Marji Update #4
TODAY’S UPDATE – Schedule of Events– GPX Release – Course Marking – Pre Riding One Way trails and private land – Radavist Article SCHEDULE OF EVENTS Date Time Event Location Buckle Time Wednesday, September 18, 2024 8AM MG200 Run Start & PP West End Ski & Trail 80 Hours Thursday, September 19, 2024 5PM – 8PM MG200 Bike, MG100 Run PP Queen City Running Co. Friday, September 20, 2024 8AM MG100 Run Start Forestville TH 28 Hours 8AM MG200 Bike Start West End Ski & Trail 34 Hours 5PM – 8PM Packet Pickup Blackrocks Brewery Saturday, September 21, 2024 7AM MG50 Run Start Downtown Marquette 7:30AM MG100 Bike, Duathlon Start Forestville TH 12 Hours (100Bike), 22 Hours (Duathlon) 8AM MG50 Bike Start Downtown Marquette 10AM Mini Marji Start Jackson Park 12PM Finish Line Opens Ishpeming Sunday, September 22, 2024 2AM Jackson Park Cutoff Jackson Park 8:30AM MG2024 Cutoff Ishpeming MARJI GESICK GPX FILES ARE HOSTED ON RWGPS RWGPS GPX files are all events will be posted to our RWGPS account here. We will not post them anywhere else. If everything goes to plan, they’ll be posted by Sunday, September 15. COURSE MARKING Course markers consist of four signs: Red ArrowsWrong Way Blame Danny Blame Todd The course is marked well, but that does not mean you should leave the gps at home. Like we have always said: Signs fall down, people pull them down, bears eat them, and the wind blows them away. GPS is required. Course markers should for the most part always be posted on your right side. Turns should be marked before and after the turn. Signage is printed on a reflective material making the arrows very easy to see at night. The course will be marked between Sunday, September 15 and Friday, September 20, 2024. If you happen to be pre riding and see something that doesn’t make sense, let me know. PRE RIDING ONE WAY TRAILS AND PRIVATE LAND Some trails within the Marji Gesick routes are “one way”, but on the day of the event we go against the normal flow of traffic. Please refrain from riding one-way trails in “the wrong direction” during your pre-ride. We checked with the trail orgs. NTN is the only trail org currently designating some trails as “one way.” Marquette Mountain is private property. We are permitted to send racers across their property on the days of the event. Outside of the event you are required to purchase a day or a season pass. Please respect that. Lowes Trail crosses private property, too. The landowner has been kind enough to grant us access to the snowmobile trail/powerline for the event. PACERS AND UNREGISTERED RIDERS Pacers and unregistered riders are not permitted. The trails are open to the public, but the event is not open to someone who wants to “ride along.” If caught using a pacer or riding with unregistered riders, it will result in a DQ. Mino-giizhigad; Maazhi-giizhigad: The Marji Gesick Radar Mino-giizhigad; Maazhi-giizhigad: The Marji Gesick By: Alexandera Houchin January 7, 2020 Credit: 906 Adventure Team. Cable, age 9, carving out his legacy. (It’s a good day; it’s a bad day) Shakespeare insisted that a name held nothing significant; in fact, a name is but an arbitrary designator. A rose, “by any other name would smell as sweet.” If the rose weren’t called a rose, we would still swoon over the sweet smell. Poor Juliet, the owner of a smitten young heart, failed to see everything that exists in a name. In my case, at thirty years old, I still carry my maiden name. Instead, I like to say it’s the name I’ve made for myself; I don’t see that changing any time soon. I grew up in the trailer park across the street from the General Motors Factory in Janesville, Wisconsin, and attended Jackson Elementary school. It was there I celebrated Andrew Jackson as a glorious president; Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act of 1830. What’s in that name? A legacy of brutality*, I say. *Yes, this is a reference to the 1985 album by the Misfits. Hybrid moments is one of my favorite songs of all time. I believe that there is a legacy in the name; a name is what we make it. I was Alex for years, ambiguous, unsure of myself. It wasn’t until I began to own my history that I started going by my given name. Alexandera, with the extra “e.” It was the name I was given; it’s up to me to leave the legacy behind… –> Continue to Full Article Supporting Partners
Marji Update #3
