They Called Me a Coward, Then the Mountain Came Down
The sales department organized a team-building trip and turned it into a killer-instinct trail race, with a $30,000 prize for the winner.
I volunteer with a search and rescue team, and I stayed up all night mapping the safest route with supply points along the way.
The new VP they had parachuted in tore up my map right before we set out.
"What's the fun in a paved trail? We take the undeveloped Wildman Gorge. That's how you show real killer instinct!
"To keep anyone from cheating with GPS, everyone hands over their communication devices."
I pointed at the thunderheads on the horizon and tried to stop him. Wildman Gorge floods easily, and going in without radios was suicide.
Instead, he smash