Items of Want 003

The Strong Brand Zippo

I don’t smoke but I would love to carry this every day and see what kind of patina develops. Looks to be the perfect item to hand down to the kid someday. *May not be available for purchase anymore.

[Acquired] Matte Metal Chicago Comb Model No. 1

Ever since I started working on my beard (not really working, just letting it go), I’ve loved running a comb through it. This comb would have a permanent position in my back pocket when not in use.

The Field Notes “Everyday Carry” Memo Book Cover

I see this being perfect for travel but I’m sure it would be handy for general daily use as well. Sometimes I want my Field Notes to stay a little more clean and protected and this fits the bill.

[Acquired] Danner Bull Run Work Boots

I’ve never had a pair of Danner boots, let alone tried them on but I keep hearing great things about them. I’d love to lace these up and put ‘em through their paces for years.

The Standard Memorandum Notebook

I decided to add this to the list because it was released just after publishing and I think it’s a great idea. I currently write down what I do on a daily basis online but having a dedicated paper book has such a different feel.

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Items of Want 002

MWC Submariner Dive Watch

There’s really not much to like about it. Automatic movement and classic diver styling at a fairly affordable price.

Orvis Wool Blend Beer Cozy

Even though I’ve never spent an early morning standing in a stream trying to catch dinner, I can see this koozie/cozy fitting in nicely around the camp fire. *May not be available for purchase anymore.

Poler Stuff Outpost Jacket

I’ve heard good things about Poler Stuff and really like the color and design of this jacket. This may be the first piece of gear I order from them. *May not be available for purchase anymore.

Best Made Co Sebenza

Stainless steel blade, titanium handle, clean design, and Made in USA. Idaho to be exact. This is one limited edition knife that I wouldn’t mind carrying and using every day.

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Dispatch 103

• Oil Landscapes Transformed into Mosaics of Color by Erin Hanson » Colossal
• 20 Things to Know Before You're 30 » Relevant Magazine
• The Pursuit of Happiness » Outside Magazine
• "Matchbook riff: Have a big goal. Point your compass in the right direction. Know that calm seas never made a good sailor. And when you get past the point of no return, and wash up on the right shoreline, burn the goddamn ship." » Bill Roden
• "Giving away your knowledge doesn't devalue your work. If your greatest skill is software know-how, you've got bigger problems at hand." » Justin Mezzell

Dispatch 102

• Introducing Huckberry On The Road [with my buddy Jon] » Huckberry
• 22 Lessons of Robin Williams Movies » Esquire
• A Budget Overlander, Forester Part I » Expedition Portal
• Thirty Things I’ve Learned » Nick Crocker
• Manvotional: The Majesty of Calmness » Art of Manliness

Dispatch 101

• Railway Riders » Huckberry
• 60 Tips for a Stunningly Great Life » Robin Sharma
• The Noise and The Quiet » Mike Vardy
• Loss, Grief, and Manliness: What Every Man Should Know about Losing a Loved One » Art of Manliness
• The Moscow Rules: Cold War Directives for Tradecraft and Espionage » Imminent Threat Solutions

Dispatch 100

• The space station cabin of Karen Nyberg » Tupperwolf
• How to Jailbreak Your Life So You Can Live the Way You WANT » Peter Shankman
• How to Buy an Old Sports Car » Primer Magazine
• What to Do When You Feel Overwhelmed » Chris Guillebeau
• "Sometimes people around you won’t understand your journey. They don’t need to, it’s not for them."

Dispatch 099

• Want vs Need » Toxel.com
• How To Have A Crappy Day And Not Piss Off The Rest Of The World » Peter Shankman
• 30 Lessons I Learned in 30 Years » Lewis Howes
• Forget passion, focus on process » Signal vs. Noise
• The Long Game: Part One // Part Two » Delve

Dispatch 098

• New York City photographed with the Game Boy Camera in 2000 » Ironic Sans
• Bang for Your Buck » The Morning News
• Measure Twice, Cut Once: Applying the Ethos of the Craftsman to Our Everyday Lives » Art of Manliness
• The Rules of My Expeditions » Alastair Humphreys
• How to quickly and easily feel more confident: Doubt your doubts » Eric Barker

Dispatch 097

• Choosing Your Own Adventure With Best Made. » A Continuous Lean
• How a password changed my life. » Mauricio Estrella
• How to Go Out at the Top » James Altucher
• Love and Life and Lemonade Stands » GORUCK
• How to Stop Life from Passing You By » iDoneThis

Dispatch 096

• The Hobbit Hole » Moonlight Chronicles
• Simplicity is Beauty. » A Continuous Lean
• Nietzsche on Solitude » Brain Pickings
• 11 Awesome Things You Can See At The Explorers Club » Mental Floss
• "Never be afraid to try something new. Remember, amateurs built the ark. Professionals built the Titanic."

