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 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 …
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 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 …
To summit any one of Colorado’s 14,000 foot Rocky Mountains is a humbling and wholly rewarding experience. With this comes a vantage point well earned, and the feeling of being slightly closer to the heavens. Ascenters came to Colorado to share that experience, holding dear to the lessons of the Challenge from the get go, …
Rockmount has pioneered classic Western wear since 1946. I’m a big fan of icons, both brands and people, and any manufacturer that’s been manufacturing quality for that long is doing something right. Rockmount’s store in the heart of LoDo was well worth the trip, and since the store doubles as office space, it was also …
