X2 on touching the void, fabulous movie and a testament to Joe's desire to live and overcome the near impossible situation he was faced with. Never give up is the lesson I took from it.
What has the outdoors taught you?
- Thread starter sixstringsteve
- Start date
X2 on touching the void, fabulous movie and a testament to Joe's desire to live and overcome the near impossible situation he was faced with. Never give up is the lesson I took from it.
JL Rockies
Binders Fulla Expo
- Location
- Draper
I learned that all outdoors are not created equal. Some are swampy, steamy and full of infectious mosquitos. And alligators.
Kooler than Mudd.
Kooler than Mudd.
Houndoc
Registered User
- Location
- Grantsville
Love the thought!
Houndoc
Registered User
- Location
- Grantsville
Have certainly seen that as well, for me as much as the young men.
Houndoc
Registered User
- Location
- Grantsville
Patience when things don't go right.
On the first of my trips to northern Manitoba, what was supposed to be an 8 hour trip by Bombardier snow coach (60 year old beast), took 42. We got stuck repeatedly (once requiring 12+ hours of shoveling), breakdowns and other mishaps along the way. Finally reached our destination (abandoned trading post about 100 miles out of town), only to be pinned down for 2 days by an all-out Arctic blizzard. The two guys I was traveling with never flinched or cursed.
Important lesson I took from that experience- and their wilderness expertise- is that getting upset with a situation never solves a thing (my horses sometimes wish I remembered the lesson better I am sure). Quit the opposite is true. By remaining calm and focused we dealt with everything and I had a good enough experience to keep going back each winter.
On the first of my trips to northern Manitoba, what was supposed to be an 8 hour trip by Bombardier snow coach (60 year old beast), took 42. We got stuck repeatedly (once requiring 12+ hours of shoveling), breakdowns and other mishaps along the way. Finally reached our destination (abandoned trading post about 100 miles out of town), only to be pinned down for 2 days by an all-out Arctic blizzard. The two guys I was traveling with never flinched or cursed.
Important lesson I took from that experience- and their wilderness expertise- is that getting upset with a situation never solves a thing (my horses sometimes wish I remembered the lesson better I am sure). Quit the opposite is true. By remaining calm and focused we dealt with everything and I had a good enough experience to keep going back each winter.
- Location
- West Bountiful, UT
"Cheerful in any weather", that's about as high a compliment as I know how to pay a Man.
- DAA
- DAA
agreed!
First night in greenland the wind blew down the tent and we had to run for it and spend the night shivering in a cave. As we where laying on the tent trying to roll it up I looked at my friend and we both had giant smiles on our face. I was loving every minute of it he was so excited to be experiencing the crappy weather. So many people would have been grumpy or upset. He smiled, we got the tent rolled up and he never complained. Can't ask for a better quality in an adventure companion.
In my opinion, you have arrived as an outdoorsman when you can enjoy things that bring the suck for most people. I need to do better with this.
Houndoc
Registered User
- Location
- Grantsville
Sounds like my type of trip.
ID Bronco
Registered User
- Location
- Idaho Falls, ID
I thought about this a couple of times last weekend. While looking at as clear and star infested sky as I have ever witnessed I thought, this is how we were designed, and created to live. While we were hiking up some steep slopes my eleven year old stopped for a rest and said, "it's peaceful up here Dad, I like it" It got me thinking about how distracted we all are, and how peace is what we should be striving for, even if it's a weekend replenishment kind of thing.