•Into the Wild: Directed by Sean Penn and based on author Jon Krakauer’s true story of Christopher McCandless, a young man who gives up all his worldly possessions and his life as he knew it to trek into the deep Alaska back country to live in the wild and become Alexander Supertramp. This film is my all-time favorite film and has the honor of Girl vs. Wild’s top pick. (R)

•Out Cold: Epic adventure comes to mind when I think of Out Cold. I have spent many a night watching this one, dreaming of my days as a snowboard town thrill-seeker. I spent several years working at Wolf Creek Ski area, all for the treasured employee mountain pass. Out Cold is a hilarious film that captures exactly what it is like to be a mountain town snowboarder, while also telling the tale of the town’s beloved Bull Mountain being in jeopardy when corporate tycoon Lee Majors attempts to move in. (PG-13)

•A River Runs Through It: A fly fishing classic that tells a nostalgic story of a father and his sons as they grow up fishing the Montana waters. As the brothers near adulthood, they choose different paths as they struggle to live up to their father’s high standards, but both always come back to the waters they loved with their father. (PG)

•Aspen Extreme: This is a classic ski adventure. Two snow-struck friends from Detroit chase the ski-bum dream of being Aspen ski instructors. The guys soon realize the Aspen ski scene is cutthroat, and through several challenging turns the friends are tested with money, temptation, and fame nearly tearing their friendship apart. (PG-13)

•Alive: This true story is the account of 35 rugby players whose team plane crashes in the Andes mountains on a barren glacier. Stranded with no food, no water, and no rescue coming, the 35 athletes must decide how far they will go to survive. (R)

•Vertical Limit: Siblings Annie and Peter grew up climbing with their father until a split-second decision ends their father’s life and tears the siblings apart. Years later they are reunited at the K2 base camp and must face the life and death decision to survive the dangers of K2. (PG-13)

With the panic of loosing my ability to chase my adventures I soon calmed down and realized I was going to have to simply change my destinations, but not my activities. I reminded myself that Oklahoma has everything I need!

After snapping back to reality I thought I would share a few adventures you could stir up for yourself here in Oklahoma.

Some of the best rock climbing can be found in southwestern Oklahoma in the Wichita Wildlife Refuge. Sport and traditional routes there is sure to be rocks for you. The refuge has great site camping and backcountry as well so you can do a day trip or make a weekend of it. In fact I am headed there today to do some climbing myself in the Meadows!

Oklahoma is also home to some of the best waters for flyfishing. The Mountain Fork River is a flyfisher’s paradise located right here in Oklahoma. You can actually get your fishing fix year round in the Mountain Fork This river never stops running. How idea lis that! The Mountain Fork is making a name for itself and become a hot spot for flyfishers around the midwest, and as Okies it’s ours.

If you desire to hit the trails on two wheels the state offers at least 10 different mountain bike trails across Oklahoma. From Bluff Creek here in OKC to Turkey Mountain in Tulsa. Expert to advanced there is a place for your tires to hit the trail and collect a little dirt!

Kayaking is growing in popularity and what do you know, some of the best waters are located right here in the metro area. Waters such as Lake Hefner, The Oklahoma River downtown and Lake Liberty just to name a few. in fact if you had the itch to paddle right now you could be in the water within the hour.

All of these great spots can be reached on just one tank of gas. Even if you do drive a gas gussler like myself its time to pack your bags, fill up your tank and hit Oklahoma roads. With that said I am off for a little Oklahoma weekend adventure. Girl vs. Wild style of course!

After lunch we headed to the MarVal resort area and had a hands on casting session and then took our casting to the river. The instructors were great. I had some of the best casting instruction I have ever received and really feel like I can cast with finesse now. Casting truly decides if you will catch or not catch. Fish are skidish so if your cast doesn’t hit just right you have no chance at a strike. The weather was perfect sunny with a light breeze and I waded in for a little river action.

I can say with a the biggest grin of excitement Mark Patton’s fly fishing school in the best around.

Girl vs. Wild,

Jacquelyn Farris

But with age, a ripe 26, I have passed on the Snoopy pole and am in the calm waters of fly fishing. I remember my first fish caught. I was behind my house in South Fork, Colorado on the Rio Grande. It was early August, and the river was perfect. I could see the fish rising all around me. Waste deep I had been casting for awhile and finally tracked one straight to a strike. I hooked that brown and was pulling him in. Beyond excited I wished badly for someone to see it was true. I had finally hooked a fish all by myself. No one around I ran up river to fetch my camera from the house while the fish flopped on the bank. I get back slipping twice in the mud, grab the fish and try to snap a photo. At the very second I push the shutter he swan dives out of my grasp.To this day my friends tease and joke that it never really did happen. I swear that fish was mine. That is no fish tale.

Girl vs. Wild,

Jacquelyn Farris

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