(Overnight) FALL FOLIAGE MOUNTAIN ADVENTURE 🍁 One or two nights

🔥 DO IT AFRAID: FALL MOUNTAIN ADVENTURE 🍁
October 16–18, 2026 | Nantahala Gorge, NC
Hike • Glamp • Rope Flow • Build a Fire • Connect
Come for ONE night or stay for TWO.

Do It Afraid is about trying something new—something you've always wanted to try—challenging yourself a little, having fun and maybe rediscovering a part of yourself along the way.
And we're going to one of my favorite places on EARTH! I would be honored for you to join me. ❤️
Minimum age: 18 years.

WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU STOPPED WAITING UNTIL YOU FELT READY?

Come spend a fall weekend in the Nantahala Mountains challenging yourself, learning new outdoor skills, meeting new people—and having a ridiculous amount of fun along the way.
We're going during one of the most beautiful fall-color windows in Western North Carolina and staying at Gorgeous Stays in the Nantahala Gorge.
Come with friends or COME ALONE. You don't need to know anyone.
That's kind of the point of Do It Afraid. 🔥

PLEASE READ THE FULL EVENT DESCRIPTION BEFORE REGISTERING, especially the hiking requirements, lodging choices and reservation policy.
🍁 THE WEEKEND

🔥 FRIDAY — ARRIVE + CONNECT
Please arrive by 4:00 PM.
Settle in, get comfortable and meet everyone.
🍽️ 5:00 PM — DINNER AT BIG WESSER/NOC
We'll have dinner together along the river at NOC.
Afterward, we'll head back to camp for a fire, stories, laughter and our first Campfire Conversation.

🥾 SATURDAY — THE "DO IT AFRAID" CHALLENGE...LET'S GO!!!
8:30 AM — TRAIL DEPARTURE
We'll head out for an approximately 8-mile Appalachian Trail hike from Tellico Gap to NOC.
This is our longer, challenging hike. Expect elevation and beautiful fall scenery.
We're not racing. We're doing it together. ❤️
〰️ ROPE FLOW
After some recovery time, we'll learn Rope Flow.
It's a fun movement practice that connects your shoulders, core, coordination and timing and gets your whole body moving together.
Never tried it? PERFECT!

🪓🔥 BUILD YOUR OWN FIRE
You'll learn how to:
🪓 Safely chop and split wood
🌲 Make your own kindling
🔥 Build a tinder nest
✨ Use a ferro rod/fire steel to create a spark
🔥 Turn that spark into a sustainable fire

Saturday night, bring something to throw on the grill or cook around the campfire.
We'll eat around the fire WE BUILT and share stories.
🔥 CAMPFIRE CONVERSATIONS

Friday and Saturday evenings, we'll gather around the fire for food, stories and some real conversation.
What have you always wanted to try but haven't?
When do you feel most alive?
What did you love doing before life got so serious?
What did you learn about yourself today?
What's something fear has talked you out of?
And before we leave...
🔥 What's one thing YOU are going to DO AFRAID when you get home?

🍁 SUNDAY — THE SIMPLE HIKE
8:30 AM — TRAIL DEPARTURE
We'll head out for an easy, scenic 2–4 mile hike at Tsali or Deep Creek.
Sunday is about enjoying the fall colors, taking pictures, talking, laughing and loosening up those Saturday legs.

🏕️ STAY YOUR WAY at Gorgeous Stays
check out the facility here (bookings for this meetup need to be reserved through here for the special rate and activies)
https://www.gorgeousstays.com/

Come for ONE NIGHT or TWO.
🏕️ TENT PLATFORM
Two nights: $149
One night: $109
🛏️ PRIMITIVE BUNKHOUSE
Two nights: $179
One night: $124
🏡 SHARED GLAMPING
Two nights: $219
One night: $144
✨ PRIVATE GLAMPING
Two nights: $269
One night: $169
❤️ PRIVATE UNIT FOR TWO
Two nights: $209/person
One night: $149/person

• applicable tax

All accommodations are reserved through Active Love Adventures as part of your adventure package.
Accommodation choices are limited and FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED.

