Kenneth Chabert

In 2018, I had what I call a powerful first experience.

At 31 years old, I made my first snow angel.

Now, that may not sound powerful to some of you, but for me, it was.

And so how do you get from New York City to Montana?

Well, you have to have a horse.

I don't make the rules, but not having a horse is why so many people don't make it out there.

I'm kidding.

I was actually invited to attend and speak at a conference in Big Sky.

I'm a kid from the Bronx, so I knew nothing about Big Sky.

I knew nothing about Montana.

In fact, I had only recognized images similar to it as the screensaver that comes on whenever my MacBook goes idle.

I landed in Bozeman, and the first thing I did was thank God, because I don't like flying, even though I have to do it often.

I walked out of the airport and I saw no skyscrapers, no lines of cabs, no people yelling and arguing, and there were no funny smells that I was familiar with.

You know, all the things that make NYC amazing.

So fast forward, I'm in the passenger seat of the car and I'm looking out the window and I'm just taking on the views.

Mountains covered in snow, trees everywhere.

And at one point, we passed by these homes that had to be worth millions of dollars because they had the most beautiful view of the environment.

Later the next day, as I'm getting off stage from speaking, a woman comes up to me and she asks, would you like to go on a hike?

Now I'm from New York City, so a hike is a few city blocks.

New York City is at sea level, so we're talking about real oxygen.