air.

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Trans-American Bicycle Ride

A coast-to-coast bicycle ride across America was just the beginning of this PhD student’s passion for cycling adventures. He then added the Tour Divide ultra-distance mountain bike race, a Guinness world record, and more. His passion for cycling is contagious and his advice for how one can develop a mindset for actioning their dreams is useful.

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Surgeon with the Navy Seals

This episode is a little different than my norm. An outdoor adventure to be sure, training and serving with the Navy Seals. This story exemplifies the bright, hardworking men and women pursuing their dream (in this man’s case, 2 dreams) in the service of our nation, and provides a simple formula for anyone’s success in life.

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The Leadville 100 Ultra-Marathon

The Yukon River is out there – like really out there. Which, of course, attracts serious adventurers. My guest on this episode describes his 7-day journey traveling 1,000 miles of raw wilderness through Canada and Alaska, and explains why he chose to be the first to race it by standup paddle board.

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