Pax: Oahu, Gunner, Dome, Fulsom, BlackJack, Hipster, Wiley E., Joe Buck, Hat Trick, Polaroid, Frosty, Touche, Doll Face, Rooster, Ranch, Beeps, Merit Badge, Bloodshot, Bovine, Spreadsheet, Demagorgon, 2-Step, Wentworth, Rice-a-Roni, Stitches, Smash Mouth, Saferide, BetaMax
QIC: Side Dish
Warm-a-rama:
Pax moseyed from the shovel flags to the back of the monument and into the middle for warm-a-rama for the following exercises:
Side Straddle Hops
Tappy Taps
Sun Gods
Pax Moseyed down to the landing below the flags for the Pre-thang, a 10-5 set of motivators led by Polaroid
Thang:
Pax counted off by 6 into groups with each set of 1-6 as a group. 1 group would chain run up the stairs around the monument and back while the others cycled through exercises listed below.
Core Circuit, 30 seconds on, 10 seconds off AMRAP until Omaha
Freddie Mercurys, Toe Taps, Heels to Heaven, LBCs, WWII Situps, Gas Pumpers, Peter Parker Merkins, Peter Parker Crunches, Banana Boats, Heel Touches, Side Plank
Post Thing:
Pax lined up in a row on the bottom block of the landing for 5 rounds of waterfall(cannot go up/down until PAX next to you moves) derkins and dips
Mary:
70 American Hammers to honor Hipster’s 70th birthday
Announcements/Prayer Requests:
Shovel passes upcoming, check schedule and slack
Canyon replanting 7/30 at Gene Leahy Mall
COT:
I recently watched a documentary on climbing and in it they quoted a French climber named Lionel Terray who said we were all ‘Conquistadors of the useless.’ This man fought in WWII, saved lives, and was the first person ever on the peak of several mountains all over the globe. He still found time to admit that there were things worth conquering that were useless. Useless, but not pointless. Excelling and conquering the challenges we face or even the seemingly trivial things in our lives may sometimes feel useless, but never pointless. The first time I heard the phrase ‘Conquistadors of the useless’ was on a song and it’s stuck with me ever since. The verse in the song is about doing hard things for yourself and in pushing through challenges you learn more about yourself and grow beyond what you were.