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Adventure Clown
I must admit that my presence has been a bit reduced around here lately. This is simply because I have been out of range from regular city type of living. I actually like that to some extent. I always think of how important it is for people to do what they love, in life and in play. I have the privilege of doing two things that I consider, the love of my life. One is, play music for a living and the other is obviously, the great outdoors. I have been doing both for years now but more recently started to them on a greater level. I feel very fortunate to be able to do both with my time. After all, there is nothing more important than time to me. I know I could always make more money but time is impossible to get back. So rather than sit and talk about the same topics and tools I’ve been using, I have decided to do more and talk a little less. I will be leaving yet again on another adventure for the South Pacific to play music and play in the outdoors. I will be playing drums at night and spending the days and nights in nature. I feel that the experiences of going to places not so typical are the best ways to know the world around me. Like learning any new style of music reading and seeing pictures are not enough for me, it must be experienced entirely. I always feel the need to do things as authentically as possible. Talking about knives and gear can sometimes make as much sense to me as dancing about architecture. I would rather try to go live it as much as possible and see for myself. Knives and all other sharp pointy things are really such a small part of the entire outdoors experience and I really like to capture those things that don’t make it into knife reviews/articles. That is the real adventure to me! There is so much that is experienced and felt from a long drive, airplane, bus, boat, or cab ride. People, sights, sounds, smells and of course, the food can often have the biggest meaning and hold the most value in our overall feeling of the place we visit. Sometimes I feel the memories are so strong they no longer are just simple memories but a part of my life. In everything I do I hope there is a bigger meaning than the words on any forum or in any magazine. Thanks everyone for all your support over the years.
A very special thanks to the RAT Team (Mike, Jeff) your friendship and influence will forever guide me!
-RB
I must admit that my presence has been a bit reduced around here lately. This is simply because I have been out of range from regular city type of living. I actually like that to some extent. I always think of how important it is for people to do what they love, in life and in play. I have the privilege of doing two things that I consider, the love of my life. One is, play music for a living and the other is obviously, the great outdoors. I have been doing both for years now but more recently started to them on a greater level. I feel very fortunate to be able to do both with my time. After all, there is nothing more important than time to me. I know I could always make more money but time is impossible to get back. So rather than sit and talk about the same topics and tools I’ve been using, I have decided to do more and talk a little less. I will be leaving yet again on another adventure for the South Pacific to play music and play in the outdoors. I will be playing drums at night and spending the days and nights in nature. I feel that the experiences of going to places not so typical are the best ways to know the world around me. Like learning any new style of music reading and seeing pictures are not enough for me, it must be experienced entirely. I always feel the need to do things as authentically as possible. Talking about knives and gear can sometimes make as much sense to me as dancing about architecture. I would rather try to go live it as much as possible and see for myself. Knives and all other sharp pointy things are really such a small part of the entire outdoors experience and I really like to capture those things that don’t make it into knife reviews/articles. That is the real adventure to me! There is so much that is experienced and felt from a long drive, airplane, bus, boat, or cab ride. People, sights, sounds, smells and of course, the food can often have the biggest meaning and hold the most value in our overall feeling of the place we visit. Sometimes I feel the memories are so strong they no longer are just simple memories but a part of my life. In everything I do I hope there is a bigger meaning than the words on any forum or in any magazine. Thanks everyone for all your support over the years.
A very special thanks to the RAT Team (Mike, Jeff) your friendship and influence will forever guide me!
-RB
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