I talk about the end of an era and life lessons I learned along the way.
Tag: mountains
You can tell someone what you want done, or how you want it done. Many were raised to do the former. Following rules was emphasized over whether or not the goal was achieved. In fact, there was an implicit belief that following the rules mattered more than whether it achieved anything or not. Following the rules was really meant to validate an institution or person.
But too many rules, procedures, methods, and processes don’t have a meaningful lifespan. The only way to navigate the world today is by focusing on the objective and crafting your path accordingly, on what actually works. If you’re trying to summit a mountain and the “official” path is blocked or impassable, you either turn around and quit or you blaze your own trail to the top. Few go on a hike with staying on the official trail as the first and foremost goal.
In 2019 I hiked Eightmile Mountain, which has no trail of any kind. I simply hiked where it was passable. It wasn’t my fondest hikes, and perhaps I could have picked a better approach, but in the end I reached the summit.
I also got photos like this.
I discuss:
– Climbing two peaks in a weekend
– Immigrating to Greenland?
– Paintballing for the first time since adult-only cell phone ownership days
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discuss:
– Recording it from a campsite
– What it means to be free in the modern world
– Don’t take out student loans
– Why some roads you will walk alone
I discuss:
– Losing power and writing with a fountain pen
– Reflecting on a five-year anniversary coming to Leavenworth for hiking
– Censorship and why you need to finally buy The Stringers
– My upcoming novella and how we already live under a (secular) theocracy
– My advice to young men
I discuss:
– Winter in March
– I don’t care what John Wayne said that was “insensitive”
– Nostalgia is subversion
– Why physical proximity is so important for relationships
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I discuss:
– Camping in the mountains
– Finding the perfect “Red Dawn” site
– Why and how to prepare for a disaster
– Not discussing politics
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I discuss:
– Hiking in hell-like temperatures.
– Why young people don’t go to church
– How exclusion is mandatory for any organization
– Seattle’s latest gun law inanity.
– The first cynical libertarian: Ludwig Von Mises
– Henry Cavill and how #MeToo could lead to a quasi marriage draft/conscription
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In this episode:
– Hiking the wrong side of a mountain
– My first experience rucking (with my canine companion)
– Why they need to stop making Star Wars films
– Films I would make if I ran Hollywood
– The need for a social media “cigar lounge”
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