Signs that you were destined to live your life in the outdoors

1) When you were a toddler and your Mom said it was time to go inside, you wailed so loud dogs and cats hid from your voice.

2) That you weren't running away from home, you were just going for a long hike.

3) When you were a kid on a tour of Alcatrez, visions of your school flashed in your head.

4) When you served in the Navy, you thought it was a great idea to go for a run at 2am on a greasy steel flight deck that was pitching 10-30 degreess from side to side.

5) When your buddies invited you to go on a pub crawl and you tell them that you have to hit the sack early to get a good start on a hiking/biking/fishing trip to the mountains.

6) That all of your work clothes are made by The North Face.

7) That your favorite artist is Ansel Adams, followed closely by Jimmy Chin. and that you even know who these people are.

8) That your apartment and later your house contains the following toys, kayak, hiking/camping gear, mountain bike, road bike, fishing gear, climbing gear,surfboard and trail/road running shoes. Also known as having your own personal sports basement.

9) That when you walk by a building, you think, "hey, that might be fun to climb."

10) That you believe that skateboarders are kindred spirits and highly talented and dedicated athletes and not obnoxious punks destroying perfectly good concrete.

11) That your favorite tv channels are Universal Sports, Versus, Discovery and National Geographic.

12) That you believe that Jacque Cousteau is the world's greatest Frenchman and one of the world's greatest explorers and should be ordained to be the patron saint of the ocean.

13) That if you had a choice, the new national anthem would be written and sung by Jack Johnson.

14) That you think women with skinned knees and hands from climbing or mountain biking are a lot sexier than some bimbette in LA.

15) That you think that men wearing suits, except on formal occasions like weddings and funerals are woosies.

16) That men should never wear purses or use briefcases. Backpacks only please.

17) That you have a 6 foot high stack of old Outside Magazines in your home.

18) That you have only read GQ magazine when visiting the doctor and even that, you were only reading it for laughs.

19) That you hate all Tom Cruise movies except the beginning of Mission Impossible 2 when he is doing some climbing.

20) That you try not to laugh when some overfed frat boy with cheeto and beer stains on his "No Fear" tee shirt tells you about how much he loves sports.  

Okay, that's enough from me feel free to add more!