The Odyssey 2026: Peak City Edition

Sing to me of the men, Muse, the men of many mumblechatters, who sailed cardboard across the sea of Apex… DATE: 2026-10-31 (All Hallow’s Eve) AO: #downrange COUNT: 94, from five regions FNG: Stone Age The Gathering of the Fleet The Trojan War was over, and the hard part was still ahead. Peak City hosted PAX from five regions for the annual Greater Carpex Region CSAUP, and the plan for the voyage home to Ithaca was simple: a 7. [Read More]

Hill Climb Challenge 2024

Around 150 pax from the Greater Carpex region participated in the 2024 Hill Climb Challenge. We ran, rucked, or walked a total of 5,300+ miles worth of hills, which would be enough to walk both from coast-to-coast and north-to-south across the USA. Which, come to think of it, might be the natural answer to people who are already asking, “What’s next?” The event kicked off with a bang at midnight of February 10th, when several Peak City pax completed a ruck of Umstead, and continued apace until closing with the 4th Annual Duck Donuts Dash, hosted by South Cary on February 24th. [Read More]

It’s a Jungle at Lion’s Den

7 at A-Team. 18 at DTP. 25!! at Lion’s Den. Difficult to scale, and I’m learning a lot still. 0530 Several mallwalkers and motherruckers out with the bootcampers this morning. An EC runner or two.All assembled, no FNGs, lots of familiar faces, Pledge of Allegiance, statement that we’ll keep pretty close to the flag, and we immediately have to move (too many pax for the first exercise). Warmup First was a follow-me to the coziest spot in Peak City for some Good Mornings (missed you Big Red). [Read More]