One of our favorite fighters died last week. He went out into the country and just died a la Into the Wild. The weird part is he told all his fans he wasn’t going to go die out there a la Into the Wild. Check out these quotes from his blog…
“I’ve been gathering my gear for this adventure for over a month, not a long
time by most standards, but far too long for my impatient nature. Being a
minimalist by nature, wanting to carry only the essentials, and being
extremely particular, it has been a little difficult to find just the right
equipment. I plan on going so deep into the desert, that any failure of my
equipment, could cost me my life. I’ve been doing a great deal of research
and study. I want to know all I can about where I’m going, and I want to
make sure I have the best equipment.”
and
“I’ve been sitting around this apartment, bored to tears, waiting on the last
of the gear I need for the desert adventure to come in the mail. I’ve really
been looking forward to getting out there. I’ve been writing about it a
little bit here. It seems some MMA websites have reported on the story,
posting up that I might die out in the desert, or that it might be my
greatest opponent yet, etc. Come on guys. It’s really common down in
southern California to go out to the off road recreation areas in the desert
about an hour away from LA and San Diego. So my plan is to go out to the
desert, do some camping, ride the motorcycle, and shoot some guns. Sounds
like a lot of fun to me. A lot of people do it. This isn’t a version of
“Into the Wild”. I’m not going out into the desert with a pair of shorts and
a bowie knife, to try to live off the land. I’m going fully geared up, and
I’m planning on having some fun.”
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Now, he was kind of getting up there as far as MMA fighters go but would someone kill themself after promising the world they weren’t going to kill themself?
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nature does not take well to impatience.
09.19.08 at 10:37 am
One less shit bird.
09.19.08 at 11:51 am
That’s the only blog I’ve ever actually read. I don’t why… it was totally gay, but the guy was pretty fragile sounding so… whatever. his apartment was like a dark room with a tiny TV and some couch with no cushions. Seems like he fell off right before the douchebags really got into super-fighting. So he was like, over the hill at 38, no cash, bit of a dork – plus ex-champ of a sport that’s now super huge. Total suicide case.
09.19.08 at 2:27 pm
I hope this was a suicide and not another dumbass vs. nature story. I can understand some skinny turd like Christopher Candless or Timothy Treadwell dying alone in the woods, but not this guy. Look at him.
What does this say about the rest of us when the shit finally hits the fan?
09.22.08 at 4:11 am
It was a hit.
09.22.08 at 1:11 pm