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Explore 34 Our Office travel stories from Adventure Life, featuring expert insights, destination highlights, and firsthand experiences from ancient and culturally rich sites. Whether you’re planning your next adventure in 2026 or 2027, these stories offer inspiration for exploring ruins, archaeological wonders, and hidden historical gems across the globe. Learn from the journeys of fellow travelers and discover meaningful ways to connect with the past through thoughtful travel. Let these Our Office stories guide your path into history.
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Adventure Lifer, Kassi, Takes Avalanche Class

One of our trip planners, Kassi, is taking avalanche training courses in nearby Bozeman, Montana. Offered by the America Avalanche Institute, the course takes students from the classroom outside, into backcountry and in avalanche terrain. An outdoor nut (and I use "nut" with the utmost respect) with an addiction for snow -- better yet, a …
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Reaching high

Barre Class: More than one kind of exercise

Every Friday afternoon, Adlifers take part in our Barre class offered at the office in our break room. Barre is a combination of Ballet and Pilates and uses eccentric movements to help elongate muscles and transform your body. A fun and exhausting hour spent! And another awesome perk of working at Adventure Life
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May the Ugliest Christmas Sweater Win!

Every year at Adventure Life, we bring out the ugly Christmas sweaters for a friendly competition in the office. There is a lot of creativity from staff that makes this such a fun office tradition! This year, Haley won with an amazing ensemble she put together. Happy Holidays to all!
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Betty's Visit to Montana!

Betty from our Adventure Life Ecuador office has finally made it to visit us in Montana! We were so excited to host Betty and her family for the past week as they explored the beautiful Northwest including Yellowstone National Park. We celebrated Marcelo's birthday together will all of our staff members and families at Silver Park in Missoula. …
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Rickshaw Run Through India for Water

A 12 day, 2,000 mile race in a auto rickshaw across India with absolutely no support besides a starting and ending point – why would anyone do this? We did it in order to bring more visibility to the clean water crisis in the world. With the help of partners like Adventure Life, we were able to raise $16,000 for charity: water in essence …
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Distribution Room

Kenya Center Renovations Grant

Adventure Life has graciously given Amani ya Juu (amaniafrica.org) funds to begin renovations on our center in Nairobi, Kenya. Amani ya Juu means “higher peace” in Swahili. Amani is a fair trade sewing and training program for marginalized women in Africa. Women from many African nations and cultures are learning to work together through …
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Start of Project

Education and School Improvement in Chontachaca

This April of 2014 begins a new conservationist initiative at the Peruvian Cloud Forest (ACP Bosque Nublado). Thanks to the local association PERU VERDE, Adventure Life and a motivated Mother’s Club of Chontachaca whose combined efforts, hard work and great enthusiasm shall take place in order to set off the improvement of this Community’s …
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Volunteer Chronicles: The English Language Institute

Volunteering as an English instructor at the University of Montana could not be more rewarding, or comical.
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Yibo sharing a few words about his time with Adventure Life

Intern Yibo's Goodbye Party

We celebrated our intern, Yibo, on Friday morning with a pancake and waffle breakfast! Yibo has spent the semester as our Chinese Language Business Development Intern helping us with market research and other tasks. He brought a unique perspective on student travel to our team as well. We will miss his presence around the office! Happy travels, …
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Lined up nicely

Adlifers check out the newest dance craze: Oula!

We invited Carrie from Missoula's own Oula Fitness to teach an Oula class for some of us at Adventure Life! It was a fun class and we can't wait to do it again! If you haven't heard of oula, I'd describe it as a class that merges Zumba and Top 40 or hip hop dance. And it was created in our own backyard here in Missoula, MT. Trip Planner, Mary …
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Adventure Life Whitewater Rafting Trip!

