Outside magazine is awarding someone a $10,000 adventure grant to fund a “smart, creative, and (perhaps) slightly foolhardy project.”
Since anyone can enter the contest, it could be you. Or me.
I’m struggling to decide between a couple of ideas. One of them would make for a great story, but I’d have to break one of the contest rules in my pitch video. Normally, that would make this an easy decision. But that was before Outside recently ran a story titled Breaking the Rules: Doing Right Means Sometimes Ignoring the Law. My idea wouldn’t involve any law breaking. Just a silly rule.
What do you think? Should I play the safe route? Or break the rules?
And while we’re at it, what’s your dream adventure? Either tell me or enter the contest for yourself.
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May 14, 2012 at 2:15 PM
Bil with One L
Go the “Safe Route” but talk about what you almost did to make it more interesting… that way you still get credit for the “rule breaky” way, but you just didn’t do it. Even allude to their “rule breaky” article. It could demonstrate that you are a true fan of what they do.
However you choose to do it, good luck! have fun!
B
May 14, 2012 at 4:35 PM
Anyone Can Enter
Good call Bil. I’m thinking about going the “rule breaky” way myself and getting Carie to submit the other idea.
May 14, 2012 at 2:27 PM
Uncle Rob
What silly rule are we talking about breaking, Jon?
May 14, 2012 at 4:36 PM
Anyone Can Enter
I’ll let you know at some point. Don’t want there to be online evidence, for now.
May 17, 2012 at 2:34 PM
Mike Miller
Am I too late to weigh in on this one? I think the entry period is not the time to be bending the rules. When there are sure to be plenty of entries, judges like when they can make easy eliminations because the rules weren’t followed. Save the rule-bending for a better time.
I’ve wasted too much time try to think of my own adventure. One of the problems is that I’m getting too old to still be adventurous. However, looking back on my past, I can’t think of an adventure that was planned. All the good stuff happens when the best plans start to unravel. Think about it, Indiana Jones wouldn’t have been worthy of all those adventure movies if all there capers went as exactly as planned.