Dispatch 095

• So Now What by The Shins » YouTube
• Charles Lindbergh: The Lone Eagle » Huckberry
• Living in the Moment » Path Blog
• The Rules of Jason Bourne » Twist’s Tales
• The Lost Art Of Dreaming Over Maps » semi-rad

Dispatch 094

• How A $500 Craigslist Car Beat $400K Rally Racers » Jalopnik
• 2014 iPhone Photography Awards » IPPAWARDS
• Pizza Party: Delivery From Every Pizzeria in NY » $tandard ©reative
• Let’s Stop the Glorification of Busy » Guy Kawasaki
• This is the cockpit of the supersonic car that will reach 1000MPH » Sploid

Dispatch 093

• Here’s How All 50 State Flags Would Look As App Icons » Gizmodo
• The tyranny of lowest price » Seth Godin
• 25 Skills Every Dad Should Teach His Kids » Popular Mechanics
• Step Away from the Computer » Seth W.
• “Live in each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influences of each.” - Henry David Thoreau

Dispatch 092

• The African Porsche Expedition » Ben Coombs
• A Hobbit’s Guide to Walking » Nerd Fitness
• Early Wake, Daily Write – How to Make a Name for Yourself » Sean Wes
• 36 Things Every Father Should Do With His Son » Cool Material
• What It’s Like to Climb the Mountains of Antarctica » The Atlantic

Dispatch 091

• Behind the Scenes: Newfangled Pinup Tutorial » Phlearn
• 100 People Doing Extraordinary Things [2012 Edition] » Niall Doherty
• 50 Best Books for Boys and Young Men » Art of Manliness
• To See A Park » Best Made Projects
• 10 of the Most Counterintuitive Pieces of Advice From Famous Entrepreneurs » Entrepreneur

Dispatch 090

• Vintage Travel Posters » Free Vintage Posters
• Succeed at Anything » Paul Jarvis
• 5 Things We’ll Wish We’d Done Differently » Pete Wilson
• Doing Nothing is OK » C.C. Chapman
• What Are You Going to Do NEXT Year? » Time Management Ninja

Dispatch 089

• My Mom’s Motorcycle » Douglas Gautraud
• The Magical Power of Attention, Your Most Valuable Asset » Warrior Spirit
• You are stronger than you realise. » via Stephanie Breijo
• 10 Bits of Random Wisdom Every Man Must Know » Marcus Brotherton
• Old West Life Lessons from the Original Tough and Rugged Texas Rangers » [Me via] Imminent Threat Solutions

Dispatch 088

• Photo Essay: The Pacific Crest Trail » Halfway Anywhere
• What Good Shall I Do This Day? » Art of Manliness
• 20 Questions Worth Answering Honestly » Alastair Humphreys
• 7 Reasons Why You Will Never Do Anything Amazing With Your Life » Raymmar Tirado
• The Jeff Moar Guide to Stuff » Skunkabilly

Dispatch 087

• One Year, 47 National Parks » Scott Cochran
• The S.W.E.A.T. Pledge » Mike Rowe [purchase]
• What Story Are You Telling Yourself? » Semi-Rad
• "Is your day composed of reading 10% of 100 articles or 100% of 10 articles?" Actually Reading » Len Kendall
• “We are torn between nostalgia for the familiar and an urge for the foreign and strange. As often as not, we are homesick most for the places we have never known.” » Carson Mccullers

Dispatch 086

• Girdwood Airport, Alaska » Mo Riza
• Forecast the Weather Like Daniel Boone » Imminent Threat Solutions
• Shutting Off The Excuse Machine » The Giption
• When You Judge Others, You Aren’t Defining Them… You Define Yourself » James Altucher
• The Crossroads of Should and Must » Elle Luna

Dispatch 085

• Sailing Point of View » reddit
• Riding the Rails Across America » Adventure Journal
• Coming Back After a (War) Injury » GORUCK
• Dean and Marie’s Bluebird Bus » A Restless Transplant
• "Will you come with me to the mountains? It will hurt at first, until your feet are hardened. Reality is harsh to the feet of shadows. But will you come?" - C.S. Lewis

Dispatch 084

• GR CACHE #11, The Tombs of Georgetown, Washington, DC* » GORUCK
• Play It Away with Charlie Hoehn » Art of Manliness
• Build Brick by Brick » iDoneThis
• The “Like” Drug [video podcast] » Sean Wes
• "I did my best to enjoy it today." » Seth W.