TODAY’S UPDATE – Drop bags – Early Packet Pickup – This was shared in an email 8.26.2024– This was shared in an email 8.19.2024 Drop Bags MG100 RUNNERS Duffel bags not to exceed 17” wide, 22” high, 10” deep. Drop bags will be brought to the start line of your race and brought to Jackson Mine Park. It must be labeled with the white tag provided with last name and bib number. You will see your drop bag twice at Jackson Mine Park. When you are finished with your drop bag and want it brought to the finish line, you MUST tell a volunteer. You do not need to pack water in your drop bag. Water is available at the pavilion 24 hours a day at JMP. Your drop bags will be unattended in a locked Uhaul behind the wooden building at JMP until approximately 10 am Saturday when it will be moved underneath the drop bag tent. We will not accept drop bags brought to JMP by family or friends. All drop bags must be dropped off at the race start. Volunteers will not give the drop bag to anyone but the racer. Friends and family cannot get the bags for racers. Don’t ask. Our volunteers handle over 1000 drop bags. The bags get touched multiple times throughout the race. The drop bag exchange is something that must occur between the event staff and the racer only. If you #quit, your drop bag will be moved to the finish line. All remaining drop bags at the JMP 2 am cutoff Sunday will be moved to the finish line. OUT & BACK (BIKE/RUN) Duffel bags not to exceed 17” wide, 22” high, 10” deep. Drop bags will be brought to the start line of your respective race and brought to Jackson Mine Park. It must be labeled with the white tag provided with last name and bib number. You will see your drop bag twice at Jackson Mine Park. When you are finished with your drop bag and want it brought to the finish line, you MUST tell a volunteer. You do not need to pack water in your drop bag. Water is available at the pavilion 24 hours a day at JMP. You are allowed TWO drop bags with the same dimensions above. Bag 1: will be at JMP and you will see this bag 4 times. This drop bag will be unattended in a locked 906 Adventure Team trailer behind the wooden building at JMP until approximately 10 am Saturday when it will be moved under the drop bag tent. Bag 2: will be brought to Forestville trailhead and left unattended underneath a 906 tent to the left side of the pole barn. Any bags remaining at the start of the 100 bike race will be moved to Jackson Mine park. We will not accept drop bags brought to JMP by family or friends. All drop bags must be dropped off at the race start. Volunteers will not give the drop bag to anyone but the racer. Friends and family cannot get the bags for racers. Don’t ask. Our volunteers handle over 1000 drop bags. The bags get touched multiple times throughout the race. The drop bag exchange is something that must occur between the event staff and the racer only. If you #quit, your drop bag will be moved to the finish line. All remaining drop bags at the JMP 2 am cutoff Sunday will be moved to the finish line. EVERYONE ELSE (MG100, MG50, WORST OF BOTH WORLDS) One small backpack or duffel bag not to exceed 17” wide, 22” high, 10” deep. Drop bags will be brought to the start line of your respective race and brought to Jackson Mine Park. It must be labeled with the white tag provided with last name and bib number. You will see your drop bag twice at Jackson Mine Park. When you are finished with your drop bag and want it brought to the finish line, you MUST tell a volunteer. You do not need to pack water in your drop bag. Water is available at the pavilion 24 hours a day at JMP. We will not accept drop bags brought to JMP by family or friends. All drop bags must be dropped off at the race start. Volunteers will not give the drop bag to anyone but the racer. Friends and family cannot get the bags for racers. Don’t ask. Our volunteers handle over 1000 drop bags. The bags get touched multiple times throughout the race. The drop bag exchange is something that must occur between the event staff and the racer only. If you #quit, your drop bag will be moved to the finish line. All remaining drop bags at the JMP 2 am cutoff Sunday will be moved to the finish line. Early Packet Pickup 6:00 – 9:00 pm 910 W. Baraga Ave, Marquette, Mi THIS WAS SHARED IN AN EMAIL 8.26.2024 Mechanical Support: Who can help you? We’re gonna update the language on this to make it easier to control. You can get help from a participant, or someone offering neutral support. It’s well within the ethos of “community” and current neutral support guidelines. If you can’t fix something, but someone else can, they can help you. If they help you, they need to be willing to help someone else, if help is needed. It is pretty straightforward. How many bikes can you use? You can use one bike, one set of wheels, one seat post, etc. You get one bike, and one set of components. If your wheel breaks fix it, or have someone else fix it, but it has to be your wheel. Same goes for the rest of the parts. If your derailleur breaks, fix it, or finish on a single-speed. Clear? Good. Camping & Parking at Forestville. We rent the entire property. Camping can only be done in the campground. No sleeping in the parking lot. No overnight parking
