Category: Year To Live Project

Year To Live Project: Boulder Outdoor Survival School – IMPACT

Note: Time frames, locations, and certain specifics have been left vague out of respect for the curriculum of Boulder Outdoor Survival School, as a big part of the value of this course is in the not knowing…as you’re about to find out. It feels like someone is alternating a blow torch and ice cubes on […]

Year To Live Project: The Darkness Finale – Death & Reemergence

Dark Space Video HERE, Part 1 HERE, Part 2 HERE, Part 3 HERE, Part 4 HERE. Part 5 HERE Welcome to the final chapter of my dark experience. We’re jumping back in on Day 13, not even halfway through the 28 full days, but it’s time to wrap things up. The five days leading up […]

Year To Live Project: The Darkness Part 5 – The Judge

Dark Space Video HERE, Part 1 HERE, Part 2 HERE, Part 3 HERE, Part 4 HERE Still not halfway through my 28-day dark experience, The Pain Guru continually kicked my ass. Days 8-13 were spent primarily lying on the floor, with breaks coming in the form of forcing myself to eat. Meditation was now only […]

Year To Live Project: The Darkness Part 4 – Dark Love

Part 1 HERE, Part 2 HERE, Part 3 HERE. Perpetual darkness is insidious. It’s like Chinese water torture, breaking you down one drop at a time. In the darkness, I often felt like I was underwater but with the ability to breathe. Underwater, knowing I was surrounded by an inescapable substance, the substance omnipresent. As […]