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My Aerobatics Ride in a Gamebird GB1 Airplane
I live in Northwest Arkansas. In this area there are a lot of really cool companies. One of those very cool companies is the Game Aerospace company. They make really cool aerobatics airplanes. It also happens to be that in this area, for whatever reason, there are a ton of pilots. It seems like one…
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The First Time I Rode a Roller Coaster
“When was the last time you did something for the first time?” This quote is widely used by sports events to motivate people out of stagnancy and routine, and into adventure and excitement. At age 17 I was the epitome of unchanging habits and beliefs. I didn’t realize it at the time, but it was…
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Swimming in the Freezing Icelandic Sea
For most of my young life I had a poor relationship with water. There are many reasons for this (queue the memory of my dad holding me underwater to “help me” like it more), but the main one is that I am typically a cold person. I like being warm better than I like being…
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The Coolest Thing That Ever Happened to Me
People sometimes ask me, “Raul, how did you end up living in Liechtenstein?” Well, here’s the story of how that happened. I wanted to work for BMW. BMW is a German company and I figured learning to speak German would give me a leg up. So, in college I majored in German, and I remember…
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My First REAL Adventure
How do you maximize 9 days of paid time off? Easy. You go on an adventure. There is a difference between traveling and going on an adventure. Traveling is like when you go see your parents who live in a different state, or when you travel to a wedding in a big city. You get…
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