CRYSTAL MOUNTAIN RESORT, Pierce County, Wash. — Leaping across wobbly logs suspended 40 feet in the air, trying to dart from one towering Douglas fir tree to the next, I had a moment of oneness with the animal world: This, I thought, is what it’s like to be a Northern flying squirrel.
Moments later, while hugging onto swaying wooden hammers before climbing across a cargo net like an Army recruit in basic training, I imagined I was a competitor on “American Ninja Warrior.”
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