One week closer to your inevitable suffering
One week closer to your inevitable suffering. On a positive note you know what we say about misery… it loves company… and you’ll have lots of it. Last week on Monday, we covered: What – When – Where (Race week schedule), Rules of the Road, When GPX Files Will Be Released, Checkpoints & Tokens, Support Crew, Neutral Support & Community, Marquette Mountain/1 UP Neutral Support Station, Marji Gesick Gear, and Volunteering. If you are not getting the emails, figure it out. Or jump over to the blog and get that message here. <hyperlink to blog> This week, we’re gonna cover: Mechanical Support: Who can help you?How many bikes can you use?Camping & Parking at Forestville.Parking is a self-supported activity.Tokens – One more thing… Le Mans and Le Bike.Out & Back Navigation & Forestville Cutoff. Mechanical Support: Who can help you? We’re gonna update the language on this to make it easier to control. You can get help from a participant, or someone offering neutral support. It’s well within the ethos of “community” and current neutral support guidelines. If you can’t fix something, but someone else can, they can help you. If they help you, they need to be willing to help someone else, if help is needed. It is pretty straightforward. How many bikes can you use? You can use one bike, one set of wheels, one seat post, etc. You get one bike, and one set of components. If your wheel breaks fix it, or have someone else fix it, but it has to be your wheel. Same goes for the rest of the parts. If your derailleur breaks, fix it, or finish on a single-speed. Clear? Good. Camping & Parking at Forestville. We rent the entire property. Camping can only be done in the campground. No sleeping in the parking lot. No overnight parking ahead of event. If we find vehicles there at night we’ll have them towed. Make sure to follow the campground rules. Be respectful of your fellow campers. If ya got questions about the campground, or the rules, contact the NTN. Parking is a self-supported activity. Please be advised: Parking can get a little crazy in the morning. We always suggest that if you can, you ride to the start, or get dropped off. Plan to get parked early. At Forestville: Get there early. Seriously. It. gets. Crazy. Follow directions and do what the parking crew tells ya. We have a lot of people we need to move through that area in the morning. Downtown Marquette: Utilize public parking resources. Be considerate of our businesses and residents. If you park illegally, that’s on you. Do some homework and identify public lots ahead of time. Keep in mind the lot next to our start is not available after it is full, or after 7:30, whichever is first. 906AT Basecamp: You are welcome to park at Basecamp and ride to the start. Just do us a favor. If there are trailers there, don’t block them, and do not park in our neighbors yard. 955 North Lakeshore Boulevard, Marquette Long story short. Come to town with a plan. Know what you’re gonna do. Get your Support Crew setup for success. Plan ahead. Execute. Tokens – One more thing… We hope this doesn’t happen but it seems to happen every year… A dude (or woman) gets to the finish line without all the tokens. If this happens, ya gotta make a decision right there: Are you going back for it, or not? If you say yes, you need to turn around and head back out. If you don’t, you are done. Don’t tell us that your cousin has it in his car, or something of that variety. If you don’t have it, you don’t have it. Don’t give your tokens to anyone. Doing so will get you disqualified. Le Mans and Le Bike Here are the events that feature a complimentary 1-mile run or bike ride: MG100 BIKE MG100 RUN Out & Back Navigation & Forestville Cutoff Ishpeming —> Marquette will NOT be signed. This was shared last fall ahead of registration. You will navigate 100% with GPS. Good luck 😂 Marquette —> Ishpeming will be signed with the traditional red arrows. All participants of the Out & Back events MUST be into Forestville and gone before the corresponding MG100 events start: Out & Back Run has to be to FV and gone by 8:00 am FRIDAYOut & Back Bike has to be to FV and gone by 7:30 am SATURDAY Supporting Partners
