TOUGH MUDDER!!!

Sweet man, good luck to you all, sounds like a blast.

 

Finished it. Man it was fing cold up there. Awesome time def a challenge

 

Like a boss right? haha Congrats, man. I can't freakin wait for mine!!!!!

 

I was trying to get my buds to sign up for the one in CO, but sadly I think we missed the deadline. looks like so much fun though.

 

congrats joe!!! we finished it too (saw you tacoma in the parking lot too)

it was 10 deg up at the top of the mtn. i was not expecting it to be so cold.

i'll post up pics and details tonight or tomorrow when i'm on a comp and not my phone

 

sweet congrats to you and your team man

yea man i ended up being on the 9:00 heat. yea that cold was the hardest part. kinda glad it was so tough though makes it better to finish.

i guess alot of people were dropping to hypothermia, heard that there was some broken bones too but i didnt see any

 

yeah man, all kinds of people were getting hypothermia, and alot of people were flat out quitting. we passed up a dude that had broken his ankle or something it looked like. medics were taking care of him

the cold was def the hardest part. i could not move my hands or fingers

my buddy fell flat on his face after getting shocked at the end of that obstacle, his face got way fucked up. he looks hard core

i got lots of good pics to post up later

 

I know they recommend gloves, did you wear any? ( for grip)
My event is about 130 days away. Training is well under way for me.

 

yup, my whole team and i wore gloves

i'm glad i did

 

now that you have finished.

 

teaser

about 20 min from our start time... just another day at the office

(i'm second from left)

 

Sweet! Ya'll dressed in suits huh? LOL! I like it!

 

Oh shit i saw two of your teammates before the race.

Like the costumes though

 

haha!! Nice, Matt. Those costumes are great

 

Nice job guys! Can't wait to hear about it. Any tips would be appreciated!

 

haha, yeah... we were kind of popular...

i thought we looked awesome but the damn sport coats got heavy really quick...

 

alrighty guys, here's some pics

at the base camp it was 37 deg, at the top of the mountain it was 10 deg plus windchill.

the cold was by far the hardest factor to deal with. nobody could feel their hands or feet. it was miserable but AWESOME. alot of people were getting hypothermia, but alot of people were flat out quitting too.

it's things like this that really make this the toughest event that a person volunteers for and pays money for.

the obstacles were fun, but not being able to use your hands cause they were frozen stiff made some of them harder than they would have been otherwise. the monkey bars were impossible due to lack of grip strength, i was bummed about that, i wanted to make it accross.

despite the weather, it was an awesome event, very well organized, alot of the money they raise goes to wounded warrior project. i'll def be doing many more of these.







yes, that is ice they are dumping into these tubs they built. this was our 3rd or 4th obstacle. you jump in, go under a barrier and then climb out. this one sucked hard haha






can't feel my hands or feet and i'm shivering like crazy... and loving it. the water was actually warmer than it was outside. it was cold, but warmer. so we enjoyed it when we fell in







ALOT, i mean ALOT of people we quitting. they set up a direct path down the mountain that people could walk down and they had about 10 trucks and jeeps taking people down that had given up. NEVER QUIT!!!



our last obstacle: electro shock therapy. getting hit by 10,000 volts hurts. haha
i think i got hit about 3 or 4 times. our last team member took it in the face and went down super hard. medics immediatly took him to the first aid station... they thought he broke his nose and got a concusion because he face planted so hard.

he walked it off cause he's a champ







VICTORY BEER!



trying to change clothes when you have no use of your hands is hard. it started to snow as we were changing.

 

Congrats Matt. Looks like a blast. How did you get those pics of you guys? Don't tell me you guys ran it with a camera.

 

Can't believe you had a victory beer with out me! That pic of me with mud/blood coming down my face is badass.