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I can go without ice, a great sacrifice I know, but there was good company in camp and my white wine provisions were warm. “Ag, for shame” I hear you say. Poor planning or misaligned priorities the accusations will rightly say.

There should be no part of a gentleman’s soul that should go meekly into a room or camp with a warm bottle of something white if it can be helped, “death before dishonour” and all that.

So with good company, cheer, and honor at-stake, primal instincts went into play.… Read More

“La Morida” or “the bite” is a colloquial term for a fine, or more accurately.. bribe and last month, Tuesday, Mar 17, in Baja. I was encircled by two policemen who were clearly after one.… Read More

For us restless few, the passing of time and the merciless analysis of its expenditure, can be daunting and damning. … Read More

Conventional wisdom would dictate that an inexperienced, unaccompanied, overlander not take an unproven rig — without recovery points — out onto unknown terrain

All of that might later be proven to be true, but..

I’d be remiss not to point out that, it was caution, that got me…… Read More

Thud

Well that escalated quickly.

Gone was the use of my right leg, my kicking leg.

There were three of them, all black belts, two of them (if I recall) instructors facing me.

Right out of the gate, not yet 7 seconds in, I’d eaten one hell of a roundhouse.

My leg buckled… Read More

I steeled myself and refocused on the mission at hand. Asking that comparative lit major that had captivated and occupied my attention out.… Read More

This is an example page. It’s different from a blog post because it will stay in one place and will … Read More

“We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard.”… Read More