🔥 HOW TO RESERVE YOUR SPOT
Meetup will collect a $75 non-refundable deposit when you RSVP.
The $75 is applied toward your total package price. IT IS NOT AN ADDITIONAL FEE.
Once you register, I will contact you directly through Meetup to confirm:
• One or two nights
• Your accommodation choice
• Your remaining balance
• Payment instructions
• Waiver signing

REGISTERING ON OR BEFORE OCTOBER 1:
Your remaining balance is due October 1, 2026.
REGISTERING AFTER OCTOBER 1:
Your remaining balance is due immediately once your accommodation is confirmed.

REGISTRATION CLOSES OCTOBER 15, 2026.
Please watch your Meetup messages after registering so we can finalize your reservation.
Because accommodations are being reserved specifically for this adventure, all payments are non-refundable.
If something comes up and you can't attend, you may transfer your paid reservation to another eligible participant with advance notice.
Your RSVP is your commitment to the adventure 🔥

🚿 (GL)CAMPING...WITH REAL BATHROOMS 😂
Even if you're tent camping, we're not roughing it THAT much.
The Lodge has super-clean (like crazy clean 😂), comfortable, separate men's and women's bathrooms and shower facilities.
Towels are provided.

Glamping accommodations also have RV-style toilets.
Tent sites don't have their own toilets, but campers have access to the Lodge bathrooms and showers.
The Lodge also sells frozen foods—including pizza and ice cream—and snacks.

Friday dinner will be together at Big Wesser/NOC at 5:00 PM.
Friday dinner at NOC and ALL OTHER MEALS, SNACKS AND BEVERAGES ARE YOUR RESPONSIBILITY.

❤️ WHAT'S INCLUDED?
Your selected accommodation
🥾 Organized hike(s)
〰️ Rope Flow
🪓 Hands-on fire-building experience
🔥 Campfire Conversations
❤️ Group activities
🏕️ The complete hosted Do It Afraid experience
Friday dinner at NOC and all other meals are your responsibility.
🥾 KNOW BEFORE YOU GO
Saturday's approximately 8-mile Appalachian Trail hike is challenging.
You should be physically prepared for a longer mountain hike and are responsible for bringing appropriate footwear, water, food, clothing and personal medications.
Not ready for eight miles?
THAT'S OKAY.
Join us later Saturday. Learn to build a fire. Stay the night. Join us for Sunday's easy 2–4 mile hike.
Somebody else's hard doesn't have to be yours. ❤️
Final meeting locations, arrival instructions, weather updates and other details will be sent directly to registered participants before the adventure.

⚠️ PARTICIPATION & WAIVER
Outdoor adventures come with inherent risks.
Activities including hiking, camping, Rope Flow, chopping and splitting wood, using outdoor tools, fire building and other outdoor activities may involve risks including falls, cuts, burns, changing weather, wildlife encounters and physical injury.
You are responsible for determining your own ability to participate, bringing appropriate equipment and medications, following safety instructions and making decisions regarding your own personal safety.
You are never required to participate in an activity you aren't comfortable doing.
All participants will be required to sign the Active Love Adventures Participant Waiver & Assumption of Risk before participating.
The waiver includes acknowledgment and assumption of the inherent risks of these activities and release/hold-harmless provisions covering Dana Ben Halim, Active Love Adventures host and hiking facilitator; Active Love Adventures; and Wendy Kribbs and Scott Kribbs, owners of Gorgeous Stays and hiking facilitators, to the extent permitted by applicable law.

❓ QUESTIONS?
Have a question about the weekend, accommodations, hiking, what to bring or registering?
Please send the host a message through Meetup.

🍁 ONE WEEKEND. A LOT OF ADVENTURE.
🥾 One hard hike + one easy hike
〰️ Learn Rope Flow
🪓 Chop & split wood
🔥 Build a fire from a spark
🏕️ Camp or glamp
❤️ Meet some new humans
🍁 Experience the mountains in fall
Come alone. Come with a friend.
Stay one night or stay for the whole thing.
You might go home with a few new skills, a few new friends and one hell of a story.
🔥 DO IT AFRAID.