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I was born and raised in Wausau, Wisconsin. I was a mixture of a music nerd, jock and severe geek. I played football and tried to wrestle until my knees got too bad. I was in both marching band, jazz band and concert band, and played the French Horn, trumpet and jazz guitar. In my spare time I jammed in a heavy metal band, snow boarded, skate boarded, fished, camped, hiked, and worked on cars. After high school I went on to Michigan Technological University in Houghton, MI (Upper Peninsula). It was up there that I bought my first mountain bike, a Trek 4300. I still ride that bike to this day, and have only made light modifications to it. Houghton, MI was a nice place to be if you could put up with all the snow. The summers and falls were magnificent, and lead to a lot of great mnt. biking and just being outdoors in general. I graduated from MTU with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, and soon got a job with Cummins Engine Inc. as a Mechanical Technician. After 2.5 years of wrenching in a test cell, I applied for a current product support engineering job, and have been here ever since. My busy life style after college put the brakes on many outdoor hobbies that I had. I fished less, biked less, and even though I live in the country, I was out in the woods less. I recently started dating a beautiful girl from IU, that is majoring in all the things I love to do, but have been lacking in; Outdoor Recreation! Since meeting her, I've been hiking more, biking more, and just enjoying nature on a regular basis. Now, when I get out of work in the afternoon, O don't even think about it until the next morning. That lets me give my full attention to the hobbies I enjoy the most, and gets me outdoors!

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