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
We never quite determined if it it would function purely as an educational opportunity or a thinly veiled disciplinary tool, perhaps both.… Read More
It started in secret, with a cardboard box, wooden dowels, butchers twine, a fan and foil…… Read More
Chipmunks will eat your toilet paper. Hyenas? Your airplane tires.
Thorn bushes piled on for protection are only really recommended for one of those..… Read More
For those of us who once lacked social savoir-faire the desire to be liked, to please people, may never go away. But, if dedicated to nobler things it becomes increasingly easy to discard and disassociate from the herd.… Read More
