Wild Ideas Worth Living REI Co-op

The Boogie Board Wave Chasers is a club of women between the ages of 55 and 95. They meet multiple times per week on the beaches of San Diego. Their adventurous meetups are more than a workout– they've evolved into a community of women that show up for each other, in and out of the water.

Katie Arnold is a writer and journalist who took the ultrarunning community by surprise in 2018 when she won one of the toughest ultramarathons in the country, the Leadville 100. Her training was “unconventional," but it totally worked.

David Zinn is a chalk artist known for leaving anonymous work on sidewalks, under rocks, and in other unexpected places– the lines of the sidewalk become a tightrope for a rabbit to balance on, a sprinkler head becomes the eye of a frog, a pine cone becomes the tail of a cat. His work encourages us to see the beauty in every crack and crevice.

Mario Stanley started rock climbing in his early twenties before becoming a climbing coach and an outdoor guide which eventually led him to starting his own company, Highpoint Expeditions. He’s learned over the years that climbing is about more than scaling to the top of a wall. It's is an exercise in freedom, trust, and pushing through fear.

Laurie Watt is an ice climber and mountaineer who became a professional adventure guide at age 55. She is teaching us all that getting older doesn’t mean that we have to forgo our wild ideas. Some of us might even get better and wilder with age.

Silvia Vasquez-Lavado was the first Peruvian woman to summit Mt. Everest in 2016. Her journey up the world's tallest mountain was more than a strenuous hike- it was a step toward healing.