*I really only posted this because I miss The Tombs. Great place. I’ve actually sat in that exact spot and had the same meal. Delicious. 

Dispatch 083

• DIY Self-Sustainable Micro Cabin » Apartment Therapy
• 29 Life-Changing Quesadillas You Need To Know About » BuzzFeed
• How To Make Your Life Better By Sending Five Simple Emails » Barking Up The Wrong Tree
• Unexpected Momentum - Roadtrip in Connemara » Vimeo [Jeremy Janin]
• “The best people possess a feeling for beauty, the courage to take risks, the discipline to tell the truth, the capacity for sacrifice. Ironically, their virtues make them vulnerable; they are often wounded, sometimes destroyed.” - Ernest Hemingway

Dispatch 082

• How to Find the Time for Adventure as a Cubicle Dwelling Weekend Warrior » Imminent Threat Solutions
• The Cure for Your Distraction Syndrome » Zen Habits
• Social Media, Twitter, and Facebook in the Wilderness » Outside Online
• Don’t storm into your home. Bring nourishment. » Fivestar Man
• Better is better than more » Seth Godin

Dispatch 081

• Day 19: Anything but Vegas » Hank Bought A Bus
• Look at Everything Close Up » Abby Jarvis
• The Most Honored Photograph » PetaPixel
• Ansel Adams’ B-Sides » Huckberry
• Laird’s Laws » Outside Online

Dispatch 080

• The Aleutians Part I and Part II » Melinda Webster
• Note to Self » Alastair Humphreys
• The Man’s Guide to Being A ‘Real Man’ » Semi-Rad
• You work for the customer, not your company » Geoffrey Colon
• Wild Backyard » Tyra A. Olstad via Best Made Co.

Dispatch 079

• San Diego Air & Space Archives » The Standard Edition
• Wanderlust | Let’s Get Lost » New York Times
• 30 Out-Of-This-World Carl Sagan Quotes That Will Blow Your Mind » Thought Catalog
• Rediscover America’s Wild Splendor through the National Park Service » Imminent Threat Solutions
• "The Google app is like having a drunk know it all in your pocket. We now know everything but don’t understand anything." » @peteholmes

Dispatch 078

• Flying the world’s fastest plane: Behind the stick of the SR-71 » SB Nation
• The 30 second habit with a lifelong impact » Robyn Scott
• Overnight Adventure on Mount Washington » Eastern Mountain Sports
• 101 Reasons You Should Live In Texas At Least Once In Your Life » BuzzFeed
• Remind yourself that you don’t have to do what everyone else is doing. » Dale Partridge

Dispatch 077

• Bonneville Speed Week » Storehouse via A Continuous Lean
• My Month Without a Smartphone » Leo Babauta
• Five Ways To Cultivate Extraordinary » Five Star Man
• Going through my favorite photos… » skunkabilly
• 1. CMD+A, 2. Archive, 3. BBQ » joestump [@]

Dispatch 076

• Mars Desert Research Station » Stray Light Effect
• Remembering Abercrombie & Fitch for What It Was » A Continuous Lean
• Depth in the Field: From the Mountains to the Ocean with Photographer Bryan Bowie » Filson Life
• Experience 200+ Miles Of Backpacking Through Yosemite National Park » Project Yosemite
• Life On Foot: A Walk Across America » Nate Damm

Dispatch 075

• Nice day for a boat ride » Abstract Conformity
• Fearless Living for the Family – Strike it From Your Heart! » Work.Life.Dad
• The Huckberry Explorer’s Grants » Huckberry
• The Gear Patrol Guide to Life » Gear Patrol
• 10 Ways To Share Your Creativity and Get Discovered » Austin Kleon

Dispatch 074

• Inside ‘Gods Own Junkyard,’ One Of The Largest Neon Collections In The World » Huffington Post
• 825 Free Online Courses from Top Universities » Open Culture
• Mission Control Desk » Make
• Inside The Army’s Spectacular Hidden Treasure Room » BuzzFeed
• Manvotional: Jack London on Life That Lives » Art of Manliness

