In 2010, thirteen individuals got together in a hut in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado. The group shared a passion for the outdoors, an unyielding enthusiasm for life… and they also shared a link to different neurological challenges.

These hardships could easily have led to a more subdued mindset. The thirteen people could have opted for a quieter, indoor life. But instead, they were inspired by one of the friends, whose diagnosis of a brain tumour encouraged him to use the outdoors as a way to cope, and a way to connect with others.

That friend was Kyle Martin, and this meeting was the start of the organisation Outdoor Mindset (OM).

Learn more about the Founders and members of the Outdoor Mindset community, and listen to how and why they chose to get outdoors and do adventure sports with conditions such as Parkinsons, MS, epilepsy and brain tumour.

ABOUT OUTDOOR MINDSET:

https://www.outdoormindset.org/

JOIN THE COMMUNITY:

https://www.outdoormindset.org/get-involved

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OutdoorMindset/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/outdoormindset/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/OutdoorMindset

DONATE TO OUTDOOR MINDSET:

https://www.outdoormindset.org/donate

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Groovy Guitar - LOOP by joshuaempyre | License: Attribution

Groovy Guitar 2 - LOOP.wav by joshuaempyre | License: Attribution

Lonely Lake by Kev Rowe | License: Creative Commons

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