With the exception of the light whoosh of an off-shore wind when you’re paddling out or the patter of snow flakes on the roof of a tent before a big back country day in fresh powder… there is nothing better than a little Kachingle.
What is Kachingle? Well the sound of money dropping into a piggy bank of course. It’s also a quick and easy way to contribute a little cash to the sites that you enjoy every day.
Why Kachingle? Good question. I mean why pay me when you can type in www.theintrepidsoul.com and get cool outdoor anecdotes, trip ideas, photos and videos for free? Well, there won’t be much of that to go around If I can’t put money in my tank, or even wax my surf board. I mean think of it this way. You pay several hundred dollars for a newspaper every year, with pay walls going up all over the place you’re GOING to have to pay for web content soon.
At least with Kachingle you have a choice. You can choose whoever you want to get those kachingles. Why not choose me? The more kachingle in the Intrepid Soul’s pocket, the cooler the places I can take you.
How do I sign up? Piece of cake! go to www.kachingle.com and set up a kachingler account. I timed it, it’s quicker than twitter! With a pay pal account you add a little bit of money each month. Then go to the sites that you love that have the kachingle medallion. (Sounds all Indiana Jones like.)
Click on their medallion and make yourself a kachinlger.
The more you visit the site the more of a percentage of your $5 Kachingle money goes to that site at the end of the month AND the cooler content we’ll be able to produce! Because of your kachingles of course.
For me… Just go to my main page on theintrepidsoul.com and click on my Kachingle Medallion. Make yourself a Kachingler and you’re off and running.
I have a voice? Darn right, if your reading, especially kachingling please please comment so I can improve my site and give you the stories that you’re looking for.
Paul Wheeler – my college roommate, Captain and I hauled up to the Sierra near Winnemucca Lake for a winter camping/snowshoe trip.
Paul is leaving for Indonesia on a 3-month surf trip and wanted one last taste of cold before he left.
We hauled and hiked, with Captain bounding in the deep white snow, up a desolate ridge where we camped next to a large boulder. We dug out a space for the tent, pitched it and camped in the cold night.
The next morning we summated a little peak next to our tenting spot. An avalanche was just a whisper in the air that if howled would cover us until spring.
Making our switchbacks, we made it to the top of the round rocky peak and Captain with his four paws square on granite felt his first rush of an ascent.
My editor, Rich Hanner, and I were talking about they Olympics and he made an observation of some of the figure skaters and it got me thinking…
I suppose some dudes have a secret fantasy where they tear off that hockey jersey and hefty pads to don a tight lacy ballerina like outfit on National Television, but not me.
Figure skating at its core is a difficult sport. Take all the moves of ballroom dancing and then throw on some ice skates. It takes real muscle, agility and concentration.
So why ruin all that manliness with a leotard?
If you have to go into the realm of fancy pants and dancing why not do it with some suave?
Here are some of my ideas.
Wear a tux- go rat pack and salute Sinatra with something a little more classy than tiger print tights.
Burly it up, sorry silk is not cool! If you’re skating for Canada why not dress like a mounty?
What’s wrong with jeans. Dudes are dudes and we like jeans. Kudos to the guy who can land a triple lutz in a pair of Levys.
There is a time and place for bright purple and electric blue… when you’re performing in Cirque Du Soleil.
GET SOME NEW MOVES! If a woman can do it and it looks good, leave it with her. Please come up with cooler skills, backflips and karate kicks work for me!
Jumping through flaming hoops always intrigues a male viewer.
In couples I say dress up like a Gorilla and put her in a banana suit, what could go wrong with that?
Adding a sword to the costume wouldn’t hurt either.
If the Lords of Dog-town can turn skateboarding, which was the equivalent of a yo-yo back in the day, and turn it into an extreme sport then men can take back ice skating.
Ladies, do you really want a guy that wears a costume made from the same material you make your lingerie out of tossing you around like a rag doll?
The sense of adventure is a feeling that is steeped in all of us. It comes from the unknown and the curiosity of what lies ahead. With elbow room diminishing on earth and freedom a dwindling idea in a modern world, finding a sense of undaunted living comes from an individual pursuit of it.
With an intrepid soul I travel whenever I get the chance into places I've never been. I try to experience everything that the world has to offer.
These are writings, photos and videos of experiences that I have had while searching for a lost sense of freedom in a world of walls that are quickly closing in.
