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Dani Reyes-Acosta - Athlete, advocate, and storyteller rewriting the narrative of who plays outside

Published: March 2, 2021, 7 a.m.

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Dani is a storyteller, strategist, advocate, and professional big mountain athlete redefining who plays outside and how we build community with others on this planet.
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Originally from Southern California, she has traveled through Argentina, Chile, Mexico, Peru, Andorra, Canada, and the USA building her craft as a split board mountaineer (plus climber, surfer, and runner) since 2014, when she graduated from corporate life with a one-way ticket to South America.
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Ever since then, she\'s worked to build a life AND career she loves, in spite of setbacks, naysayers, and building everything from scratch.
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Her goal?\\xa0
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To inspire individual action and collective communion through self-care and self-determination found in the outdoors.
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\\u201cI want to find the limits of my possible\\u2014whether in the mountains, my creative work, or as a strategist\\u2014and travel into the higher reaches of the world that vests me with this power. To grow as individuals, communities, and a society, I think we need to embrace discomfort. This is how we evolve.\\u201d - Dani Reyes-Acosta
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Show notes
  • Who is Dani
  • Growing into adventure
  • Not taking the typical path
  • Her dreams as a little girl
  • Going to college and combing her love of the sea with her desire to give back to the world
  • Studying Marine Biology
  • Growing up in a strict catholic family\\xa0
  • Wanting to connect with the bigger world around her
  • How her career evolved
  • Deep dive into how she got to where she is now
  • Wanting to start a non profit in South America
  • Being burnt out from university\\xa0
  • Getting into marketing\\xa0
  • Dealing with the economic crash of 2008
  • Starting to work for Nike in 2012
  • Having to make a decision about adventure\\xa0
  • Deciding to become a mountain person
  • Work hard and play hard
  • Using\\xa0meet-up.com\\xa0to connect with people
  • Not knowing anyone in Oregon
  • How her life got consumed by work in her late 20s
  • Exiting an unhealthy relationship in 2013
  • Turning her life upside down in 2014
  • Buying a one way ticket to South America
  • Buying a car
  • Spending 9 months driving around\\xa0
  • Why deciding on South America
  • Setting new goals and new priorities\\xa0
  • The life that everyone else is impressed with
  • Putting pen to paper
  • Setting new goals\\xa0
  • Making goals apart of her process
  • Talking money and making money from your passions
  • Having a broken knee
  • Van life realities\\xa0
  • Follow along with the journey\\xa0
  • Final words of advice
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