Zipline Alumni News

There are snow showers some days, other days sunshine and warmth to melt it away. Most of the country enjoys joyful peeks at spring in between leftover patches of winter. Now it is the in-between time, when we begin to think about warmer days, adventures ahead of us, perhaps recalling memories of backpacking trips, paddling on the river or riding horses to campsites high in the evergreens.

My involvement with Adventure Unlimited started in the early 1960s, when Cap Andrews asked if I would help start a mountaineering program. John Andrews Jr. and I started the program the next summer.

Zipline catches up with alumni of the A/U Ranches and DiscoveryBound: Galen Benson, Megan Shisler Sumrell and Tracy Leavens Van Houten.

There was something magical about that morning walk in the chilly mountain air at 5:20 a.m. from my bunkhouse to the corral. Every A/U Ranches wrangler knew this walk. The morning stillness was broken only by the sound of my boots on the path to the corral.

Resolve to do something you love this year with the people and places you love. Here are some ideas…
#3: Schedule a trip back to the A/U Ranches for a week of adventure this summer. Love horses? Come for the Wrangler Reunion! Sign up for Adult Mini Camp

I enjoy taking a few moments to reflect with gratitude on all the incredible experiences and privileges I have experienced since getting that special phone call in 1965. It was from Cap Andrews…

It gets dark early as the December days creep up to the winter solstice. The sun dips behind the mountains long before the actual end of the waking day, but I find many don’t really mind when they are nestled in foothills of the Collegiate Peaks.

Whether you’re helping a child experience spiritual growth by supporting one of our programs or welcoming the Christ spirit into your heart this season at Christmas Camp, there are many ways to spread your joy with Adventure Unlimited.

We all—new and old members—certainly felt “the divine energy of Spirit” amidst the sharing of our treasured experiences at the A/U Ranches and DiscoveryBound programs, and in the planning of our alumni outreach and support in the coming year.

Zipline catches up with the 10 newest members of the National Alumni Board: Valerie Anderson, Craig Armstrong, Kenny D’Evelyn, Jennifer Franklin, Glenn Grow, Pam Herzer, Katie Clark Jensen, Wynne Staley Pecheck, Tim Potter and Holly Harz Valentine.