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Poll: What keeps you from trying a new outdoor adventure?

Tell us what motivates you into, or keeps you from, experiencing a new outdoor activity

(Heather May | For the Tribune) Adventure awaits, but what's keeping you from it? Take our poll to tell us what motivates you to try something new, or keeps you from it.

Feel that itch? It’s the one that prickles the skin every year at this time, when the sun is out, the shorts are on and the calendar officially says summer. It’s the itch to get outside and get away.

But maybe you’ve hiked all the short trails in your area and want to go a little farther, maybe even make it an overnight trip. Or, you’ve been riding on your Peloton all winter and now are heeding the call to see some scenery not projected on a screen. Maybe you’ve set a goal to paddle on the Great Salt Lake before it becomes a mere puddle.

What, if anything, is keeping you from it?

We want to know! Tell us by taking our poll here or below, the results of which we will share in an upcoming story. And while you’re waiting for that, keep an eye out for a pumped up slate of outdoor recreation stories coming to sltrib.com this summer. They’ll be the perfect read while you’re recovering from that climb up Mount Olympus or just putting off mowing the lawn.


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Author
Julie JagOutdoors Reporter

Julie left the beach of Santa Cruz, Calif., where she worked for 17 years, for the mountains of Salt Lake City in 2019. She has covered the NBA Finals, the Super Bowl, the World Series, the Maverick's big wave surf contest and two Olympics. A Colorado native, she enjoys creating her own adventure, occasionally with her husband and two kids in tow.