I really enjoyed reading both of the articles + both excerpts from E.B. and Sara talking about their experiences on the hike. It's exciting to think that we'll be able to meet these people tomorrow and ask them about their experiences - can't wait. I especially thought it was cool how thrilled Sara was to challenge herself while on the hike, and how excited she was to simply be outdoors.

The Waypoint Promo Video was awesome to watch because it was great to see such energetic groups of people having so much fun together while growing as individuals and as a whole. I really liked the way that the group leaders at Waypoint used specific words and wrote them on whiteboards in order to create a common goal for however long they were working together (support, challenge).

The Waypoint youtube channel was great to explore, and two videos stood out to me.
1. "A Parent's Perspective": I really liked this video because it not only showed how Alex (has a rare form of epilepsy) has conquered challenges of his own (surfing, snowshoeing, backpacking trips etc.), but also inspired his mom to conquer the challenge of climbing a rock wall, something that she was initially afraid to do, and then ended up becoming "addicted to it."
2. "Program Partnerships": I liked how in this video Waypoint teamed up with Somerville public schools to take a group of special ed. students on a snowy hike, which ended up being a great success. It allowed kids to realize that they were able to accomplish things that they never thought that they could do, while working together to help each other out. I really loved the story of Matthew, who was having a little bit of trouble with the hike at first, but he got some help from his friends to get up the mountain and ended up having a great time -- that was really cool to watch.