So for the last 15 years or more I have spent all of my vacation time travelling the world doing humanitarian work, mostly disaster relief. I had a little crew of a few friends to call up and ask to join me and we would usually all go in a small group. I was higher up in an organization and usually a team lead or coordinator kind of role.
So one thing that was very well established was that I did not do roofs. Nope, not a chance. Not at 6'3" and 330lbs. The ladders and roofing projects in many foreign countries were sketchy and not a good idea for me and it was a running self deprecating fat guy joke thing I had going on whenever it came up.
My life has changed a lot over the last year or two and I have moved across the country and don't work with the same groups anymore, also less time to travel for those things. But most notably I am down to around 240lbs and ironically picked up rock climbing as a hobby, brought into it by my girlfriend who is an avid climber.
So Habitat for Humanity recently had a novel idea of recruiting volunteers from the climbing gym we go to for the roofing day of a nearby build. I was all for it and got a few of my gym friends to join as well. Felt great to send pictures back to my old group I used to work with. Me, of all people, on a roof on a volunteer project! One of my favorite NSV's to date.
Before and after. Building temporary shelters in Chile in 2010 (working on the floor of course) vs. last weeks Habitat Build (on the roof)!
Also hadn't had the opportunity to post a face gains photo recently so throwing that in here.
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