A little background on me: I grew up playing baseball not softball (I always have to clarify that) in San Diego but ended up taking a scholarship to play volleyball at UNC-Chapel Hill since college baseball for women didn’t exist then or now. But I never gave up on my love for baseball. Long story …
Category: Travel & EDC
The Best Travel Pants for Hiking and Cities: GORUCK Simple Pants Explained
I wear Simple Pants 365 days a year for traveling, commuting, rucking, and training. From Colombia to Thailand to Vietnam to Tokyo to the Grand Canyon, at OCR’s (Obstacle Course Races), at all GORUCK Events and for my daily life in Florida, these are my go-to’s. And every pair I’ve ever owned is still in …
Back in Vietnam – 010: Epilogue
Any time in life that you do something, you tend to forget the bad and remember the good. I remembered the good. I wasn’t sure I wanted to remember the bad. For a long time, I talked to a bunch of my peers in the Special Forces community that had made the trip back to …
Normandy: The Most American Place on Earth
The D-Day Beaches are the most American place on the planet. It’s strange to be in a foreign country and have it feel like America. A seemingly bold statement until you have felt how cold the English Channel is in June, low-crawled across 300 meters of beach, and then tried to imagine doing the same …
Back in Vietnam – 009: Ruck Sapa
Sapa Valley, Northern Vietnam The final stop in Rich’s journey through Vietnam. Sapa is a frontier township along the Chinese border, home to the northern highlanders and hundreds of miles of trails. It’s the perfect place to field test MACV-1 prototypes. Sapa is considered the trekking capitol of Vietnam and we all know trekking is …
Every Girl Needs a Little Black Ruck by Emily
Hands down, my all-time favorite bag is the GORUCK Echo. I had one of the first ones made and it’s been my go-to EDC and overnight bag ever since. I’ve always liked smaller backpacks that fit my frame and allow me to move like a ninja. Jason designed it for me to carry everything I …