You could say that Charles Lutz is a daredevil. He has been an outdoor adventurer for more than 30 years.

His first steps into the world as a tour operator was in 1966 when he was president of the University of Arizona Ski Club. That is when he discovered you could charge more than the trip costs and make money running tours. He served in Vietnam from 1968 through 1971 when he received a commission as a second lieutenant. He returned to Tucson after the war, and in 1972 he started building and flying hang gliders and taught people with the same sense of adventure how to build and fly them too.

His desire for more thrills led him into snow skiing then whitewater rafting. As in the case of the hang gliders, Lutz shared his knowledge with other adventure enthusiasts. “For the bulk of my business career I ran whitewater rafting trips in the spring and summer, snow skiing trips in the winter, and then I took October off,” he said.

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