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Many Western Slope residents spend their lives chasing the next natural high. These adrenaline junkies share their stories. Bee Alaine Mathis enjoys getting dirty all over the Four Corners. A 33-year-old, below-the-knee amputee, Bee is in her last semester of college and is relishing all her outdoor activities, including a recent trip to climb Mount Cotopaxi. Sean Englund’s favorite hobby is highlining, which is simply slacklining, but at greater heights; it allows one to be in an air space that no one else has ever been. He also has a passion for rock climbing, ice climbing and mountain biking. Dave Farkas is a transplant from Canada whose passion for the outdoors started at a young age. Since the early 1990s, he's worked as an outdoor professional guide and athlete who takes clients whitewater kayaking, climbing and skiing.