As a parish priest you're formed much by the people you serve and live with.

I'm amazed at how many out of area people are registering. We have people from Montana, Utah, the Bay area, southern California, the valley, it should be really fun.

This is definitely a big endurance test. Part of the reason people keep coming back is they want to see if they can make it through another trail ride.

We were trying to have a little bit of levity with the concept--helping people deal with crises that come up.

Why can't (people) open their hearts up and look at the need for blood?

We don't have hurricanes, but when a tornado is coming we tell people to go down to the basement, ... How many people take videos of the twister instead?