Monday Marji Update #1
Date Time Event Location Buckle Time Wednesday, September 18, 2024 8AM MG200 Run Start & PP West End Ski & Trail 80 Hours Thursday, September 19, 2024 5PM – 8PM MG200 Bike, MG100 Run PP Queen City Running Co. Friday, September 20, 2024 8AM MG100 Run Start Forestville TH 28 Hours 8AM MG200 Bike Start West End Ski & Trail 34 Hours 5PM – 8PM Packet Pickup Blackrocks Brewery Saturday, September 21, 2024 7AM MG50 Run Start Downtown Marquette 7:30AM MG100 Bike, Duathlon Start Forestville TH 12 Hours (100Bike), 22 Hours (Duathlon) 8AM MG50 Bike Start Downtown Marquette 10AM Mini Marji Start Jackson Park 12PM Finish Line Opens Ishpeming Sunday, September 22, 2024 2AM Jackson Park Cutoff Jackson Park 8:30AM MG2024 Cutoff Ishpeming Rules of the Road Marji Gesick is self-supported, meaning that YOU are responsible for you, and you must follow the “rules of the road” at all times. You will not see volunteers on course stopping traffic for you. You will share space with other trail users and at times motor vehicles, side-by-sides, or ATVs. We cannot stress this enough: Follow the rules of the road. At every crossing, look both ways. Have your head on a swivel. The world is a brutal place. Something bad can happen at any time, usually when you least expect it. WHEN WILL THE GPX BE RELEASED? We will not release the GPX files until race week, and even then, it might happen a couple times 😂 2023 routes are available on RWGPS for review until the 2024 routes release. Patience, eh? CHECKPOINTS & TOKENS Checkpoints are hidden across the route. Some checkpoints have tokens, while others are just there to mess with ya. You won’t know what it is until you check. They all look the same. If you get to a Checkpoint and it’s full of “something”, take one. It’s a token. If it’s empty, #blamedanny and keep rolling. Checkpoint locations and contents are kept secret. You do not share plans with anyone… If you get to the finish line without any of the required tokens we’ll DQ ya. To be clear… all checkpoint signage is found directly on-route. They’re not hidden in da hills. On the approach to a checkpoint you’ll encounter large signs 24” x 36” with the words “CHECKPOINT AHEAD” followed by a sign that says “CHECKPOINT” with a full bin of “something”. ONLY TAKE ONE. DON’T LOSE IT. Community You really need to read this and remember it on race day. I am gonna break it into three parts. Support Crews. I am going to go so far as to say, the best part of Marji is all of the people who spend their day (and night) helping you get to da finish. It has been incredible to witness. I hope all of you appreciate how special this is. An event of this magnitude requires a lot of sacrifice by you and the folks who are out there to help… many of them are complete strangers. Do me a favor, and thank all of the volunteers and support crews. Neutral Support. Yes, this is a self-supported event. You are responsible for you. We (the organizers) are not here to help you. Yes, GPS is required. It’s been required since day one. Is the course marked? Yes, but as we have said from day one: signs fall down, people tear them down, and da bears will eat them. Don’t blame us if you show up unprepared and can’t finish the event because you don’t know how to navigate. Neutral support, if offered to one person, must be offered to all. It’s really that simple. It’s y’all against us. So be good to each other, and help every one ya can. Cool? Good. Community. This is important. Don’t lose sight of the fact that not everyone in the community is part of the event, and the way you interact with them or potentially block access to their home, or driveway, could hurt all of us. You need to remember, we’re all guests to someone. Don’t make decisions that could hurt the event, a participant, a resident, or a partner. We’re all in this together. MARQUETTE MOUNTAIN/1UP NEUTRAL SUPPORT Marquette Mountain & 1UP are joining forces to offer you neutral support. You will find them at approximately mile-49 on the one-hundred mile course on Saturday from 9:00 am – until mid-afternoon. There will be aid tents with food and hydration. The resort restaurant will be open for support crews. It has a ton of parking. We’re sharing this so you can plan accordingly. Don’t thank us… we have nothing to do with it. Thank MM and 1UP. Lake Enchantment Road: Is off-limits to support crews and Marji Gesick