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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.

Paddling

Camp Menogyn Teens in the Arctic

We see kids growing up glued to their screens, stressed by the influences of social media, and unfamiliar with the joys that exercise and time in nature can provide. Well, problem solved....

Other Adventures

Solo and Unsupported to the South Pole

Here's an uber-adventurer, Andrea "Andy" Dorantes who just returned from a solo, unsupported 700 mile and 55 day ski expedition to the South Pole. You can hear all about Andy's adventure,...

Paddling

Two Guys and a Boat - Canoeing Around Ireland

It's amazing how the seed of a dream adventure can be planted in one's mind, and how fast it can grow. Here's a guy who heard someone say, "you know, nobody has ever taken a canoe around...

Molly and her bike in a mountain and lake scene

Cycling

The GDMBR at Age 11

There are not many ways for a kid to build character better than riding 2,500+ miles of the Great Divide Mountain Bike Route from Canada to Mexico. That's what Molly Ehlers did -- when...

Running / Hiking

The Appalachian Trail at Age 80

Betty heard about the Appalachian Trail when she was 10 years old and dreamed of thru-hiking all 2,200 miles of it. Fast forward 70 years, and she finds herself as the oldest female...

Other Adventures

Ice Boat Racing - What a Rush

The thrill of traveling nearly 100 mph while on your back just inches over a frozen lake is difficult to describe, but let's just say it's an addictive rush. Ice boats (sailboats on...

A clock with wings (image of time flying)

Why Time Flies

Why does time seem to speed up...

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...

Podcast

Solo to the South Pole in 55 Days

My amazing guest from Episode #32 (talking about the Seven Summits and the Greenland Icecap) is back for another impressive adventure recently fulfilled – a solo, unsupported ski journey from the Antarctic coast to the South Pole. That’s 700 miles alone, pulling a 240 pound sled for 55 days. Something that fewer than two dozen people have ever accomplished. It’s a great story. Plus, wait ’til you hear about the next dream adventure!

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Ice-Biking the 5 Great Lakes

Lots of people boat on the Great Lakes in the summer, and a handful ice fish on them in winter. Here’s a guy who has bicycled on all 5 of these huge lakes in the winter, and he wants to know why more people don’t take advantage of these amazing frozen highways. This might be the birth of a new sport!

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Arctic Expeditions for Teens

Here’s a story about three teens, each taking their own unique 500+ mile, 7 week adventure near the Arctic Circle. Two things their journeys had in common were the personal growth that came out of their experiences, and the amazing organization (YMCA Camp Menogyn) which arranged things.

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