Taking On Life’s Challenges (and succeeding)

I believe in living life to the fullest and taking on challenges. this helps mold and shape your character

and will prepare you for whatever life may throw your way.

  • Featured at .diabetesdaily.com https://www.diabetesdaily.com/blog/be-extreme-seven-lessons-for-people-with-diabetes-doing-extreme-and-adventure-sports-546509/

  • Created ‘The Jump,’ a film on a bungee jump we did at the Grand Canyon (The Navajo Bridge)

  • Created ‘Alaskan Waters,’ a film featuring a No Limits sea kayak expedition in Sitka, Alaska. For people with type 1 diabetes

  • 24 Hours in the Old Pueblo 2017 - with Team No Limits (all of the team have type 1 diabetes)

  • Created 'You Only Live Once’, a film to feature Team No Limits (four mountain bikers with type 1 diabetes) at the 24 Hours in the Old Pueblo - 2017 (on this website (videos/films) and on my YouTube page (davenevins)

  • My photos were used to help create the book 'Legends of the Road' from the Race Across America 2017

  • Oracle Rumble-The Arizona Trail Association 2017 (32 miles)

  • Featured by the American Diabetes Association on their Diabetes Stops Here blog:

    http://diabetesstopshere.org/2016/06/24/daves-diabetes-story/?fbclid=IwAR1xLrI2Pz_06Ue1f5oDzGDg-hAMy7qbbL7gkrZ9yFR8RyQgjY_rXtNlpyY

  • Colossal/Vail 50/50 Arizona Trail Run 2016 (34 miles)

  • Medtronic Global Hero

  • Medtronic Ambassador

  • I have worked as a Bicycle Messenger (Boise, Idaho). I believe I was the only one in town.

  • I worked (twice) on a western state cycling tour by Race Across America rider Franz Spilauer
    from Austria. They were German/Austrian groups that toured about 5,000 miles each year in the west/southwest of the United States. Mileage was covered by cycling and driving.

  • Steve Reifenstuhl Award (Sitka Health Summit - Sitka, Alaska)

  • Race Director - No Limits Sitka Sound Ocean Swim (5k/10k, Sitka, Alaska-two years)

  • Race Director - No Limits Sitka Sound Ocean Clinic Swim (qualifying event-Sitka, Alaska)

  • Lead Adventurer - No Limits (diabetes adventure group, Tucson, AZ, Sitka, AK, Boise, ID)

  • Climbed Mt. Rainier (twice) - Washington

  • Alpine Adventure Run (7 miles) - Sitka, Alaska (run twice)

  • Pederson Ridge Rumble (35-mile run) - Sisters, Oregon

  • Ran three marathons (Mt. Si, Olympia, & Tacoma, Washington)

  • Rode bicycle from Tucson, AZ, to Yorktown, Virginia

  • Rode 165-mile bicycle race - Cochise Classic - Southeast Arizona

  • Rode The Tour de Tucson 50 & 100-mile options) - Tucson, Arizona

  • Director - Banff Mountain Film Festival (Sitka, Alaska)

  • Director - Banff Mountain Film Festival Radical Reels Tour (Sitka, Alaska)

  • Pepsi Hotshot Basketball Contest (top 8 in the U.S. one year and top 24 in the U.S. year before). Competitions at halftime during NBA games in Phoenix, AZ, and Los Angeles, CA

  • Created Sea Kayaking Expeditions with No Limits - Sitka, Alaska

  • Created the No Limits Dive for Diabetes (skydive event). Possibly the biggest skydive event in the Pacific Northwest that year - Caldwell, Idaho

  • Created the No Limits Over the Edge event (bungee jump) - Hansen, Idaho

  • On the crew (Over the Edge Bungee) for the Go Fast Games (Royal Gorge, Canon City, Colorado)

  • Received the Banff Film Fest Sitka award to fund a No Limits Sea Kayak Expedition and to create the film 'Sugar Free Ocean'

  • On the Race Across America Media 1 team

  • Involved with Race Across America (8 years). Includes one year as crew for Team Type 1 and 2 years on crew for Team Type 2 (Oceanside, California to Annapolis, Maryland)

  • Sitka Mountain Rescue team (Sitka, Alaska)

  • Sitka Sound Ocean Adventure Race (Sitka, Alaska) 10.7 nautical miles in a Tlingit Warrior Canoe

  • BBAD Tour (Border to Border Against Diabetes - Arizona/Utah border to Idaho/Utah border

  • Co-author of 'Boise Backcountry Adventures' Comprehensive 327-page trail book for the Boise, Idaho area. We ran all the trails (over 1,000 miles) except the canyoneering sections.

  • Featured on the American Diabetes Association website: http://www.diabetesforecast.org/2009/dec/athlete-with-type-1-diabetes-tackles-extreme-sports.html

  • Featured athlete at the North American Diabetes & Exercise Conference (put on by Insulindependence in San Diego)

  • Terry Lorts Award - El Tour de Tucson (Outstanding rider with diabetes)

  • Director for the No Limits Open Water Swim Clinic (Sitka, Alaska)

  • 4th Place - Free Throw shooting contest for Washington state (in my age division)

  • 2 Skydives (Tandem)

  • 1 Base Jump (Tandem) - Perrine Bridge - Twin Falls, Idaho

  • 40- ish Bungee Jumps and bridge rope swings, bridge rope jumps

  • Avid caver (approximately 70 caves explored) - Arizona & Idaho

  • Green River Community College Meritorious Scholarship - Auburn, Washington

  • Offered a spot on the Red Bull Divide and Conquer Team for an event in Durango, CO. I had to
    decline due to work.

  • Dean's Honor List - Eastern Washington University - Cheney, Washington

My Media Being Used Online/Media

  • The Weather Channel - Social brand Pattrn - Just received a request and will be working with them
    to provide media.

  • GPA Tokyo (Japanese Production) for Japanese TV - The World’s Tallest Bungee Jumps

  • Outrun The Sun - Natural History New Zealand / United States office
    Program - Nature Calls

  •  Co-author of ‘Boise Backcountry Adventures’, we ran 1,000+ miles in the backcountry of Idaho to
    create a very detailed trail book for the Boise, Idaho area. Sandy Epeldi website dedicated to the
    book: Boise Backcountry Adventures