“We could do this better,” she’d said. So they did. What started as frustration turned into an outdoor gear company built around one simple idea: if people trusted something with their lives in the wild, it should actually deserve that trust. By the time Eli was born, the business was stable. By the time he turned four, it was thriving.
By the time he turned five, Sarah was gone. She disappeared on a solo hike on a Tuesday in August. Search teams combed the mountains for days, then weeks. No body. No gear. No final trace of where she’d gone. At first, Jack lived inside the search. Then the waiting.