Vitality Active Travel

04/09/2024

CANMORE Highly recommend - delicious food and love the curry popcorn instead of chips- why isn’t that a regular thing?! Unfortunately then I found I’d been given a parking ticket… even though I paid. This is an ongoing lesson for me- to not let something like this consume me… but it did and I had a hard time enjoying the rest of Canmore. I couldn’t shake all the logistics of trying to figure out how to challenge the ticket, given it was Saturday and Town Hall was of course closed til Monday. Some cool things going on in town were a market and the Highlands Festival, kilts, bagpipes and all. The mix of festivities and nature throughout the town makes it unique and fun. There’s this beautiful path with river and mountain views in town as well. Canmore redeemed itself as serendipitously as I returned to my car, a parking ticket guy (what’s their formal title?!) was nearby so I caught up and asked for his help. He figured out that I had unnecessarily added AB (presumably for Alberta?!) when entering the license plate number when I paid, so the meter guy hadn’t realized I paid. Note to others- don’t look at what your rental agreement says for “License plate number”- get out of the car and write only what’s on the actual plate! He was able to call the issuing officer, explain what happened and verify I had indeed paid… and they said all was fine and they’d “take care of it”. Grateful, relieved, and still working on learning that lesson!

01/09/2024

Shout out to in Calgary. Love the concept of a bike shop and coffee and local beers. Great merch, awesome selection of bikes (including Marin!), friendly staff… highly recommend. Chose this song bc I didn’t get a pic, but I had on my shirt on!

31/08/2024

CALGARY. 🤩 What a vibe. Impressed with the accessibility for walking and biking, inclusivity of games and activities in public spaces, water options for humans and pets, and some of the best vegan meals ever- Pad Thai and Nashville Chickin burger, creamy dill slaw, and Poblano Chile Mezcal Margarita … 😋

17/07/2024

What’SUP?! Work Day turned Fun Day, that’s what! and I are collaborating on something amazing for 2025. So what do two people in the movement industry do after we work? We move! Perfect day to take our stand up paddle boards out and enjoy our local waterway! Stay tuned for what’s happening next year! 🎉

11/07/2024

Rifugio Vicenza 2256m

11/07/2024

Rifugio Capanna Piz Fassa

11/07/2024

Rifugio Gardenacia

11/07/2024

Some highlights of Dolomites Heart of Italy Hiking tour 2024! Will add somw fun videos separately. It was so fun and so full of surprises. What an amazing group- truly rock-stars. We endured downpours, hail, and snow yet embraced the sun, smiles, and scenery through it all!

27/06/2024

Another scouting day… and thank goodness I did! So much snowwwww. Also saw marmots, ibex, waterfalls, and breathtaking views! Couldn’t make it to the rifugio we had reserved bc of the snow- very lucky had space 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

26/06/2024

Scouted a new route… that won’t work for most clients bc of surprise via ferratas. Although long, an incredible day and thrilled to now know this route. 🌈🪻🏔️🥾.

24/06/2024

If you haven’t been watching my stories this week, you’ve been missing out! I’ve been cycling through Slovenia with HourAway providing epic off the beaten path routes, impeccabile support, and beautiful bikes as we scout ideas for trips to offer together in 2025! Stay tuned- you’ll never see Slovenia in a better way!

Today was my last day and I’m a bit sad tbh- it’s been epic. But happy because tomorrow I travel to the Dolomites to prepare for the group arriving on Saturday for The Heart of Italy- Dolomites Hiking Tour!

03/06/2024

Happy World Bicycle Day! Cheers to whether you ride solo, with friends, or family, while you commute, for charity, or during freetime, on a cruiser, mtb, road, whatever… enjoy the ride!

21/05/2024

In case you needed a reason to bike, research now shows lifelong cyclists have healthier knees, less pain, and longer lifespan.

Sounds like you should join or customize a Vitality Active Travel bike tour…

New research shows lifelong bikers have healthier knees, less pain and a longer lifespan, compared to people who've never biked. This adds to the evidence that cycling promotes healthy aging.

27/04/2024

Saturday fun riding the Jane Fondo with a surprising Jane Fonda cameo! Thanks for joining me in the 38 mile adventure and all the great chats- you’re a beautiful biking beast! Thank you for putting on this fundraiser and ordering such perfect weather.

11/03/2024

Five weeks. That’s a wrap. Snoop helped check me in, electric cotton candy clouds, sippin on a SF coffee in Lyft, and the best snuggle furrballs to come home to. Many more pics to post as I continue to savor, reflect and feel incredibly grateful for this adventure called life.

08/03/2024

Just a couple hours ago I finished the W Trek plus three days hiking in El Chalten with 9 amazing women from different countries, of different ages, and we had the best time! How befitting we ended on International Women’s Day! Multiple times throughout the last two weeks we heard people say, “Oh wow, an all women’s group!” Hell yea, all women, incredible strength and perseverance, filled with encouragement and support… and so. much. fun!

23/02/2024

One is supposed to keep 5 meters (15 ft) distance from them, but when I rounded a corner, there he was. So I backed up.. and then he started running towards me. Those lil legs can move! I was literally running trying to get distance. Luckily no one was coming from the other way.
The routes penguins use are called “highways” and this guy had an exit onto a separate one early on in this pursuit he didn’t take. Once I was right back where I had started, and was a dead end!, luckily he took another highway on the right. We would have been in trouble if he hadn’t turned!

14/02/2024

HaPpY VaLeNtInE’s DaY from Antarctica

05/02/2024

Heading to the “End of the World”… where is that?!!

05/02/2024

So true!

Remember you actually had to *hang* up the phone to hang up the phone?

04/02/2024

Hopefully there are enough hints that you were able to guess. 21 hour layover in Buenos Aires before the real adventure begins! Always love this city- so many hanging out, enjoying the parks and their community. Such a cool national library building! Tomorrow, going to unchartered territory!

04/02/2024

Landed after almost 19 hours. Bein a local and catching the bus because I have the time before check in. Any clues where I am until tomorrow morning?!

03/01/2024

I love a lot about this documentary. Two thing in particular - it takes place in my favorite place on earth, the Dolomites… and the unconventional combo if bike and ski/snowboard. What adventure combos would you like to do?!

Bikepacking and skiing/snowboarding isn’t something that usually goes hand-in-hand but Henna Palosaari, Malva Björkman and Sami Sauri challenged this notion....

31/12/2023

What a year indeed! I am so grateful for the growth and experiences and can’t wait to see what 2024 brings Vitality Active Travel… I hope you’ll join me on the journey!

29/10/2023

Wednesday, 8pm on my bus ride home from work I see a post from .harila that she’ll be in San Francisco. I thought wow, how amazing… wish I could be a part of that! Well, turns out I was 🎉 Thank you for the incredible evening celebrating the 1st ascent 70 years ago! Speakers included , , and of course, .harila I learned so much and was so inspired. The last pic is of all those attending who’ve summited Everest. Some sherpas over 20 times! Definitely weren’t enough women on that stage… maybe some day I will be..?! 😆 I also want to pay my respects to Lama- he seemed like an incredible person and my heart goes out to his family and friends.