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Adventure Racing – Damn Good Fun!
On August 30th, 1997 I was honorable discharged from the United States Marine Corps (USMC) having conducted myself with the appropriate behavior to earn the Devil Dog moniker. Looking up at the boots hanging from Camp Pendleton phone lines, I thought to myself, i’ll keep my boots but from this day forth I will jog [...]
The Adventure Knowing – Doing Gap: Destroy It!
I love to adventure. I crave it. I can become pretty miserable if I go a month without it. I have long lists of adventures I hope to accomplish, hell they are even categorized. Why do I have all these adventure ideas and yet I’m not getting to them? Pfeffer & Sutton have a pretty [...]
Take the Rod
When I go backpacking, I usually bring along a 7.5′ three-weight fly rod. It’s light and packable. It’s also a Three Forks combo from Cabelas, which makes it a low-end-yet-high-quality rod that’s a wicked good deal. When our core group went backpacking in the White Clouds mountains in Idaho a couple of summers ago, I [...]
Camping – 30 Seconds or Less
I have all kinds of friends that have every gadget known to man for camping. Hell, they even have home made gadgets of their own just waiting for a patent. Answer guys for camping. I take a different approach to camping. When I go camping, it is usually without any preparation and often without; what [...]
How to Get Out & See The World
Earlier this year I wrote a piece about a trip I took to China. What I did there was interesting but the point of the post was to show not only how cool it is to get out and explore another country and culture firsthand, but also that anyone can do it. As a follow [...]
Six Rules for Reconnaissance, aka Recon 101
Obviously we’re not talking about special forces reconnaissance behind enemy lines here. We’re talking about everyday adventure recon, that is, checking out your world so you can more fully enjoy it later. I recently stumbled upon this notion of recon — of using it as an organizing principle. The problem with everyday adventure is that [...]
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