I spent this past weekend falling on my face. A lot. It was fantastic, and possibly even mind-blowing. Why? Because this weekend I was snowboarding up at Copper Mountain with the kids from my internship. My internship placement this year is with a small nonprofit in Denver that runs an outdoors experiential leadership development program for low-income minority youth. Basically, I win. One of our annual trips is the snowboarding trip to Copper. As an intern, I was able to take a group of 12 youth up to the mountains where they were able to rent equipment at no cost and have free access to the mountain for the entire weekend. It was a blast. Most of the kids had never been snowboarding before and some had never even been to the mountains. Being able to include these kids in the frequently exclusive outdoors world was an amazing process to witness. I spent the entire weekend on the slopes with the kids, falling on our faces and taking it all in.
