The Challenge gives us access to all sorts of beautiful things. Like a sunrise in Portland. Where, apparently, you never know what, or who, you’ll find.

Probably someone we would get along with. Well.

We were dying for the story. Likely the beer told the tale? Who knows? At the end of it all, before we had to head out, we made sure he was OK, aka still alive, tossed him another, and were on our way. All the better for the experience.

GORUCK Challenge Class 054, Portland. On the high ground.