Mark Cripe:  

Well here we are, over a quarter of a century has gone by since we left high school. I often look back at those days as a benchmark to see what accomplishments, if any, I have made. Today I shutter at that small skinny smart-ass I was in those days. I always had some stupid crude joke to tell. As I look back from the age of forty-four, I realize that life has changed drastically for me. The journey has been wonderful and has included; six years in the Marine Corps, a job as a professional wilderness instructor, a professional rock climber, backpacking across thirteen countries, being poor and homeless for eight months, living in a Tee-Pee, marring a beautiful and smart woman, fathering three wonderfully talented kids, a productive and exciting career with the Los Angeles County Sheriff¿s Department, a ton of coll...Expand for more