by Diana Proemm | Oct 14, 2020 | Adventure, anxiety, Environment, hiking, nature, outdoors, Recreation Therapy, sisterhood, transformation, Travel
Question: If your friend told you that you were heading to the farthest peak in the distance – would you follow? This is what happened last week to me. I looked at the rounded peak in the distance and my heart sank. I have lived and breathed mountain air for the...
by Diana Proemm | Jul 23, 2020 | Adventure, Fear, hiking, nature, outdoors, Recreation Therapy, Travel
Climbing mountains looks glamorous but it can be daunting. I cannot begin to explain the mental perseverance it takes to keep going when I am tired or scared and just want to give up. It takes so much mental energy to succeed that ALL other worries are left behind at...
by Diana Proemm | Jul 16, 2020 | Travel
This morning I went for a hike with a friend and came upon this view looking out over the Bridger Mountains near my home. Looking at a peak that I climbed a couple weeks ago in the distance, I forget the pain, the struggle, the mental toughness that’s involved...
by Diana Proemm | Jun 9, 2020 | Adaptive, Adventure, anxiety, Disabled Sports, Fear, outdoors, PTSD, Recreation Therapy, resilience, Travel
Recreation Therapy (RT/TR) is a profession that is not widely known, but the benefits are powerful. It was fifteen years ago that I took my National Exam to become a Recreational Therapist. It was 2002 when I decided to return to college to obtain my bachelors in...
by Diana Proemm | May 20, 2020 | nature, outdoors, resilience, transformation, Travel
Twenty-five years ago, I left home to be a ski bum in Big Sky, Montana for a year. I knew in my heart that there was a whole world out there yet to be explored and the mountains were calling. When I was a young, I was a perceptive little girl and figured out that...
by Diana Proemm | May 11, 2020 | Adventure, hiking, Information, nature, outdoors, Travel, vacation
Summer is almost here and if you’re looking to get out on the trails this is a good time to start exploring. Most trails don’t open up fully until mid-late May in higher elevations but these are fun trails to hike from spring to fall. These suggestions are for the...