traffic. Do not use it. Riders will be able to get support from the resources Marquette Mountain and 1UP provide. There is usually another location on the way to Negaunee called “The Wurst Aid Station”. Count on those points for support. Share this with your crews. Essentially, between Marquette and Negaunee, you need to be on your own. MARJI GESICK GEAR Here’s how you can secure your Marji Gesick Gear. The online store opens the week of the event and remains open until 9.29.2024. Everything will be available from t-shirts for participants to support crews, jerseys, posters, da hats, and more. By the time you get this, the pre-event sale will be done. If you ordered gear through it, we’ll have it for you at packet pickup. If you did not get one of the five emails we sent reminding you to get the gear, you’ll have to wait. When the store closes 9.29.2024, we’ll place our orders and bring the gear into Lakeshore Basecamp. It usually ships to you no later than November. As we work toward the event we’ll share images of stuff in Marji Gesick Talk on Facebook to tease ya… RACE WEEK EMAIL You can expect to hear from us from time to time between now
Crusher 2024 – Post Event
Yo. Here’s a quick email putting links to all of the photographers in one place, mass start results, and the GEAR STORE. We threw in a bonus interview with Scott Richard on Dirty Chain Podcast. One more thing. While the Mass Start may be behind us, Crusher EX is ON until 9.30.24. Lots of time to apply what ya learned and keep crushing it. GET DA GEAR. STORE CLOSES SUNDAY NIGHT! GEAR STORE PODCAST PHOTOGRAPHY RYAN STEPHENS PHOTOGRAPHY ROB MEENDERING FRESH COAST EXPOSURES TIMING CRUSHER-MS CRUSHER-EX
Crusher Race Week 2024
ENHANCING GRAVEL SINCE 2014 DOWNLOAD GPX RWGPS is your single source for Crusher GPX files. If you struggle with the files or figuring out da checkpoints, go to the Crusher: Enhanced Gravel Discussions Group on Facebook and ask for help. The community will assist you. Crusher Field Notes (CR24FN) contains everything ya need to know (who, what, when, where, etc). Read it. Lastly, Stay connected this week. There’s always some last minute details that ya might need to know. Actually, I’ll give ya one more tip, if ya don’t have a snorkel, you might wanna get one. A selfie picture might require it… DOWNLOAD FIELD NOTES THE SELF-SUPPORTED STATEMENT 906AT productions are unlike most events you will sign up for. We do not hold your hand. We give you just enough information to point you in the right direction and leave it up to you to get all the details. We share a lot of content through the official Facebook pages, Facebook event groups, and the newsfeeds on our website. Stay connected. If the way we do stuff isn’t your thing, it’s ok. There are a lot of other events out there. “You are on your own. No one is out there to save you. GPS is required. You must observe and obey the “rules of the road.” We do not sign the course. You should not approach wildlife. In an emergency, dial 911.” 906AT events will expose you to treacherous terrain, inclement weather, fatigue, and hallucinations; the activity is inherently dangerous. At some point, you will likely ride or push your bike through the night, swearing you’ll never do <insert event name here> again. Don’t feel bad; this is normal.Hype disclaimer: Right now, some people start rolling their eyes because they think some marketing department is trying to scare them. That’s not the case. What we’re telling you isn’t hype. If you don’t respect the inherent danger of an activity, it could kill you. However, with proper preparation and practice, you will learn how to survive and thrive; that’s our goal. Each event carries a recommended gear list. Find the lists. Make sure you have everything on them. Train with the gear. Learn how to use it. The last place you want to find out you don’t know how to start a fire is on the Peshekee Grade at six o’clock in the morning when it’s 33 degrees. It’s a mistake you might only get to make once. Some ask, “Why do you make it so hard?” Well, the world is full of people pushing easy things on you and hyping stuff up to be challenging that isn’t. Those folks are just trying to sell you a product. Our mission is to help you find your best version. That’s going to take work – Dedicated, consistent, hard work. We’re not selling you a product; we’re offering you an opportunity. CRUSHER GEAR STORE OPENS FRIDAY FOLLOW THE MS350 ON TRACKLEADERS. STARTS FRIDAY AT 0000. WHEREVER I MAY ROAM. GET THE CRUSHER PLAYLIST. CAMPING + BEER SHARE!
