Sunday, January 18, 2015

This one time, I blogged for 4 months

This was so much harder than blogging, but it was so important for me to do it.  I could have just sent out an awesome photo album (which I am going to do) or I could have linked to a bunch of separate videos, but even 4.5 months later, these 4 days were so incredibly meaningful and beautiful they need to be preserved with photo, video, music and love.

So I tried to do that.  In a program I've never used before on my fancy new Mac I almost chucked out the window as I struggled with this.  This was my toughest, slowest leg. 20 hours.  I'm officially in training for doing a better job after Seattle:)

Here you go Bamboozlers, proof of the awesome thing you did.   Proof that 6 semi strangers can live in a commercial van for 2 days without sleep, proper hygiene or proper food safety storage and come out life long friends.

We may do many more Ragnars, and they will all be amazing in their own ways.  But there will never be another first Ragnar.  We will never again meet for the first time.  We will never again be blown away by how well we click or how lucky we each are to know the one person that could link us all together.

We will gather in our post race rental house year after year, exhausted and totally high on the vibe from this group being together again, but we will always remember our first night in the house in "witch town."

And how badly Jim disappointed his team.  Never be Jim.

And how to sleep 6 comfortably in a van, in a parking lot with about 700 of your new friends.

And that nothing feels better than pooping in a Honey Bucket for the first time.

And which reflective vests are not runner friendly.

And how to make up the best card/dance game ever.

And how natural sister wifing really is.

And how to never make fun of a hooker witch.

And how to drive a commercial van down death mountain.

And how incredibly hard it is to realize its all over and we have to return to the little corners of life without our new friends.

Like our next Ragnar, the next movie will be easier in some ways and that will be nice. But there is something to be said for things being new, outside our comfort zone, really difficult and really challenging.

Beautiful things come from those experiences.

BAMBOOZLERS!

Ragnar 2014 the Bamboozlers Movie

1 comment:

Unknown said...

Wow. You all are amazing for doing this!!! Cannot wait for the next race! #nwpassage

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