Ryan and Debi

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  • Mark: blowing on/up noses

    I don’t know where this tradition started, but people were always afraid Mark was going to blow on their noses.  From at least high school on, this was kind of Mark’s signature thing.  I did it for a while, too, after Mark graduated, but it took Mark’s craziness to really pull it off and not…

  • Mark: Isuzu jumping

    Mark and I shared a truck while we were in high school.  It was a little Isuzu pickup.  Here’s a picture: Mark and John Carter were the ones who first started jumping the Isuzu as the jump site was close to John Carter’s house.  Mark later showed me the location.  If I remember correctly, it’s…

  • Mark: kicking me out of the tent

    This is a story I regularly tell people when I want to get a little sympathy for having a crazy upbringing.  My Dad was long in charge of scouting when I was growing up.  For some reason I always made the cut as to which of the kids got to go with my dad when…

  • Mark: fire drills

    Mark would occasionally let me drive the car home from school when we were both attending Morgan High together.  And that usually meant we had a car full of people (typically no one in the trunk, but at least five or six of us in the car).  One of the things we almost always did…

  • Mark: visiting Park City

    I don’t recall why we were going to Park City, but I know that’s where we went.  It may have been for a game or just to meet up with some people Mark know, but what I do recall is that Mark borrowed my Dad’s Honda and then proceeded to fill it beyond full.  I’m…

  • CA-Mount Whitney

    Summit Date 8/16/2011 – around 8:20 am Party Tom Triplett and Ryan Cragun Trip Report Due to a rather last minute work issue, Mark was unable to hike Mount Whitney with Tom and I.  With his blessing, Tom and I decided to still hike Mount Whitney. We had decided on Mount Whitney as we had…

  • Mark: dodging trains

    This is another one of the activities that we did regularly, so I don’t have any real stories, per se, but I can describe what we would do.  I also don’t recall who all did this with us, but I’m pretty sure Mark Woolley, Tom Triplett, Murray Triplett, Mark, John Carter, and Todd Haws all…

  • Mark: running from cops

    Unlike my brother Danny, who tried to get away from the police in Morgan in a car, Mark and I did it on foot.  And we succeeded, whereas Danny failed (yes, we are so competitive we even compete in how deviant we can be!). Mark, Mitch Johnson, and I went down to the same overpass…

  • last of the gratuitous photos… for now

    Here are a few more good shots from the Jacksonville photoshoot:  

  • When the Bumbo is too small…

    …to sit in anymore, don’t worry.  Just turn it upside down and put it on your head. BUMBO HELMET!!!