Marji Camp Week Kickoff 2024
MARJI CAMP SCHEDULE Thursday, June 6 3PM-8PM – Check-In (Campsites cannot be occupied prior to 3PM.)9PM – Night Ride Friday, June 7● 7:30AM – Breakfast & Coffee – provided by 906● 7:30AM-10:30AM – Run● 9AM-12PM – Ride● 12PM-1PM – Lunch – provided trailside by 906● 1PM-4PM – Ride/Run● 6PM – Dinner/Beer – provided by 906● 7:30PM – Campfire Talks● 9PM – Night Ride/Run Saturday, June 8● 7:30AM – Breakfast & Coffee – provided by 906● 7:30AM-10:30AM – Run● 9AM-12PM – Ride● 12PM-1PM – Lunch – provided trailside by 906● 1PM-4PM – Ride/Run● 6PM – Dinner/Beer – provided by 906● 7:30PM – Campfire Talks● 9PM – Night Ride/Run Sunday, June 9● 11AM – Checkout from Rippling River CAMPING Is first come, first serve. Everyone has to fit into Pioneer Circle. Be ready to share space. Camp is about community. If you want a buncha privacy – get a room. GROUP ASSIGNMENTS You’ll find out what group you’re in when you check in. We are compiling the survey information and putting them together tomorrow. You cannot switch groups without approval from Kelsy and Todd. No exceptions. We manage a lot of moving parts during Marji Camp weekend. If you’d like to change groups, let us know after your first ride. Don’t be late getting to the trailhead for your rides. Leaders have been given the green light to leave without you. RIDE/RUN LOCATIONS Here’s the thing you need to remember: You will ride at 3-4 different trailheads and locations. Most of them WILL require you either drive or carpool with someone. Have a plan. You’ll get more information when you check in on Thursday. BREAKFAST, LUNCH, DINNER, BEER We will provide beer each night, but when it’s gone it’s gone. Maybe you should pick up a sixer of your favorite beverage and we could do a little beer share? Up to you. Breakfast is on us Friday and Saturday morning. Lunch and dinner are, too. Here’s a look at da menu. Marji Camp Breakfast Menu (Friday & Saturday) Granola w/milk (GF)Bacon Red Pepper Crustless Quiche (GF)Lemon Poppyseed Muffins (GF)Blueberry MuffinsChocolate Chunk MuffinsHam & Cheese CroissantsCheddar Herb Scones Marji Camp Lunch Menu (Friday & Saturday) Turkey Wrap – Turkey, bacon, swiss, chipotle mayo, leaf lettuce. With kettle chips and a chocolate chunk cookie. Italian Wrap – Ham, salami, provolone, garlic mayo, leaf lettuce. With kettle chips and a chocolate chunk cookie. Marji Camp Dinner Menu (Friday): Marji Camp Dinner Menu (Saturday): Fueled by WEATHER, GEAR, LIES Don’t believe the forecast. It lies! Bring clothes for warm weather, cold weather, rain, and snow. Bring lots of layers. Bring bug spray and head nets. Bring extra tires. If you still have room, pack your mom, too. She can read you a bedtime story and tell ya it’s gonna be ok before bed. Bike or running shoes Helmet Lights (for night ride/run) First Aid kit Camping gear Rain gear Layers Knee pads, elbow pads (optional) GPS Bug spray Supplemental food, hydration, and basic nutrition NIGHT RIDES There will be night rides scheduled each night. Find out more when you check in. CAMPFIRE TALKS There will be campfire talks scheduled each night. Find out more when you check in. MARQUETTE MOUNTAIN Please do not pre-ride anywhere on Marquette Mountain property. Their trails are not open to the public. You must have a season pass to ride trails on their property.
