Geoff was an avid backpacker, climber, and mountain biker when his access to the outdoors was interrupted by a near-fatal brain-stem stroke in 2005. Not one to be denied, Geoff has persisted in his mission to make wild places accessible to those of all abilities. Despite a second stroke in 2017 and a global pandemic in 2020, he has worked with his family and friends to create a chair through his organization called Avenchair that can travel over the rugged terrain near his home in the mountain town of Bend, Oregon. Or anywhere else for that matter.