by Andrew | Apr 1, 2018 | Army, Awesomeness, Leadership, philosophy
Two posts in 1 day! Here’s part 7, and part 6 here with links to parts 1 through 5 at the top. 8 – Make sound and timely decisions. Today we are talking about NOT doing the above.. People know if you are being rushed and guessing. If things feel reckless...
by Andrew | Apr 23, 2017 | Awesomeness, backcountry, snow, tales from the trails
Back in January, 2009, on the 18th day of that month, I went on my first (real) ski tour ever. The goal was Mount Arrowsmith on Vancouver Island. My notes from my log are as follows: “skinned up the road, had lunch in the sun, skied down, big blisters, truck...
by Andrew | Apr 29, 2014 | Awesomeness
Last Saturday, I turned 40. 40 years – 4 decades – halfway to 80. So, like any responsible adult, I developed a three point plan to mark the occasion: 1 – invite everyone over to my house for waffles on my Birthday 2 – go back-country skiing...
by Andrew | Mar 9, 2014 | Awesomeness
1,408 That is the number of unique visits to my “Beefs” post. I am very humbled by this response. It is the most views any post on here has ever had. With that in mind, and hoping some of these new readers will return, here are some memorable blog posts...
by Andrew | Feb 8, 2014 | Awesomeness
As I watch the Olympics, with all of the coverage and hype, I find myself wondering – does everyone really think that this massive media and money frenzy is all these athletes do? Do they realize that this single event every 4 years is just one in a continuum of...
by Andrew | Dec 31, 2013 | Awesomeness
This has been a busy and interesting year. It started with a commitment to write a blog post a week. It almost worked; I made it all the way to July when an unfortunate combination of a personal financial implosion and a new level of dysfunction in the...
