Sarah Newhall recently wrote this fantastic article about SheJumps. It's published at strayoutdoors.com.

Lidia Mejia (pictured above) was holding up the other skiers. Perched above a small cliff in Utah’s Alta ski area, she doubted her ability to make the drop.

But her friend, who’d just gone over the edge, shouted back encouragement: It was fine, she told Lidia, you can do it.

Breathing deeply to steel her nerves, Lidia took the leap and landed solidly on the run below.

“I can be scared of doing one thing and then with the support of SheJumps I have been able to jump…or go faster than I usually do,” said Lidia, recalling the experience. “I can reflect back on something that is scary and say if I can do that I can do this too.”

Based in Salt Lake City, Utah, SheJumps is a non-profit dedicated to increasing female participation in outdoor activities. Their goal is to mentor, teach, and build a community for women enjoying open air recreation, whether the women are newcomers to outdoors sports or professional athletes.

The founders of the organization and the SheJumps community see commitment to an active lifestyle in the outdoors as a metaphor for a way to pursue life. To chase a desire, whether in nature or in other aspects of life, is the way these women hope to live and hope to inspire others to live.