Zack and Beaux, Force Recon Marines out of Pendleton, brought all smiles, an infectious love of life, and a case of morale beer they happily carried for and shared with everyone. The Challenge is about the camaraderie, an idea lost on none of us. Throughout it all, a Green Beret and Force were most inspired …
Tag: California
Class 001 Takes the GORUCK Challenge, San Francisco, California
Adventure-seeking runners, fighters, businessmen, and two Marines accepted the first GORUCK Challenge. Bricks came with every GORUCK pack on this day, and the anticipation quickly turned to reality spread out across 12 of San Fran’s most beautiful miles. The team forged a deep bond, together, on sand, sidewalks, trails, and in the Pacific. By the …
A GORUCK Challenge Route Recon, San Francisco, California
The route is set for the GORUCK Challenge in San Fran. Ocean running, stairs, natural obstacle courses, city running through billions in real estate and the big bridge in the background of wet shoes all play an important part. Oh yeah, and Zeitgeist downtown the night before for some ruckoff camaraderie. It’s meant to be …
Outside Lands, San Francisco, California
San Fran played a perfect host to Al Green’s love songs and the people who were as excited to be in Golden Gate Park for Outside Lands as we were. As has always been the case this summer, the people we met (in the time between acts) made our experience what it was. As for …
The Redwoods, California
Driving through the Redwoods, we felt really, really small. And yet we kept on, staring into fog and all of the above, enjoying the scenery when we could, and always the anonymity of insignificance when compared to Nature.
Los Angeles, California
We rolled into LA on the 5 and couldn’t wait to finally get where we were going. Once we got into the city itself, old friends took us around on the back streets and the stresses of hour-long commutes to anywhere were quickly forgotten. We had a blast.