Jentri and Corey King: Backcountry Parenting

Name / Age / Location / Nickname
Corey King / 28 / Rexburg, ID
Jentri King / 27 / Rexburg, ID
JJ Kylan King / 19 months / Rexburg, ID / Ky

 

What is your core sport(s)?
Rockclimbing

 

What other sports do you participate in or sort of fun do you enjoy?
Adventure Photography, Skiing, Backpacking, Horseback Riding, Hunting, Family Games, Road Trips, Kylan LOVES to swing.

 

When/what was your first memorable "outdoor" experience?
Corey: I grew up with my father constantly taking me outdoors. My childhood is all a mix of skiing, hunting, rafting, and family camping trips. I have been on a pair of skis since I was 18 months old.
Jentri: My first year of girls camp when I was 12.
Kylan: A 20 mile ride in the Kid Comfort III for a 5 day backpacking trip when I was only 6 months old.

 

What is your most epic outdoor adventure to date?
Corey: Climbing road trip to southern Utah during one of the worst winter storms ever recorded in history. What should have been an 8 hour drive turned into a 13 hour drive only to find 3” of snow in Zion and 20 degree temps in Red Rocks.
Jentri: Getting stuck with my dad in a jet boat in the inlet of a reservoir. We had to hike out after dark in waist deep mud, which resembled quick sand, to hitch hike back to the truck.
Kylan: Face planting into a cactus patch after dark and getting a ¼” long cactus needle embedded into my hand.

 

Favorite food?
Corey: BBQ ribs!
Jentri: Pizza
Kylan: Strawberries

 

What is currently playing in your iPod or cassette deck…because cassettes are coming back, you know?
Corey: Air 1 radio
Jentri: Slumber, Need to Breathe
Kylan: The Pretzel Store

 

If I could do anything, I would most likely...
Corey: Tour the world!!!
Jentri: Freeze time so I could get everything done.
Kylan: Climb everything and anything

 

How do you take your coffee?
Corey: I take my Monster without coffee
Jentri: With marshmallows… I drink cocoa.
Kylan: Mom and Dad won’t let me, I’m hyper enough without it.

 

What is your "go-to" Deuter product?
The Kid Comfort III

 

Do you like the nightlife? Do you like to boogie?
On occasion.