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Adrian doesn’t do well with rules, lumping or sorting. During his youth in Southern Wisconsin, he bounced between the sports fields, the classroom and the family farm. When his parent’s moved into the country, they acquired a 95 4Runner to combat constant damage on the family minivan. At the age of 16, Adrian started driving the 4Runner to school and around town.    

It was not until college that Adrian got urge to monkey with his truck. While receiving a Big Ten education, he started trying to make the truck better for exploring the logging roads and fields of Central and Northern Wisconsin. With degrees in Philosophy and Biology, Adrian was not on track to get a real job, so he moved to Colorado and took the monkeying to a new level.    

Mastering trails across the southwest had hammered the poor 4Runner. Thankfully, working for two of the premiere Toyota Off Road shops left him no choice. After two years in Colorado, the only parts that remain from the original 95 are the body, frame and front brake calipers. Sadly, Adrian has returned to the classroom, so trail time is tight.

Now Adrian spends his time reading, competing in logging sports and trying to tie up all the loose ends related to replacing everything below the frame. The notion of spare time is foreign as a Master’s thesis integrating hunting, animal rights and conservation consumes time not spent chasing young women.