MISCONCEPTIONS

“I was told constantly that if I just buck up and show up, it’s not that hard. Since my disabilities are invisible…it makes it hard for people to understand that I am in pain constantly…You never know what someone has lying underneath.”

PERSPECTIVE

“As I approached the bottom of the pass that I knew I had to go over, my perspective changed, right. I knew I had to get over it. I had to face my fears. I had to gain that self-confidence because wilderness does a fantastic thing in the midst of self-doubt: it forces you to humble…”

CHANGE

“‘I’m here for a good time, not a long time.’ I’ve been saying this same quote since I was in sixth grade, and it wasn’t until my freshman year that it changed.”