Over my years of guiding and directing the fortunes of Sea to Sky, people have asked me why anyone would pay to do an adventure trip with a company. There are the standard responses - safety in numbers, inexperience, and convenience. I believe that for some it is that simple. But for others, it is, or becomes, more profound. Beth Dempster, best expresses what many feel or come to feel:
"For each of us, regardless of our skills and reasons for participating, trips have involved new experiences and new challenges, all within a new and different setting. And what a setting! It’s a wilderness environment (which entails extra risks as well as extra beauty) with a group of people that begin as strangers and leave with connections. Challenge, wilderness, and cooperative companionship – it’s a rich combination that brings out a unique and remarkable energy. It’s a mingling of helping hands, campfires, thunderstorms, good food, triumphs, struggles, sore muscles, late-night conversations and laughter. To be a part of such rich experiences, is a reward that is unmatched in other endeavours. "
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