Book and Podcast recommendations for Volunteers – May
2024 VOLUNTEERS – APRIL UPDATE Summit Attendees, Volunteers, and Presenters, It was mentioned several times at the summit, but it’s worth saying again… We are here to be a resource for developing resilient youth, and we need YOU to help us do it. Therefore, helping you is as important as helping the kids because you deliver the messages to them. To that end, I wanted to share some resources. You’ll find links to two books. I highly recommend them. Junger and Haidt are two of my favorite writers. TRIBE is an incredible book that reinforces our desire and need for community. Anxious Generation is a call to action. I hope you enjoy them both. Additionally, I shared a couple of podcasts. Huberman Lab and Jocko Podcast are two of my favorites. Both of the episodes I shared with you speak to our mission. The third podcast is actually a podcast in which I was the guest, and Julie Cunningham was one of the hosts. TRIBE We have a strong instinct to belong to small groups defined by clear purpose and understanding–“tribes.” This tribal connection has been largely lost in modern society, but regaining it may be the key to our psychological survival.Decades before the American Revolution, Benjamin Franklin lamented that English settlers were constantly fleeing over to the Indians-but Indians almost never did the same. Tribal society has been exerting an almost gravitational pull on Westerners for hundreds of years, and the reason lies deep in our evolutionary past as a communal species. The most recent example of that attraction is combat veterans who come home to find themselves missing the incredibly intimate bonds of platoon life. The loss of closeness that comes at the end of deployment may explain the high rates of post-traumatic stress disorder suffered by military veterans today. Combining history, psychology, and anthropology, TRIBE explores what we can learn from tribal societies about loyalty, belonging, and the eternal human quest for meaning. It explains the irony that-for many veterans as well as civilians-war feels better than peace, adversity can turn out to be a blessing, and disasters are sometimes remembered more fondly than weddings or tropical vacations. TRIBE explains why we are stronger when we come together, and how that can be achieved even in today’s divided world. Anxious Generation THE INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From New York Times bestselling coauthor of The Coddling of the American Mind, an essential investigation into the collapse of youth mental health-and a plan for a healthier, freer childhood. After more than a decade of stability or improvement, the mental health of adolescents plunged in the early 2010s. Rates of depression, anxiety, self-harm, and suicide rose sharply, more than doubling on most measures. Why? In The Anxious Generation, social psychologist Jonathan Haidt lays out the facts about the epidemic of teen mental illness that hit many countries at the same time. He then investigates the nature of childhood, including why children need play and independent exploration to mature into competent, thriving adults. Haidt shows how the *play-based childhood” began to decline in the 1980s, and how it was finally wiped out by the arrival of the “phone-based childhood” in the early 2010s. He presents more than a dozen mechanisms by which this “great rewiring of childhood” has interfered with children’s social and neurological development, covering everything from sleep deprivation to attention fragmentation, addiction, loneliness, social contagion, social comparison, and perfectionism. He explains why social media damages girls more than boys and why boys have been withdrawing from the real world into the virtual world, with disastrous consequences for themselves, their families, and their societies. Most important, Haidt issues a clear call to action. He diagnoses the “collective action problems” that trap us, and then proposes four simple rules that might set us free. He describes steps that parents, teachers, schools, tech companies, and governments can take to end the epidemic of mental illness and restore a more humane childhood. Haidt has spent his career speaking truth backed by data in the most difficult landscapes-communities polarized by politics and religion, campuses battling culture wars, and now the public health emergency faced by Gen Z. We cannot afford to ignore his findings about protecting our children-and ourselvesfrom the psychological damage of a phone-based life. https://youtu.be/etEJrznE-c0?feature=shared HUBERMAN LAB Andrew Huberman, Ph.D., is a neuroscientist and tenured professor in the department of neurobiology, and by courtesy, psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Stanford School of Medicine. He has made numerous significant contributions to the fields of brain development, brain function and neural plasticity, which is the ability of our nervous system to rewire and learn new behaviors, skills and cognitive functioning. https://youtu.be/fQPj5Xww5UY?feature=shared JOCKO PODCAST JOCKO WILLINK is a decorated retired Navy SEAL officer, author of the book Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win, and co-founder of Echelon Front, where he is a leadership instructor, speaker, and executive coach. Jocko spent 20 years in the U.S. Navy SEAL Teams, starting as an enlisted SEAL and rising through the ranks to become a SEAL officer. As commander of SEAL Team Three’s Task Unit Bruiser during the battle of Ramadi, he orchestrated SEAL operations that helped the “Ready First” Brigade