Brian

Dan, the sheep hunt is in the books and I have to say thank you very much. A picture the ram is attached. I took him on Nov 24th.

Some quick history. I had been planning to race in the Baja 1000 this year as a 50th birthday present to myself. I knew I was over weight, but hey, you are in a car right? So no super big motivation to get into shape. Then on July 3rd I got a call from the Montana Game Department and they told me my ticket was drawn in the raffle for their Bighorn Super-Tag Sheep Hunt. They only give out two of these sheep tags a year, one they auction off, it went for $245,000.00 and the second they raffle off (the one I got). The reason it goes so high in the auction is that there is no place else in world you can hunt bighorn sheep that are as big as they are in Montana. I buy a few tickets every year as the money goes to the game department but never in my life would I think they would draw my ticket out of the 29,000 tickets they sold.

If you have never been sheep hunting, you have to climb some really steep high altitude stuff to get to them. So being fat is not a good thing. So on July 3rd I was fat (265 lbs) and had a sheep tag. So I asked my son Jake where can I get into shape in 3 months?!?! He had been going to CrossFit and he said I should come with him. Well thanks to you and your CrossFit gym I was able to lose 45 pounds in 3 months and go sheep hunting. The program works (sure you have to work at it), but I was able to climb the hills without problems and my strength was awesome! I have been on other sheep hunts and I used to do things like climb Mt. Rainier to get ready for them – but I was never in as good a shape in my core as I was this time.

Of course to top it off, 5 weeks before the hunt, I hurt my knee jogging (not at the gym :-) ) and had knee surgery 4 weeks ago. I thought my hunt of a lifetime was toast. Well, not only did I get back in 4 weeks, but I was able to climb those cliffs without issue. Thanks for your help after the surgery with the rehab!

Now that I have completed the Baja 1000 race and the sheep hunt, and lived through both of them, I will be back at the gym next week. I still have 30 more pounds to lose before I am at where I want to be! The knee is still only about 80% so I need to keep working it also.

Thanks again man – even though you weren’t there – your spirit in the gym with there with me!

brian

PS: Check out that scene in the background of the picture. What an awesome place it is over there.

PS: Jake and I also had a blast in the Baja 1000 race. When I see you again I will fill you in on those details!

PSS: You being a frogger and all – you will appreciate this – the shot was 280 yards, 15 mph cross wind, 4200′ elevation, 24 degrees out – so it was not an easy shot – deep breath, adjust for the wind, and squeeze – when we got over to him – the impact point was 1 inch lower than where I thought it would be – not only was the core solid – the ice is still in the veins!