Random thoughts, musings and things I think are interesting…
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The things I’ll carry
This will be a bit of a nuts and bolts post about the gear I plan to take mixed with a bit of psychology all under the banner of my gear list. The full list of all the gear I plan to take (at least at the time you are viewing it – I will…
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Why I’m trying an AT through hike
I covered the easiest of questions in my last post – when? I’ll cover the medium difficulty question – how? (what gear, general itinerary, logistics, prep) in some later posts. I want to cover the hardest of questions in this post – why? But first a little side track on some of the language I…
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Dusting things off
So once again dusting things off here once again, this time for a more sustained period than previous attempts. I have no doubt this blog will fall into disrepair again at some point in the future (or perhaps be scrubbed from the inter webs altogether), but for the next year or so I am firmly…
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471 days later
I’m heading back to the office for the first time since we were supposed work from home for 6 weeks. Of course there is a traffic jam. It feels like a first day in a new office. A commute is nice every now and again, but I think this will be an occasional occurrence.
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Men at 40
Long past 40 but heard this today on reboot and it hit. Hard. Men At Forty By Donald Justice Men at forty Learn to close softly The doors to rooms they will not be Coming back to. At rest on a stair landing, They feel it Moving beneath them now like the deck of a ship,…
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David Whyte on Friendship
I read the Three Marriages last year after an initial introduction to David Whyte on the Making Sense podcast. He was back on a bit ago and read this, part of his newest book Consolations. Love. Every. Word. Frindship is a mirror to presence and a testament to forgiveness. Friendship not only helps us see…
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Knowing when to give up when doing stupid things.
The stupid thing we were going to do got stupider with 3-4 inches of packed snow on the trail so I pulled the rip cord about 12 miles in. I was way off my min pace (glad I had that sheet calculated ahead of time and with me). And the snow was not melting off.…
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Making stupid plans
In 11 days a buddy and I are going to attempt the 4 state challenge on the AT. 4 states/~44 miles in less than 24 hours. I’m not sure how I ended up agreeing to this, but once committed…I’m in. It’s going to be a bit different than any other hikes I’ve done. No camping.…
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Added a hitch to the skoolie this weekend
Picked up a 15,000 lb weld on curt hitch a few weeks ago. Spent a few hours on Saturday and Sunday getting it installed. A little more difficult than I thought, but really happy with how it turned out. Just have to get it welded up and then get the wiring setup and I’ll be…