2 Truths and a Lie

[Al "Shifty" Schultz]

Nope... Number 1... I basically dropped out of highschool (at least during the day) and worked as a logger, making $20 an hour under the table and attending night school at Olympic College in Bremerton. The only reason I did that was because I wanted to be a Marine and the Corps said they wouldn't take me if I didn't get my diploma. My recruiter met with the school principal and counselors and worked out an arrangement where I could earn my credits at the college at night.. I started logging in junior high bumping knots on the log landings as a 14 year old, then graduated to choker setting and high climbing and rigging before I eventually became a faller and equipment operator.
The attached pics are of 16 year old me the year I bought 5 acres out by Carney Lake.

Rooting through the old photos I found this other pic of skinny kid me logging on the Hood Canal back in the day... Looking back on it, it seems a world away from 16-year-olds today playing Minecraft on their iPad

 

[YETI]

It sounds like it's story time then!

I believe I mentioned it in the "If FE handed you the mic..." thread. Maybe I should write it down and submit it to FE

 

[Cagney]

I believe I mentioned it in the "If FE handed you the mic..." thread. Maybe I should write it down and submit it to FE

I'll go look for it! But yes, write it up and submit it here.

Writing For Us | Field Ethos

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[Matthew Moore]

1) Broke an Ankle on a Mountain Goat hunt in Alaska.
2) Have run the “Toughest 5k on the Planet” various times (Mount Marathon)
3) Spent 19 days rafting down the Grand Canyon

 

[Al "Shifty" Schultz]

1) Broke an Ankle on a Mountain Goat hunt in Alaska.
2) Have run the “Toughest 5k on the Planet” various times (Mount Marathon)
3) Spent 19 days rafting down the Grand Canyon

If there's a lie in there I'm going to guess number 3

 

[Matthew Moore]

If there's a lie in there I'm going to guess number 3

Correct. Only have hiked the North Rim on a quick 3-day trip. Never have rafted down it (yet).

 

[The Black Colin Jones]

Let's get to know each other a little better. I'll start...

1. I took French for 9 years as a child.
2. I love public speaking, and so it as often as I can.
3. My mom dipped Copenhagen from high school until she passed.

We all know it’s #2

 

[The Black Colin Jones]

@Colin Jones we should do a combo post in here and see if anyone can guess who’s who

 

[Cagney]

@Colin Jones we should do a combo post in here and see if anyone can guess who’s who

Do it.

 

[YETI]

If there's a lie in there I'm going to guess number 3

I was going to guess 3 also. No way it takes 19 days to raft the GC

 

[Cagney]

Second round...

1. I've been skydiving, and my instructor died a few jumps later.
2. I ran a half marathon 20 weeks pregnant.
3. I lettered all 4 years in high school for soccer.

 

[Sean Molina]

Le premier est un mensonge.

 

[Cagney]

Le premier est un mensonge.

Nope.

Former Army Ranger dies during skydiving jump with professional group

Experienced skydiver and former Army Ranger Christian Stevens died this week after he attempted to avoid another jumper during a landing in Florida.

nypost.com

 

[Al "Shifty" Schultz]

Second round...

1. I've been skydiving, and my instructor died a few jumps later.
2. I ran a half marathon 20 weeks pregnant.
3. I lettered all 4 years in high school for soccer.

I'm going to guess #3, you seem like the kind of strong, resilient woman that could run a half marathon while 20 weeks pregnant!

 

[Cagney]

I'm going to guess #3, you seem like the kind of strong, resilient woman that could run a half marathon while 20 weeks pregnant!

Yep, I was one game away from lettering freshman year. Sucked.

 

[Al "Shifty" Schultz]

I'll play another round:
1.) I'm a single dad raising two young boys on my own
2.) I'm on YouTube entering a house and shooting a guy
3.) I've ran in a couple full marathons

 

[YETI]

I'll play another round:
1.) I'm a single dad raising two young boys on my own
2.) I'm on YouTube entering a house and shooting a guy
3.) I've ran in a couple full marathons

2. seems too specific. 3 seems very vague plus, in my experience, most people either run one marathon just to say they've done it, or they run a bunch of them. So I'm going to say 3 is a lie

 

[Al "Shifty" Schultz]

2. seems too specific. 3 seems very vague plus, in my experience, most people either run one marathon just to say they've done it, or they run a bunch of them. So I'm going to say 3 is a lie

You're right, one and done... it sucked, I sucked, the whole thing sucked

 

[YETI]

You're right, one and done... it sucked, I sucked, the whole thing sucked

Same experience for me

 

[Godfather]

(1) I’m intense and scare many people away

(2) I once ran a horse show hunter/jumper ring crew, where I was more famous for an unplanned exit from a truck at 45 mph than I was at constructing Puissance Wall obstacles

(3) I’m deeply afraid of explosive devices