of the US Army’s First Armored Division bring stability to the violent, war-torn city.Task Unit Bruiser became the most highly decorated Special Operations Unit of the Iraq War. Jocko returned from Iraq to serve as Officer-in-Charge of training for all West Coast SEAL Teams. There, he spearheaded the development of leadership training and personally instructed and mentored the next generation of SEAL leaders who have continued to perform with great success on the battlefield. TEACH WONDER We know that powerful things are happening in education and that those powerful things often go unnoticed or are siloed (within a community). We’ve built a space to share those powerful things, where we aren’t constrained by distance and scheduling. We’ll combine our 35 years of K – 12 teaching experience with the unique perspectives of our guests
Adventure Leadership Summit 2024
ADVENTURE LEADERSHIP SUMMIT Off The Bike Training Barrel + Beam 260 Northwoods Road Marquette, MI 49855 On The Bike Training Lakeshore Basecamp 955 North Lakeshore Blvd Marquette, MI 49855 LEADERSHIP SUMMIT CHECK-IN: OPENS SATURDAY 7:30 AM Get checked-in and enjoy breakfast from 231 West. Network with Adventure Leaders from around the Midwest. We start Saturday together, but after lunch we’ll go separate ways. Some will stay at Barrell + Beam while others will go to Basecamp. We’ll share the schedule with you a week before the event. Contact: todd@906adventureteam.com if you have questions before leadership weekend. YOU’LL GET LEADERSHIP TRAINING ON AND OFF THE BIKE* Your training will be done inside and out. What does that mean? Pack your bike and gear. Be ready for anything. It’s da U.P.! Seriously, though, show up prepared for anything. It’s a good time, and might get a little “enhanced”. Helmets are required, in case you are wondering. One more thing, if the weather permits, we’ll ride trails, but if it’s wet we won’t. We have a lot of options to choose from. * Basecamp volunteers can opt-out of on-the-bike training, but anyone planning to coach on the bike has to go through it. *We’re working on an outdoor option for running coaches too. We will let everyone know one week before the summit what day they’ll be outside on the bike. Breakfast is provided Saturday & Sunday.Lunch is provided Saturday. Training should be done by 1pm Sunday. Download the Agenda Volunteer Panel Q&A & Social at Barrell + Beam Saturday night Don’t miss this chance to ask questions and hang out with experienced leaders from across the Adventure Team communities from 6:30 – 8:00pm Saturday night. BEFORE YOU HEAD HOME YOU WILL COMPLETE ALL OF YOUR QUIZZES We have scheduled time at the end of each day for you to complete your quizzes. It’s important to get this done before you head home for the weekend. Make sure you can do it on a laptop or your mobile device while you’re with us. AREA LEADS: DON’T FORGET TO GO HOME WITH YOUR GEAR This is a reminder for our Area Leads that most (if not all) of you will have something you need to take home with you. New communities will have a lot, including bikes! Make sure you know how you’re gonna get everything back home. If you’re not sure how much stuff we have for ya get ahold of Marc at Lakeshore Basecamp. He can send ya a copy of your order. CANCELLATION NOTICE If for some reason you are unable to make it, please let us know as far in advance as possible. We have a waitlist of people who tried to get in. Contact: Todd Poquette
Volunteers 2024 April Update
2024 VOLUNTEERS – APRIL UPDATE Important Dates 4.21.2024 LMS Online Training must be completed 4.27.2024 Adventure Leadership Summit (Training for all volunteers must be completed) 5.03.2024 Early Adventure Team Registration (Volunteers Only) 5.04.2024 Adventure Team Registration (Public) APRIL 2024: ADVENTURE TEAM VOLUNTEER DISPATCH Believe it or not it’s April and Adventure Team Youth Registration is less than one month away! With that being said, it’s time to check in and share some important volunteer information. By now you should have been sent an invitation to Sterling, passed your background check and been invited to the online training. If you have not completed both of those steps, or if you have only completed one of them, reach out to julie@906adventureteam.com right away so we can get ya on-track. Up to this point in your volunteer adventure all you need to have done is your background check and training (unless you’re attending in-person training later this month). IF YOU’RE HAVING A HARD TIME GETTING THE BACKGROUND CHECK DONE… Contact julie@906adventureteam.com IF YOU’RE PLANNING TO COMPLETE YOUR TRAINING ONLINE… You need to complete it by April 21st, 2024. IF YOU’RE PLANNING TO COMPLETE YOUR TRAINING IN-PERSON… You will complete it all while you’re here, including the quizzes. IF YOU’RE SIGNED UP TO ATTEND THE ADVENTURE LEADERSHIP SUMMIT… You’ll get an email with all of the details from us in the middle of next week. Until then, go ahead and download the schedule. 5.03.2024 IS EARLY REGISTRATION DAY FOR VOLUNTEERS You’ll get a chance to register your children a day ahead of the public opening, but only if you’ve passed the background check and completed your training. So, get er’ done! Early registration will be open from 8:00 am until 9:06 pm 5.03.2024. 5.04.2024 IS YOUTH REGISTRATION DAY FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC Registration will open at NOON EASTERN TIME. Yes, EASTERN TIME. Registration is not live yet. When it is we’ll send ya the link. Until then, you could visit www.bikereg.com and create an account, and learn how to use the program before registration.