I learned that the richness of life is found in adventure. . . . It develops self-reliance and independence. Life then teems with excitement. There is stagnation only in security. - William Orville Douglas 5/19/07 Start - 10:00 AM Pacific Time - Las Vegas, NV - 1600 ft above sea level Finish - 10:00 PM Mountain Time - Dixie National Forest, UT - 7652 ft above sea level Distance Traveled ~ 400 miles States - NV, AZ, and UT Zion National Park After my wild night in Vegas last night, I decided it would behoove me to sleep in a [View Full Entry]

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Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. -Mark Twain 5/16/07 Start - 11:00 AM Mountain Time, Durango Co, 6463 ft above sea level Finish - 9:30 PM Pacific Time, Navajo National Monument AZ, 7423 ft above sea level Distance Traveled ~ 300 miles States - CO and AZ Mesa Verde National Park I definately got a late start this morning, but believe me [View Full Entry]

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A large volume of adventures may be grasped within this little span of life, by him who interests his heart in everything. -Laurence Sterne 5/13/07 Start - 5:00 AM Eastern time, Louisville KY, 642 ft above sea level Finish - 10:00 PM Mountain time, Des Moines NM, 6452 ft above sea level Distance traveled ~ 1200 miles States - Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, and New Mexico Goshen Rd Rest Area, IL When I'm bored (i.e. on a roadtrip by myself) I drink. Water that is. I go through it like there's no tomorrow. This means two things. Firs [View Full Entry]

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Until further notification my address will be: Chris McEachron PO Box 333 Lander, Wy 82520 [View Full Entry]

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Hey everybody, I just wanted you all to know that I stayed a little later in Durango to post all of my pictures so far. Well, I'm off to Mesa Verde! -Soarpheat [View Full Entry]

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Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. -Ralph Waldo Emerson Well everybody, I guess that technically today is the big day. Today is the day that I leave the protection/confines of home and head out looking for the danger/adventure of the great Out There. My truck is packed and there's really no reason for me to be awake right now (5 short hours before I'm planning on leaving) except that I'm incredibly excited and ready to go. Tomorrow (technically today) is going to be a tough day driving. I [View Full Entry]

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So this entry really only serves one main purpose. I just added to the subscribe list all of the people that I met during my NOLS IC last summer in Lander, so now all of you can decide whether or not you wanted to stay subcribed or not. Easy to change if we need to. However, for all of you who helped take this non-NOLSie and make him an instructor, way to be! Basically I'm sending out this entry just to make sure that you all hear from me and to check what your plans were for the next few months. [View Full Entry]

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I'm an outdoor man, and I don't do any work unless I want to. -Johnny Weissmuller Hey everybody, Ideally, if you are getting an email saying that I wrote this, I'm awesome. If not, I'm pretty cool but not quite at awesome status. I wanted to give everybody a head's up as far as where I'm going to be and what I'm going to be doing (roughly). On Tuesday, May 8th I'm going to pack up all of my stuff here in Murray and head back to my folks' house in Louisville KY. The following morning, I get to drop Ash [View Full Entry]

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In order to see much one must learn to look away from oneself - every mountain climber needs this hardness. You must climb above yourself - up and beyond - until you have even your stars under you. Yes! To look down upon myself and even upon my stars: that alone would I call my summit, that has remained for me my ultimate summit. Friedrich Neitzsche There are times when I don’t have to be Chris if I don’t want to. Times when I can take on a new persona, a new name. My other name was chosen for me [View Full Entry]

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Howdy everybody! Let me explain what's going to be happening on this action packed site. Starting in May, and for the next God knows how long, I will be for the most part incommunicado. My address will be my folk's house (10922 Hobbs Station Rd, Louisville KY, 40223) and they will alert me if something comes that needs my attention. My phone will be my cell phone, although a majority of the time I will not be able to use it. I will be living out of my truck, both for mobility and for frugality. The best two ways to get [View Full Entry]

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