Dakar Rabbits
The old joke goes - "you're never alone with Scizophrenia".
Another one which I myself coined is - "Be bipolar, and see the world! Differently".
I've said before that companionship is everywhere, if you only take the trouble to tune in to it. It's everywhere, but you choose to ignore it most of the time.
Doing the maths for a second, there are 200 or so bikers who are planning on doing Dakar in 2009. That's me plus 199 others. Some of them are Dakar serial offenders, some of them will be rookies. Collectively though, we're radiating a kind of signal - our passion flies through the atmosphere like radio waves.
So it looks like I may now be part of a riding team for Dakar - no longer just one guy and his box. A guy in Ireland - also a BMW graduate - has a bit of a passion for doing the Dakar. My Irish Team Mate.
Lots of logistics to work out, but the point is that we are not alone. We have at least a 6-month advantage over a lot of other contenders - a lot of whom will not be consider Dakar 2009 until at least February 2008.
Having dealt with the pre-requisite cojones issue, My Irish Team Mate is in the process of sorting himself out with a bike to practice and race on. Like me, he is coming from a standing start. Like me, he has not a lot going for him other than a big heart and an unflinching passion.
One more rider, and a travelling mechanic, and the team will be complete. Oh, and sponsorship. If you know any philanthropists with a sense of adventure who'd like to be involved in a Dakar atempt, please point them here.
Thing is, I know I am going to get to Dakar, same as I know that the sun will rise tomorrow. I don't know where this comes from, I just know. I'm not too worried about the logistics right now, because I know that somehow it will just work out.
But please welcome my Irish Team Mate. The Team Name we have chosen, for now, is Celtic Endeavour - reflecting our ancestral lineage and our position as ordinary guys trying to achieve extraordinary things. Perhaps we'll change it in the future, but it'll do for now.
Life is a vessel. Both in the sense that it's something you travel in (like a boat), and also in the sense that it is a container you can fill. The boundaries of the container are dictated by many things - birth, genetics, finances, education - but ultimately it is your job - your duty - to fill the vessel as full as you possibly can.
How full is your vessel?
Another one which I myself coined is - "Be bipolar, and see the world! Differently".
I've said before that companionship is everywhere, if you only take the trouble to tune in to it. It's everywhere, but you choose to ignore it most of the time.
Doing the maths for a second, there are 200 or so bikers who are planning on doing Dakar in 2009. That's me plus 199 others. Some of them are Dakar serial offenders, some of them will be rookies. Collectively though, we're radiating a kind of signal - our passion flies through the atmosphere like radio waves.
So it looks like I may now be part of a riding team for Dakar - no longer just one guy and his box. A guy in Ireland - also a BMW graduate - has a bit of a passion for doing the Dakar. My Irish Team Mate.
Lots of logistics to work out, but the point is that we are not alone. We have at least a 6-month advantage over a lot of other contenders - a lot of whom will not be consider Dakar 2009 until at least February 2008.
Having dealt with the pre-requisite cojones issue, My Irish Team Mate is in the process of sorting himself out with a bike to practice and race on. Like me, he is coming from a standing start. Like me, he has not a lot going for him other than a big heart and an unflinching passion.
One more rider, and a travelling mechanic, and the team will be complete. Oh, and sponsorship. If you know any philanthropists with a sense of adventure who'd like to be involved in a Dakar atempt, please point them here.
Thing is, I know I am going to get to Dakar, same as I know that the sun will rise tomorrow. I don't know where this comes from, I just know. I'm not too worried about the logistics right now, because I know that somehow it will just work out.
But please welcome my Irish Team Mate. The Team Name we have chosen, for now, is Celtic Endeavour - reflecting our ancestral lineage and our position as ordinary guys trying to achieve extraordinary things. Perhaps we'll change it in the future, but it'll do for now.
Life is a vessel. Both in the sense that it's something you travel in (like a boat), and also in the sense that it is a container you can fill. The boundaries of the container are dictated by many things - birth, genetics, finances, education - but ultimately it is your job - your duty - to fill the vessel as full as you possibly can.
How full is your vessel?
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Monday, August 27, 2007
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