tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7036639273192668249.post777673477119263327..comments2022-04-10T13:42:00.701-07:00Comments on Robert Finlay of Kayak Lake Mead: A Journal: Team Kayak Lake Mead - Everglades Challenge 2006Robert Finlayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09170982170358313026noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7036639273192668249.post-81273755671785440762014-01-10T02:28:58.240-08:002014-01-10T02:28:58.240-08:00Yeah, that was a good pizza! The mine: I wish I ha...Yeah, that was a good pizza! The mine: I wish I had better pictures and/or had marked its location. I didn't have the tech thing going on so much back then. Obviously jumping up and down on it was pretty stupid. Every time I go out the door, I am told to be careful and every time I answer, "safety is my middle name", which is kind of an inside joke. Robert Finlayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09170982170358313026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7036639273192668249.post-11557702698657594032014-01-10T02:05:00.497-08:002014-01-10T02:05:00.497-08:00I like it, very good! Seriously, jumping on a anti...I like it, very good! Seriously, jumping on a anti ship mine??? Can't wait for more! I knew you guys were hardcore the moment we met, of course, sharing your pizza helped!<br /><br />Kayakman7 Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05607995507477084348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7036639273192668249.post-13741541256602330852014-01-09T17:07:34.720-08:002014-01-09T17:07:34.720-08:00Misfortunes and mistakes are subcategories of adve...Misfortunes and mistakes are subcategories of adventures. They are a given. They are going to happen. More thinking on this later, but perhaps they, misfortunes and mistakes, are what make an adventure fun. Robert Finlayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09170982170358313026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7036639273192668249.post-73664989434363980402014-01-09T16:22:20.229-08:002014-01-09T16:22:20.229-08:00Hahaha! I just read your reply to Mike Bean. I l...Hahaha! I just read your reply to Mike Bean. I love your statement that "sometimes you might think never again but you keep that down and to yourself (like when you don't throw up in public) and never share that feeling." That's dead-on! Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12947737672889126696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7036639273192668249.post-4082369981160565232014-01-09T16:14:19.695-08:002014-01-09T16:14:19.695-08:00IronBob, I always read other WaterTribers' acc...IronBob, I always read other WaterTribers' accounts, hoping to glean knowledge from others. The one thing I consistently see is that determination trumps misfortune and mistakes. You and Druce epitomize that. Thanks for posting.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12947737672889126696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7036639273192668249.post-72999647823667106092014-01-09T15:56:35.704-08:002014-01-09T15:56:35.704-08:00Druce and I have completed four challenges altoget...Druce and I have completed four challenges altogether. 2006 was our first and 2013 was our fourth one. We never have second guessed our being there, sometimes you might think never again but you keep that down and to yourself (like when you don't throw up in public) and never share that feeling. For me and I think I can say this for Druce as well, it is not the competitive impulse that keeps us coming back. Although for myself I like being in a fight. Rather, it is the knowing - that when it's over - the feeling of complete contentedness is like nothing else experienced. We both know that, it is solidly imprinted in our psyches.Robert Finlayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09170982170358313026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7036639273192668249.post-75516582418785925162014-01-09T14:54:43.206-08:002014-01-09T14:54:43.206-08:00Great read!!! Very well written, almost like being...Great read!!! Very well written, almost like being there!! Absolutely blows my mind! Not counting this year, how many Everglades Challenges have you competed in and was there any one of them in particular that made you second guess competing in the race? I remember reading your last race report, 2013, and the experience you had while exhausted and kayaking in the middle of the night and this 2006 report with the spider bite infection, exhaustion, sunburn, fatigue...ever a time where you and Druce looked at each other and said "never again"? Or does that competitive impulse just override all the obstacles?<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06103094068701792259noreply@blogger.com