Road Not Taken

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,

And sorry I could not travel both

And be one traveler, long I stood

And looked down one as far as I could

To where it bent in the undergrowth;

Then took the other, as just as fair,

And having perhaps the better claim,

Because it was grassy and wanted wear;

Though as for that the passing there

Had worn them really about the same,

And both that morning equally lay

In leaves no step had trodden black.

Oh, I kept the first for another day!

Yet knowing how way leads on to way,

I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh

Somewhere ages and ages hence:

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—

I took the one less traveled by,

And that has made all the difference.

– Robert Frost

At Diablo Sammich we are Ruckers. We set out to get in some mileage with no planned path in mind. We go off road, climb loading docks and bear crawl across pavement. We never really know where we are going, but in the end we can look back and say we made it and we made it together. We all stayed together and we got better together. We rekindle old friendships with those we haven’t seen in awhile and we welcome new faces that make it seem as if you’ve been known for years. We help pave the way for others to follow in our footsteps in hopes they too will take the road less traveled.

This morning wasn’t about hiking 2 miles, doing numerous bear crawls, performing spontaneous monkey humpers, grinding through various merkins, grabbing some curb for Mike Tysons or lunge walking various lengths. It was about getting to know your brother a little better. As I led the PAX around, I would often look back and constantly see conversation flowing like a fine wine.

As we ended our fellowship hike down the unknown path there was still time to get a little stronger. As we lay on our six on the end of the path we held our packs high above our heads as we gazed into the morning sky whilst flutter kicking our legs in a perfect cadence. We then proceeded to push our packs up to the heavens. Back on our feet we pulled our packs high and again over our heads.

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