Dispatch 073

• Old Souls // Cold Spring, NY » Kate Daigneault
• 180 South and the quest for adventure » Vagabonding
• How Wolves Change Rivers » YouTube
• Strategy: The Art of Creating Power » Imminent Threat Solutions
• Reflecting » The Pastry Box Project

Dispatch 072

• Once More into the Mist » The Scott Expedition
• Carrying on a Motorcycle » Carryology
• Life is a game. This is your strategy guide. » Oliver Emberton
• Treat Yourself Like a Role Model » iDoneThis
• Fixed vs. Growth: The Two Basic Mindsets That Shape Our Lives » Brain Pickings

Dispatch 071

• Foster’s Toyota Tacoma with a Four Wheel Camper UTE » A Restless Transplant
• Possibles Pouch : The inside story » Kifaru
• 30 Things To Do Before You Die » Mind Body Green
• How Writing 1000 Words a Day Changed My Life » Srinivas Rao
• 17 Reasons to Walk More This Year » Mark’s Daily Apple

Dispatch 070

• Paul Mantz and the Last Flight of the Phoenix » Airport Journals
• Screw It, Just Do It: The Curiously Inspiring Wisdom Of Richard Branson » Fast Company
• 33 Amazing Ideas That Will Make Your House Awesome » Bored Panda
• 90’s nostalgia in gifs » Giphy
• "I believe that every human mind feels pleasure in doing good to another." -Thomas Jefferson

Dispatch 069

• Inspiration From Pinterest For Offices That Stir Creativity » Fast Company
• 10 Benefits of Rising Early, and How to Do It » Zen Habits
• 7 Things “Star Wars” Taught Me About Productivity » 99u
• The Happiness Trick » James Buckhouse
• Build the Steak, not the Sizzle » Gary Vaynerchuk

Dispatch 068

• Boeing 787 + GEnx » Adam Senatori
• Do your actions discount your leadership? » Marcus Brotherton
• Productivity Hacks: Why 4 a.m. Is the Best Time to Work » Sallie Krawcheck
• 10 Wilderness Survival Lessons From Hatchet » Imminent Threat Solutions
• Solitaire » Patrick Smith

Dispatch 067

• Crew member taking a movie of ice berg from the ship, Greenland, 1939 » Flickr via New Old Stock
• The Unwritten Rules of Management » Farnam Street Blog
• Not Busy,  Just Intentional » Shawn Blanc
• Here’s what one day of every single click on a computer looks like » Sploid
• How to Make Perfect Photos » CJ Chilvers

Dispatch 066

• Unverifiable Truth #18 – The Best Way to See The World is on Two Wheels » Neil Callanan
• GORUCK Selection AAR » James Vreeland
• The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty » zacharyc
• Other Wordly » Huckberry
• Screw what’s next. What’s NOW? » Marcella Chamorro

Dispatch 065

• 45 Manly Hobbies » Art of Manliness
• The Complete Guide to Not Giving a Fuck » Julien Smith
• Why You Should Seek Quiet Every Day » Herbert Lui
• Outside of Auto » Canon
• We insulate ourselves from risk of failure by holding ideas in our mind—it’s safe there & can’t fail. The problem is it also can’t succeed. » Sean McCabe

Dispatch 064

• The History of Fallen Astronaut: Man’s First Sculpture on the Moon » Tested
• Fish » Robin Sloan
• 25 Ways to Make a Difference in the World Every Day » Tiny Buddha
• Resupply » The Scott Expedition
• 37signals Manifesto circa 1999 » 37signals

Dispatch 063

• A Visual Guide to Sailor Tattoos » The Scuttlefish
• 12 Easy Ways to Make Life Simple Again » Marc and Angel Hack Life
• A Life Worth Living » Thought Catalog
• Random Notes and Recent Thoughts #2 » Patrick Rhone
• Become a Hustler » Chris Vadnais

Dispatch 062

• Adam Grason: Helping campers everywhere. » Mama’s Sauce
• Fleeing Mediocrity : What does a man need, really need? » Sterling Hayden
• 12 Most Insightful Quotes from Mr. Rogers » 12 Most
• 51 Simple Life Tips » All Swagga
• "One day’s exposure to mountains is better than a cartload of books." » John Muir via Skunkabilly

Dispatch 061

• East of PDX » Edwin Himself
• How to Make Your Day Awesome » Harry Guinness
• The George Bailey Technique: Mentally Erase Your Blessings for Greater Joy and Optimism » Art of Manliness
• Why Field Notes are the perfect gift » Cardinal Spirits
• You have now. What are you going to do with it. » youhavenow.com