Search
Close this search box.

Contributor Questions

Once a month we throw our contributors for a loop with a question about their lives in the outdoors. This month we asked, “What’s the best thing you’ve ever given away?” Here’s what they had to say.

DOUG SCHNITZSPAHN

I try to give away as much of all this extra gear I have as I can. There are few things better than simply giving something away and wanting nothing in return.

Schnitzspahn2

ELIZABETH O’CONNELL 

Recently, I made a lady in a beat-up Subaru’s day by giving her my parking space and pay-to-park ticket that still had an hour left on it.

oconnell

CAMERON MARTINDELL

Travel. I once had enough airline miles to fly my brother and me to Europe to visit where we grew up.

TYRA SUTAK

A bike. Bicycle Longmont is a local organization that has a great holiday program where they collect and distribute bikes for kids. It’s awesome to see them light up like I do when I get to ride bikes.

Sutak

CHRIS KASSAR

On our way down to base camp on Denali, I gave away an unopened jar of Nutella and some reindeer sausage to some folks who were only a few days into their climb. That may not sound like a big deal, but up there that was worth a million bucks.

kassar

RADHA MARCUM

Time. It’s easy to feel that I don’t have any, but even fifteen minutes with a loved one—or an hour teaching students a new skill—is of far greater value than any physical gift.

Marcum

PETER KRAY

Skis.

kray

MELANIE WONG

I gave my parents a border collie named Lucy. She got a loving home and my parents got a new “kid” and nonstop entertainment.

Wong

SCOTT WILLOUGHBY

I found a small shell on a remote beach that had worn through to create a ring that my eventual wife and mother of our two daughters accepted as an impromptu engagement ring. Turns out it’s also the best gift I ever received.

photo

Share this post:

Discover more in the Rockies:

EXPLORE MORE: