About ActiveGirl
Mission
Statement:
ActiveGirl
Escapes seeks to
provide an empowering environment for women that promotes health,
adventure, movement, and friendship. To bring women of all ages
& physical abilities together to escape the chaos of daily
life, while exploring the beauty of the Cascade Mountains.
Goals &
Objectives:
To give women the tools
& confidence to create and maintain a healthy balanced
lifestyle.
To provide physical activities that leave women feeling successful, strong, & proud.
To strengthen the bond
with girlfriends and
celebrate the ActiveGirl in all of us.
Who We Are:
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Gwen Whitten
Gwen@ActiveGirlEscapes.com
Marketing/Advertising
Coordinator
Residence:
Plain since 1995
Owner, Plain
Hardware Home, Garden & Gifts
Interests Include: Backpacking,
trail running, Nordic (skate) skiing, snowshoeing, mountain biking,
strength training, and gardening.
Fitness Accomplishments include
Climbing Mt. St. Helens, participating in and finishing 3 sprint
distance triathlons, and rock climbing a 5.10C
Fitness Goals: backpack the
Alpine Lakes "Enchantments Trail" with my kids, and to climb Mt.
Stuart.
ActiveGirl is Gwen's 'baby.'
After attempting to locate an active oriented vacation and having little
success, she decided that with the resources available to her here in
her own back yard, a better active escape vacation could be built.
So, in true Gwen style, she mobilized the 3 other women of ActiveGirl,
and began to create her vision. As part of a dedicated group
of local mountain adventurers, Gwen may be found on any given weekend
exploring the amazing wilderness right outside her back door.
Gwen's spirit and infectious positive attitude are the
driving force behind ActiveGirl Escapes.
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Jaimi Krenz
Jaimi@ActiveGirlEscapes.com
Hospitality
Coordinator
Residence:
Born and raised in Plain
Part of family-owned Mountain
Springs Lodge where she is the Wedding Coordinator
Interests Include: Hiking,
skiing, photography, Spanish language, and travel
Fitness Accomplishments:
Finishing the Seattle half marathon, climbing Mt. Rainier and Mt. St.
Helens
Fitness goals: To summit
Glacier Peak in 2008, and to just be outside more often!
Jaimi is a dynamo, and just
about the sweetest person you may ever meet. She is
passionate about life and can't wait to get out and start her next
adventure! When she can steal away from work, you may find
her running or biking or skiing the trails behind the lodge with her 2
dogs and her husband Nick.
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Erika Enloe
C.P.F.T.
Erika@ActiveGirlEscapes.com
Fitness
Director
Residence:
Leavenworth since 2000
ACE Certified Personal Fitness
Trainer, 20 years & owner, Motion Fitness
Interests Include: Running,
mountain biking, skiing (alpine and Nordic), adventure racing,
triathlons, vegetable and flower gardening, spending time with good
friends, and taking advantage of any chance to sing.
Fitness Accomplishments:
Competing in several sprint adventure races, participating in the local
annual mountain bike race, participating in regional jump rope
competitions, running and finishing the Wenatchee half marathon (even
after going the wrong way!), participating in several sprint
triathlons, climbing Mt. St. Helens, and running the Alpine Lakes
Trail.
Erika is always quick with a
joke that, at least, she will think is funny.
A wise-cracker and a whip-cracker,
she is dedicated to challenging her clients with their workouts.
She lives for the adventure of exploring new running trails
as far out in the wilderness as she dare go with the crazy crew with
whom she runs. Erika is always likely to say, 'let's give it
a try!' when given a challenge. When she has free time, you
are sure to find her out with her friends, pushing her limits, and
laughing through it all.
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Adrienne
Schaefer
Adrienne@ActiveGirlEscapes.com
Business
Manager
Residence:
Plain since 2005
Owner of Anew Outdoors, a
custom-based guide service that offers everything from sea kayaking to
fly fishing trips in the great northwest. Ski patrols at
Stevens Pass in the winter.
Interests Include: All forms of
outdoor activity, but especially skiing (alpine and back country),
running, and climbing.
Fitness Accomplishments:
50-mile trail run in the North Cascades, multiple ski descents and
traverses in the Washington Cascades and Alaska, and trekking in Peru
and Bolivia.
Fitness Goal: 2-week ski trip
in the Alaska Range.
Adrienne
is a true backcountry outdoor goddess! She will outlast,
outwit and outplay anyone who is foolish enough to get all up in her
grill. And she does it with a smile on her face.
She is an inspiration to everyone she meets. Her smile is
infectious and her stamina is endless. When she isn't
guiding sissy boys through the woods, leading a sea kayak trip, or
writing entries for the hiking guide book she is writing, you will find
her pushing her friends along on trail runs that she swears will only
take 'about an hour!'
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