First Descents, the outdoor adventure non-profit benefiting young adults with cancer, is announcing that Teva has stepped up as the sole financial sponsor of FD’s final program of 2012. Teva is paying for 15 participants to experience an unforgettable week of outdoor adventure September 23-28 in Santa Barbara, CA.
First Descents offers young adult cancer fighters and survivors a free outdoor adventure experience designed to empower them to climb, paddle and surf beyond their diagnosis, defy their cancer, reclaim their lives and connect with others doing the same. National and international programs range from  … More
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The Los Angeles Conservation Corps celebrated the second season of its “Paddle the L.A. River†program this week with a kayaking trip led by its executive director and a local assemblyman.
More than 1,000 people made the 1.5-mile trip along the river this summer, a spokesman for the group said, and organizers are hoping to expand the program next year.
“For every person who sees the river and experiences it, we create something positive,†said Bruce Saito  … More
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Becoming a powerlifter taught me to be fearless. Then a serious injury from lifting, followed by surgery and the loss of my beloved sport taught me to respect my own limits. One of the most painful parts of the experience was losing that bad-ass sense that I could do anything; after all, I got hurt precisely because I didn’t think it could happen.
Since then, I’ve carried that little bit of fear into everything I do. I know I’m strong–really strong–but I also know I could be re-injured at any time. It’s a nasty cognitive dissonance: I want to prove to myself that I’m still capable of epic feats of power and skills, but constant fear pulls me back   … More
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