NATURAL TRIAD OUTDOORS


Outdoor Microadventures in the Triad


only a microadventure if it is experienced outdoors? It IS a new “buzzword” for the overworked, overstressed and overstimu- lated society we currently live in but is it


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hat, exactly, is a microadven- ture? Is it a getaway overnight, for a day, for a weekend? Is it


possible that microadventures have been around for longer than we think? The term “microadventure” was made popular by international adventurer Alastair Hum- phreys when he wrote a book, Microad- ventures for the UK, and created a calen- dar that gives annual and monthly micro-


Bose Ravenel, MD Dr. Bose Ravenel is a pediatrician


with a total of 31 years’ experience in private pediatric practice and 11 years in academic pediatrics. He of- fers an integrative and functional medicine approach to ADD/ADHD and other chronic health problems. Well known and highly respected


www.RobinhoodIntegrativeHealth.com Bose Ravenel, MD


in clinical and academic circles, we are honored to have him join our practice.


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adventure suggestions. He also has a blog and Facebook page about this seemingly “new” phenomenon. Perhaps your micro- adventures growing up looked like this: the family piling into the family sedan or Travelall and going for a Sunday drive, destination unknown. You explored…. went wherever the winding country road took you. Do families (or anyone) even take Sunday afternoon drives any longer just for the sake of seeing where you end up? Perhaps it was searching for a dirt road to explore….or a stretch of river your heard about….or riding your pony for hours with no cell phone, no way to “map your route”, you simply….rode. So, seems we can surmise that a good microadventure includes: EXPLORATION.


It includes


places you’ve never been, places that get your heart rate up with excitement of the unknown, places or events that include something you’ve never done before OR re-doing something you did in your child- hood that you haven’t done in say….forty


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