Recently, Adventure Life employees took a Saturday together to brave the rapids of the mighty Lochsa River in Idaho. The Lochsa River is pronounced “lock-saw” which means rough water in the Nez Perce Language. It has 37 Class III, 25 Class IV, and two Class V rapids that had us alert and ready for anything. For some of us this was our first …
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These engaging story books are just one of the many ways CORP fosters reading and learning among primary school students in Guatemala.

Adventure Life Grant in Guatemala
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Our studly crew of weed pullers

Adventure Life Volunteers with United Way

Our Adventure Life staff had the opportunity to give back to the community with United Way's National Day of Action, June 21st. We grabbed our work gloves and headed out of the office to volunteer at Orchard Gardens. This project is a part of Garden City Harvest, which builds community through agriculture by growing produce with and for people …
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Lynessa Erin and Haley accept award

Adventure Life Wins Commuter Challenge Third Year in a Row

Adventure Life staff competed and won in May 2013 for the Missoula In Motion Commuter Challenge. Our staff did 90% of our commutes sustainably over a two week period. We also accepted the Transportation Best Practices Award for the first time this year. Adventure Life had a empanada lunch at the office to reward staff for their commitment to …
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Approaching the lava flow on Pacaya Volcano

Jen Gets SCUBA Certified

Adventure Life's own Jennifer Barile is earning her SCUBA certification. One of our incredible Trip Coordinators, Jen is adding SCUBA to her list of outdoor hobbies that include rock and ice-climbing, trekking, camping and cross-country skiing. Adventure Life supplies our full-time employees with funding for continuing education opportunities. In …
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Adventure Lifer, Lynessa, Heads to Peru

Starting off our staff travels for 2010, Adventure Life's fantastic office manager and gate-keeper, Lynessa Nelson, is readying for a Peru adventure with her husband, Matt. Next week, Lynessa and Matt will hop on a plane from the Missoula airport to Lima, Peru. The first leg of their Peru journey is on the floating reed islands of Lake Titicaca, …
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Children in Iguazu

Yacutinga Enviromental Education - Iguazu
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Our team of Adventure Lifers!

Dirty Dash

Creative costumes, great brews, and mud-covered bodies were all part of Missoula's Dirty Dash Event supporting our local Casas program. Running a 5K can be difficult enough - but to do it on a smokey-air polluted day (thank you nearby forest fires) takes some real dedication. Our team scrambled over pipes, commando crawled on gravel rocks, and …
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Adventure Life New Office Building Project

Adventure Life is moving! Construction on a new office building across town has begun! We're excited for our new home and can't wait to see the finished product. We are excited to have beautiful Missoula as our home. Take a tour through with us as the building takes shape!
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Donation to Escuela Antonio Jose de Sucre

Adventure Life partnered with our local office to provide sports supplies to the kids at Antonio Jose de Sucre School. Check out some of the photos from the event!
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Construction of the retaining wall

Retaining Wall Grant Project

Adventure Life has funded the building of a retaining wall in Comalapa, Guatemala. The grant project was initiated by Long Way Home and dubbed "The Great Wall of Comalapa".
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Water damage from the flooding at Mantay shelter

Grant for Mantay Shelter Flood Damage Repairs

The Mantay Shelter in Cusco, Peru, experienced flooding this past year which damaged the bathrooms in the facility. Adventure Life provided funding for repairs to be completed in a timely manner. The Mantay Shelter supports adolescent mothers in reaching a life of dignity for themselves and their children and we at Adventure Life are proud to …
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Fun at the Costa Rica holiday party!

Costa Rica Holiday Party!

Adventure Life partnered with our local office in Costa Rica to fund a Holiday Party for the students at Cuarros School in December of 2011.
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Adventure Life grant from the Secoya Community

Waponi Grant Project in the Amazon

Adventure Life partnered with the Waponi project to purchase lamps and signs for the Secoya Lodge that started its operations officially in January this year. Here are images of the equipment being transported from the fields and rivers to finally reach the community. The Waponi project works to empower local communities to receive guests and …
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