The idea of “home” means a lot of things to different people. It’s where you sleep. It’s where you take your pants off at the end of the day. It’s where the heart is. But it’s also an idea — a place that’s sacred because it’s where you exist in your most authentic habitat, whether in the middle of a crowded urban environment or wayyyyy out in the middle of the wilderness, where there’s nothing but quiet and thoughts to yourself amongst the wind in the pines.
This awesome home belongs to Mollie and Sean Busby. For the last three years they’ve created a homestead called the Busby Hive that includes a yurt and a sizable chicken coop. It’s way out in the middle of no where in rural Montana. Their incredible story of mountain culture and building a kickass home is captured over at Teton Gravity. It’s one of the coolest things you’ll read today…
Sean was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at the age of 19. The process was awful, consisting of a misdiagnosis and a lot of ‘sick days’. He almost quit his snowboarding career all together. But he read stories of kids much younger than him living with type 1 and they inspired him to soldier on. He refocused his snowboarding career on splitboarding and expeditions.
In 2004, Sean began developing ski/snowboarding camps for kids with type 1 (or T1D). Kids could come to the camp and learn how to snowboard while still managing life as a T1D. He called the program “Riding On Insulin.” And because of the program, six years later, he met Mollie.
The yurt and mountain property they’ve developed in Montana is an escapist’s dream home. Definitely go throw Sean a follow on Instagram to see how this work in progress develops.
