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…
A liturgy for rucking
I live trapped and heavy As I pick up my burden for this long trial I am reminded that a fool’s provocation Is heavier than…
Black Belt attitude: adventures in taekwondo
I will live with perseverance, in the spirit of taekwondo. Having honor with others, integrity within myself, and self control of my actions. – American…
You can’t achieve it alone
This is the part of the year where I’m supposed to tell you things like “you just have to put your mind to it, and…
Suffering, cats and hope in Advent
As I write this, our cat Blackie is doing what cats do when anyone is trying to concentrate on writing, and sticking his tail right…
50 Mile Star Course: Pavement, Pain, and Perseverance
With 7 miles to go in our 50 hour endurance suck fest, I collapsed under a tree from exhaustion. Dripping with sweat, carrying my 35…
October Adventure Challenge: Draw each day for Inktober
Remember the feeling when you were in kindergarten and your teacher handed you some crayons for the first time and invited you to draw whatever…
August Adventure Challenge: Becoming More Loving to Somebody in Particular
August Adventure Challenge: Loving Others I have a bit of a confession to make. I am not always a very loving person, even to those…