Courtney and I were hiking to some secret lava tide pools in Kauai when the batteries in our camera died. We were kinda bummed because we wanted to take some photos. There was one other couple around way out there in the middle of nowhere, so I decided to ask them if we could put our memory card in their camera to snap a few photos. They allowed us to use their camera and we got to talking about the 5 finger shoes I had on and how he had just gotten some for his training. I told him that we have a lot of people that use them where I train. He asked “Well, what do you guys do?”. I told him we mix Olympic style weight lifting, gymnastics and… He stopped me and asked “Do you guys do CrossFit?”.

So that is how we met Bob and D’Arcy out at the lava pools in Kauai. We continued to talk about how the olympic lifts have helped strengthen his back, training in a garage, and the finer points of the kipping pullup on a great sunny day right by the ocean. We gave them a card and told them to stop by CrossFit Oahu if they ever got a chance.

They had a layover in Honolulu on their way to Colorado. Instead of just waiting at the airport for a few hours, they took it upon themselves to call a friend, get our address (someone stole their bag in Kauai that had our card in it), and take a taxi down to come to CFO in person. This was the first affiliate that they had ever been to.
I must say that it is a pleasure to be part of such an interesting and supportive community. Have you ever met another CFer randomly in an unexpected place or have you been to another affiliate and felt like you fit in well. Post your thoughts to the comments here.

-Bryant