Thanks dude! I’ve been chipping away at it and this summer should be ready to get out and go back full time.

Congrats on yours, that had to have taken an insane amount of work and you deserve to be proud of yourself.

I joined the chillitary honestly since I’m in the Coast Guard. I don’t think I would have lasted 9 years in the army haha.

But you got this, I believe in you!

I dropped out of college at 20. I never learned how to manage my ADHD because I was able to squeeze through high school and because of that I was completely unprepared for college. I joined the military a few years later because I was terrified of not having a plan or direction. I have spent the last 9 years doing that but along the way I also found myself as a person and know how to manage tasks and be the person I need to be. I should graduate with a BS in 2025 at 34. I still have a ton of work ahead of me, but I’m going to get that degree if it kills me.

I’m pretty partial to parsnip but the carrot is quite cute.

Oh yeah I’ve carried all kinds of ridiculous things up mountains (mostly beer), I just thought an entire box of pizza was hysterical and not at all expected. The Williams Lake route is super fun to snowshoe in the winter time. Last time I climbed it we brought shitty roll-up sleds from Walmart and came close to dying sledding down.

If you haven’t yet, the East Fork trail up from Red River to the top is a really fun hike but a little more brutal in the distance you cover.

I love Taos!

I once met a man at the top of Wheeler Peak who had a box of Taos Pizza Out Back that he was kind enough to share. I’m not sure what drives a man to carry a box of pizza 13,409 ft up, but he did it. It was possibly the best pizza I’ve ever had.

All of your snail skulls are fucking dope!