Happy hot summer days everyone! We are back today with the second half of our interview with Sara Kreymborg. If you missed us earlier this week, check out why she believes having a common sport has been beneficial for her family: Waterskiing, A Family Portrait. Today we are getting more practical. We are talking lifejackets,…

Us Ericksons, do a lot outdoors. But we don’t even come close to doing everything. We cover climbing, hiking, camping and skiing pretty extensively. But when we get the chance, we love to interview people doing things that are way beyond us. Today [and later this week] I get to share my interview with Sara…

This whole “fear” series has invoked some interesting responses. But by and large, the biggest question we have received is this, “What if my kid is fearless? What about then?” And I get that. In fact, dealing with a fearless kid is often times alarming for all us adults. My daughter, as far as I can…

For the last week we’ve been doing a series on fear. What we fear, what we shouldn’t, and how to help our kids overcome their fears. Today, we are going a different direction: how to deal with things we SHOULD fear –  like extreme weather and the potential danger to our family. A few weeks…

The other day Alyss and I were talking about the ‘fear series’ (surely there can be a cheesy / corny series name for this) and the topic of ‘change fear‘ came up. This is probably the most common form of fear that I’m susceptible to. Here is what I mean: You see, I generally (well mostly)…

Hi friends! We are smack in the middle of a blogging series, all about fear. Last week we discussed our fears, and what are considered “normal” fears in children. This week we are bouncing between a whole host of fear topics. Today we interviewed Katy Simms about swimming with our kids! Hello Kid Project readers!…

One silly little post on fear… and it has erupted into a series. Should I call it a mini-series? Ha ha! Earlier this week I opened up about my new climbing buddy – Mr. Freak-out himself. And the little things I have done to help fight him. Today we are moving on to our kids…

Fear. I hate fear. When I became a mom, my day-to-day fearfulness went through the roof. It even hindered my desire to do anything somewhat adventurous. [I wrote an entire post on this here.] This post isn’t about those fears. But the physical, cascading effect of panic. As I mentioned in last weeks post, “Can’t…

We were three pitches up on Bastille Crack, in Eldo. I was doing my first ever hanging belay and I had to pee. This is embarrassing to admit. But I had to pee really bad. Bad enough I felt like vomiting [though I am sure 50% of my nausea was do to nerves.] See, for…