Tools in the Ruck: The Weight
Carrying a plate I carry a literal steel plate around everywhere I go. Anyone can tell you about my weird habit of carrying my gym…
Tools in the Ruck: Salt, light, and living water (Part 1)
“Let me tell you why you are here. You’re here to be salt-seasoning that brings out the God-flavors of this earth. If you lose your…
Essential provisions: Tools in the ruck Part 4
Continuing our series of the different tools I carry in my rucks, today we focus on winter adventures with the family! Check out Parts 1-3…
Tools in the Ruck Part 3: The best all-weather notebook
Why write in a notebook? The journey to a life well-lived is not easy. It isn’t cheap. It costs us blood, sweat, tears, and miles…
Tools in my ruck: Part 2 – art
Art? Wait a minute, I thought you were an adventurer, not an artist. Well friends, I think you’ll find they are one in the same….
Tools in my Ruck: Part 1 – The Ruck
Back from the Oregon Trail As we transition to fall, I’m settling into a new routine in Oregon. We made it through the trek out…
What can we learn from adventures?
Our team is looking forward to taking some time for rest, recovery, and adventure so I have one more post before we sign off for…
Out of gas – planning for adventures
How do you plan for fighting Mike Tyson? Prepare to get punched in the face repeatedly. A wise mentor once told me this, and it…
Types of adventure
What is adventure, anyway? We all have a bit of a different way of defining adventure. My definition came from a chat with my good…
Size Matters Not: The Story of Boiler Ruck
Size matters not. Judge me by my size, do you? Yoda I started our local GORUCK Ruck Club because I was tired of being the…