Mr. Ballen
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first heard Aug 2026
last heard 3 Aug
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I think that's true.
And I would even say like when I went out to Coronado for training and this is not, this is pretty much universal for the guys that make it.
I never had a moment where I was like, Oh boy, am I going to quit today?
I didn't.
Did I have moments of pathetic weakness of just embarrassing failure?
Of course.
Like there are moments of like horrible failure.
Like I have like totally humiliating moments in my training and,
But I never, ever, ever was like, hmm.
I might quit, better talk myself out of it.
Never came close, never.
And there are moments in buds that are so fucking miserable.
Like we would do these like log carries where you're, and it sounds so like, oh, it's just a heavy log, right?
No, no.
You're barely sleeping.
You're in the freezing ocean like all the time.
And then you would do, I think, what do we call them?
The elephant walk or something where you and your, what do they call it, your boat crew
who are similarly sized people, so long as the class is big enough to afford you that, you hold this telephone pole that's not even that heavy.
It's a heavy pole, but it's not as heavy as a true telephone pole.
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