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My Gear, My Way!
What’s your way to wear it?#OwnTheDetours – Customer Tales of Adventure and Inspiration
@bekahstendahl
As part of our recent Win the Ultimate Detours Contest, we invited you to share your latest detour, “in story or haiku, rap or sonnet.” From awesome travel adventures and hilarious parenting detours, to tear-inducing tales and poignant advice, we were blown away by how you “own the detours” in your life. Here are just a few of the entries that have inspired us to head out on some new adventures of our own (detours welcomed).
And if you’re sad to have missed our latest contest, never fear; we have a new chance for you to win at the end of this post!
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The Woman in the Arena
The Woman in the Arena*
“It is not the critic who counts;
not the woman who points out how the strong woman stumbles,
or where the doer of deeds could have done them better.
The credit belongs to the woman who is actually in the arena,
whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood;
who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again,
because there is no effort without error and shortcoming;
but she who does actually strive to do the deeds;
who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions;
who spends herself in a worthy cause;
who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement,
and who at the worst, if she fails, at least fails while daring greatly,
so that her place shall never be with those cold and
timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.”
Let’s all get in the arena,
Missy Park
Founder
To be the first female anything takes courage, a willingness to risk, and a burning passion for your cause.
Tell us, what is your arena?
*with apologies and appreciation to Teddy Roosevelt
It’s Time to Vote!
Our “models” are ordinary women capable of extraordinary things. When these adventurous gals join us on a photo shoot they are up for anything, and we end up with too many great images!
We need your help choosing which shots of these amazing women we should use. For just 24 hours we’re opening up the polls. Which one is your pick? (more…)