But now, founder Sarah Moore is looking to bring light to their mission and the realities of transitioning out of a high-stress career that veterans and first responders — especially women — have faced for years.

Moore, who is based in Ogden, told the Standard-Examiner that Blue Side Adventures stems from her time in the United States Army.

“I served in the military for 21 years. During my time in the military as a helicopter pilot in combat, of course, I developed PTSD, I had severe spinal injuries and a lot of this was just threatening my way of life,” she said. “The answers I kept getting from the VA and other doctors was to use pain pills, muscle relaxers and things that I just refused to do because I know that’s a path I for one wasn’t willing to go down. So I spent about a decade researching the neuroscience behind PTSD, how to cope with my back pain and how to basically live medication-free all while still living my best life.”

She said Blue Side Adventures came about to help others in high-stress careers make this same transition.

Photo supplied, Sarah Moore

“Blue Side Adventures was created for veterans and first responders who need the same thing in their life,” she said. “People work with me for about a year. We do neuroscience coaching and then we do physical fitness training through yoga, mobility, things that will help with our injuries so that we can go on an amazing trip. I have a series of trips that I have laid out every year and people choose the trip that really speaks to them the most.”

Since the founding of Blue Side Adventures, Moore said mountain trekking trips have taken veterans and first responders to locations such as Colorado, the Dolomites of Italy and the Himalayas where she has led multiple groups up to Everest Base Camp. She said that she has led 11 trips so far in the group’s history with two more trips on the horizon this year.

“Our Italian Dolomites trip became so popular it sold out in four hours,” she said. “It’s growing.”

She said each trip includes about 10 people and that interaction begins well before the trip begins with live neuroscience coaching, team building and a physical fitness program to help bring participants up to speed with the physical needs of the trip.

Now, Moore is aiming to bring the story of Blue Side Adventures and the realities of PTSD to the public in the form of a documentary titled “What the Wind Carries.”

Photo supplied, Sarah Moore

“It’s about 14 women that are still serving in the military or are transitioning to a different part of their life either through retirement or leaving the military,” she said. “What happens with women in service a lot is the homecoming just kind of gets erased. We’re going to walk the 80 miles it takes to go to Everest Base Camp and back and do a really tough challenge and find out who we really are when there’s really nothing left to prove.”

She said the documentary will highlight what women often face after returning home from the military.

“The culture that often comes with veterans — especially with women — is that when they come home, nothing is really held for them when they get back,” she said. “Everything is very male-image, male-driven, so when the uniform for us comes off, it’s like we’re expected to fold quietly back into whatever life we started or that we left behind. By doing this and basically being in the mountains and taking away all these comforts and distractions, it’s really a chance to let go of what we’ve all been carrying and really focus on who do we get to become in the next phase of our lives and careers.”

The trip is set to occur in October, but in preparation, Moore is attempting to fundraise for the logistics of making the documentary, including transporting the documentary’s filmmaker to Nepal and covering their insurance. The goal is to raise $15,000. A GoFundMe has raised $800 and Moore said she has set up a PitchDeck fundraiser for larger donations. The aim is to finish the film by the spring of 2027 to submit to various film festivals.

“For Blue Side Adventures, we are really excited to have this film produced because I think it’s going to show the reality of what it’s like when we leave the service, especially for women, and the work that we have to put in to make sure that we can de-condition and come back into society and the roles and not have to carry that silent weight of service that we often carry,” she said.

For more information on Blue Side Adventures, visit https://www.bluesideyoga.com/.

For the GoFundMe page, visit https://gofund.me/61a482fb0.

For larger donations, Moore invites direct interaction at sarah@bluesideyoga.com.