By Nancy Hegland “You don’t climb mountains without a team, you don’t climb mountains without being fit, you don’t climb mountains without being prepared and you don’t climb mountains without balancing the risks and rewards. And you never climb a mountain on accident – it has to be intentional”. Mark Udall, former U.S. Senator from Colorado, now working with Outward Bound . Turning the calendar to 2016 causes me to reflect on the past year and make efforts to do some things better and with more intentionality.
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