World T.E.A.M. Sports

This is the first test of our cell phone blogging/dispatch system. We’re sitting above 10,000 feet in the Rockies outside of Leadville, Colorado. Amazingly, we have cell reception, and the battery in my iPhone is not dead yet. Day One of our outward bound course is complete. Lots of gear sorting today, followed by hours high in the trees — in ropes course. The weather threatened all day with possible snow and rain. But it never opened up. The team (Steve, Ike, Cody, Mike, and the film crew) will camp out under tarps tonight. The MSR stoves should be going any second now. I’m hungry and looking forward to dinner.

What an awesome weekend. With the Soldiers to the Summit trip rapidly approaching (10 days from today) there was a desire to get some additional training done in Colorado. The added bonus of this training is that we were joined by GX magazine as the National Guard is one of many great sponsors of this [...]

World TEAM Sports is pleased to partner with The Center for Discovery on their Adventure TEAM Challenge event in Frost Valley, New York September 23-26, 2010. The Center for Discovery, located in nearby Harris, New York, offers residential, educational and therapeutic services for both children and adults with a wide range of disabilities. After the [...]

October 20 KATHMANDU – Outward Bound’s Luis Benitez talks to Didrik Johnck in this video clip shot back up in the Khumbu Valley about the Soldiers to the Summit team and the end of their hero’s journey.

More than 400 participants of World T.E.A.M. Sports‘ annual 2011 Face of America ride discovered through experience that April showers are not always gentle. Riding from Washington to Frederick, Maryland, the Saturday, April 16 ride started out cloudy but dry. Less than an hour into the ride, however, a light rain began to fall, becoming [...]

With the four coach buses departing for Washington and the festivities winding down to a close at Seamus Garrahy’s, quiet came once again to the historic Civil War battlefields of Gettysburg. On the 150th anniversary of the beginning of America’s tragic War Between the States, Americans came together to celebrate our nation – our freedom, [...]

BY GINA UTEGG Arlington, Virginia, September 28, 2011 – I am very grateful to be alive and to have World T.E.A.M. Sports in my life. World T.E.A.M. Sports has been an important part of my family’s lives for many years. My husband Mike and I started volunteering for the organization after my disabling automobile accident. [...]

BY KIMBERLY WARPINSKI Arlington, Virginia, October 13, 2011 – Being my first long bike excursion, Ride Allegheny surpassed my expectations of a challenging, yet beautiful experience. The group that organized the annual 320 mile bicycle ride from Pittsburgh to Gaithersburg, Maryland did an amazing job of organizing logistics. Through the ride, they brought riders together [...]