Posts from This Journal by “risk” Tag

• QotD: the Merits of the Knife

  I am not anti-gun. I'm pro-knife. Consider the merits of the knife. In the first place, you have to catch up with someone in order to stab him.…

• Rumi of the day: Be Notorious

  Forget safety. Live where you fear to live. Destroy your reputation. Be notorious. — Rumi, “Bewilderment”

• QotD: Risk Taking

  I do not risk my life. I take risks in order to live. I take risks because I love life, not because I don’t. --Stephen Koch, climber and…

• QotD: Unafraid of the Sea

  A man who is not afraid of the sea will soon be drowned, he said, for he will be going out on a day he shouldn't. But we do be afraid of the…

• Middle Aged White Dudes Die of Preventable Disease (Interesting Times Indeed)

  This epidemiologic analysis revealed that mortality rates are increasing in the middle-aged white male population, largely due to preventable…

• How People Die in Grand Canyon

  Over the Edge: Death in the Grand Canyon by Tom Myers and Michael Ghiglieri This book logs all the mistakes you can make at the Grand Canyon.…

• Portland Local Rivers in 2015 Carnage Reel

  https://vimeo.com/111507586 Loved this video showing all my friends getting beat down. Everybody takes a turn at this level of whitewater. If you…

• Word of the Day: Budtender

  If you live and Portland and haven't picked up a copy of this month's Willamette Week (free news weekly, online here:…

• We had a fatality on the river today.

  I am just home. The man who died was in his early 60's. He has three children. We were on the Farmlands section of the White Salmon. I am not…