We grab a few beers and chat about upcoming events, kids gear being released, and we talk to Nick about his cross-country trip to make it to this year Ascent!
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Dan’s Ascent
In 2011, I showed up to the GORUCK Ascent a little nervous. I had never climbed a 14,000ft mountain. Sure, I had climbed mountains in Afghanistan, but not this high. GORUCK had enough faith in me to lead a group to the summit of Mt. Belfort, and since that day I have been hooked on mountains. I …
Firearms Training With Smiles
Green Berets unite guns and smiles. It’s a fact. Chris don’t call him Donnie he hates that is a classic example. Because I’m going to say some nice things about him I hope he never reads this. He’s a member of the US Army Special Forces aka the Green Berets. This means that he’s a …
The 2011 GORUCK Ascent, Colorado
The 2011 Ascent was our first family reunion, one of many more to come. The 50 who trekked to Colorado’s 14-ers with us made it everything it was, as they always do. We are fortunate to have such friends, with such tales to tell — most of them true, all of them garnering smiles and …
Priorities of Work at Basecamp, the Ascent, Colorado
In the military, the priorities of work are the things you have to do at basecamp before you can do anything else. Dig fighting positions, clean weapons, ensure that your ammunition is topped off — those kinds of things are at the top of the list. At the Ascent, ours are Beer, Fire, and Food. …
Fieldcraft at the Ascent, Colorado
Fieldcraft is an art, a set of techniques on how to operate seamlessly in any and every environment. Green Berets are well trained to operate among the austere, and one of their core missions is to train others to do the same. So Ascenters learned navigation and survival, among others, and then applied them to …