Great write up!
I was in your squad, we were the team that unfortunately only did the first day rucks, my feet were trashed and it would have been stupid to attempt to continue on.
Now I know better what to plan and train for for next year.
We had a good time although things didn’t turn out as we would have wanted.
After the first day my feet were pretty bad and I made the decision to bow out of the rucks when woke up Saturday morning. I still hate thinking about it but it ultimately was the right choice.
it’s just motivation to...
Thanks for the great write up.
I'll be doing my first Mammoth in March and the biggest thing that's giving me stress is what and how much food to bring.
Next month there is a Guardian Long Range match at The Arena Trailing Facility in Blakely GA that I'm shooting.
This will be my first one but from what I hear they’re very helpful, it can’t hurt to reach out.
At 6am this morning getting ready to go out for a run I got a text from a friend that he’s up for doing Mammoth with me in March.
I told him that I’m looking forward to having a good bad time with him.
Pretty psyched.
I’ll hit the range on Saturday.
I’ll admit I haven’t been tuned in for this match with everything else in life going on and I’ve been thinking heavily about doing Mammoth in March but I haven’t nailed down a partner yet.
I’ll get my daughter to help me load mags which might be one of the best...
I can take my holster off of my belt by just unclipping it with the Glock still in it if I need to. After going through the muck last year I had a ton of magazine problems.
I’ll be carrying a write in the rain notebook in a ziplock bag. I always have one on my kit anyway.
I pretty much have all my stuff sorted out. I might not wear the small backpack with the water bladder this year and just carry a water bottle but not sure on that just yet.
I should have taken...
I have one Deadair Sandman that I switch between rifles and deal with the same thing as you. I have started putting the tiniest amount of CLP on the muzzle device where the can keys on and it seems to solve the issue.