As a life-long Utahn, Jared has always enjoyed the outdoors. In his early twenties, he began exploring activities like hiking, camping, skiing, and more. In July 2023, he started learning to paraglide, unfortunately, that same month, he was involved in a paragliding accident, crashing into the side of The Point of the Mountain near Draper, Utah. The impact broke his left femur and compressed his spinal cord due to an L1 vertebra injury.