98Z5V Posted July 28, 2019 Report Share Posted July 28, 2019 Candy-asses beware. Telling you now. Anyone wanna do the 2020 Bataan Memorial Death March with me? I'm going. Haven't done it for a few years now, but I've done three of them. I'm going in March 2020. The date is 15 March 2020 for the next one. Details will emerge, but here's the basics: https://bataanmarch.com/ Let's plan the Spring Shoot around this - total asskicking week-ish, overall. I'm going. Man up, fuckers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
98Z5V Posted July 28, 2019 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2019 Walk with me, bitches... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikedaddyH Posted July 28, 2019 Report Share Posted July 28, 2019 We can go Light and not carry the 35 pound pack ! 26 miles is easy without the pack !!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
98Z5V Posted July 28, 2019 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2019 (edited) It starts at 2200 feet AGL, and goes through 7000 feet of elevation change through the course. Two major sand washes, miles long, beginning and end. It ain't easy, by no stretch of the imagination. But it's pretty fucking satisfying to complete it. It fucking SUCKS. I just wish it would suck MORE... Edited July 28, 2019 by 98Z5V Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
98Z5V Posted July 28, 2019 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2019 I'm going. Anybody that wants to join in, hit the link for details, make your plans, and meet me there. Last time I did this bastard was 2009. It's an ass whoopin' you can't likely put upon youself, without calling in buddies to kick your own ass... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRiverII Posted July 28, 2019 Report Share Posted July 28, 2019 I wish you the best of Luck. At 19 it would have been cake for me. At 66 it would certainly be my death march. I'll kick in a $50 gift card towards anyone joining you. In respect toward that generation, most of who are now gone, including my Dad, I solemnly salute your efforts. Well done, Sir. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
98Z5V Posted July 28, 2019 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2019 No money needed - send your testosterone. Samples are fine, as long as you can guarantee they'll help, and they're pure. This is nothing more than a gen-u-wine nut-up event. It's a motherfucker. It sucks to start it, but it sucks more to finish it - and once you finish it, you never want to do anything like it again. And this will be my 4th one... Says something, right?... My Grandpa always said, if you're gonna be dumb, you better be tough... I did three of these fuckers at the end of my military career. Last one was after I retired, I think that bastard was in 2009 or 2010. Been too long, so I'm going back and doing it again. It's a hoot. I'm no spring chicken, brother - I retired from the Army in 2007, with 21.5 years. That math works out to make me an older fucker. If you stop moving, your parts rust, and you get stuck in place. I'm extraordinarily lucky to be handicapped by my own natural immaturity - I still think I'm 17... and act like it most of the time... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRiverII Posted July 28, 2019 Report Share Posted July 28, 2019 I intended the money toward any fellow that might need a boost to join you. I'm keeping my test. for me, whatever is left of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
98Z5V Posted July 28, 2019 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2019 So, you're bribing people to join me... I like it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRiverII Posted July 28, 2019 Report Share Posted July 28, 2019 Misery, er, Companionship loves company ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
survivalshop Posted July 28, 2019 Report Share Posted July 28, 2019 So , your going to be POW's , beaten & starved ,that have just had their A$$'s handed to them after months of bloody fighting & watch anyone lagging behind Bayoneted & left for dead on the side of the road , should be interesting march . Of course I'm being sarcastic ! Have fun . I think you will find that its just not about , use it or lose it , when you get really old. What are you , in your fifties 98 ? I'm closing in on 70 & I can tell you its a different world , you will lose something , no choice . Actually its something to look forward to . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sisco Posted July 28, 2019 Report Share Posted July 28, 2019 5 hours ago, survivalshop said: I think you will find that its just not about , use it or lose it , when you get really old. What are you , in your fifties 98 ? I'm closing in on 70 & I can tell you its a different world , you will lose something , no choice . Actually its something to look forward to . So true. 70 is in my rear view mirror in four months. I am doing five miles a day now. Averaging 14,000 steps a day on the fitbit. But Don’t think I could do 26 even with 9 months to train. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue109 Posted July 28, 2019 Report Share Posted July 28, 2019 Early 40s, and consider myself in pretty decent shape for my bracket....but ill hang out with SS and sisco and babysit the beer cooler at the finish line. We can make TEAM SILVERBACK T-shirts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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392heminut Posted July 28, 2019 Report Share Posted July 28, 2019 I'm not doing it brother, but I WILL be there to support you and anyone else from the forum who does! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
392heminut Posted July 28, 2019 Report Share Posted July 28, 2019 (edited) Well our son booked a cruise around that time for us with him & his wife and I just checked and yup, the cruise ends on 3-14. We will be on our way back from Long Beach on the 15th!☹️ Edited July 28, 2019 by 392heminut Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRiverII Posted July 29, 2019 Report Share Posted July 29, 2019 🐡 I'd go, but I just won this goldfish and need to take care of him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sisco Posted July 29, 2019 Report Share Posted July 29, 2019 1 hour ago, RedRiverII said: 🐡 I'd go, but I just won this goldfish and need to take care of him. I have this piranha I need to find a home for, does he need a tank mate? Signed, “Nubs”” Sisco Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRiverII Posted July 29, 2019 Report Share Posted July 29, 2019 Good, then we can both go to march, seeing as this goldfish is poisonous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikedaddyH Posted July 29, 2019 Report Share Posted July 29, 2019 There is an Honorary March of 14 miles also ! Team 308 could do that instead of cheering from the side lines ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
98Z5V Posted July 30, 2019 Author Report Share Posted July 30, 2019 3 hours ago, MikedaddyH said: There is an Honorary March of 14 miles also ! Team 308 could do that instead of cheering from the side lines ! That one just doesn't go up and around the mountain, on the other side of the highway. It's still a motherfucker, because it's ALL the sand washes. First one I did was Military Heavy "Team". #2 was Military Light Individual, and #3 was after I retired, so I did Civilian Light Individual. That first one was a motherfucker, because you had to have a 40lb pack without water weight, and 8 people. They weighed you at the beginning and the end. 320 lbs had to be weighed out after you crossed the finish line, with the 8 people. As people on the team started running out of steam, We'd cross load ruck weight, make it lighter for the people that were hurting, get them through. I think my final ruck was fucking 66lbs or something stupid like that. Last sand wash is about 4 miles-ish long, and it fucking SUCKED. We made it, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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