Doing Something Together

What it looks like

Not every Saturday. But often enough. Shotgun range. Horsetooth hike at dawn. Service project. Ax-throwing.

The activity is the excuse. The conversation is the point. Something shifts when you're hiking a ridgeline or reloading a shotgun next to a man you sat across from on Tuesday. The walls come down faster when your hands are busy and your eyes are on the trail.

Why activity matters

Men don't open up face-to-face in a circle of chairs. They open up shoulder-to-shoulder doing something. Every mentorship researcher knows this. We just built it in.

The research calls it “side-by-side interaction” — and it's one of the most reliable ways to get men talking about what actually matters. We didn't design Saturdays because we like hiking. We designed them because this is how men have built trust since the beginning of time.

What we've done

• Shotgun range at Northern Colorado ranges
• Dawn hike at Horsetooth Reservoir
• Ax-throwing tournaments
• Service projects with local trades
• Fire-pit cookouts
• Snowboarding at local resorts
• Fishing on the Poudre