A Quick Heads Up From Sherpa and Ronto

Alright, let’s just say the quiet part out loud.

We’re taking a year off from running official Type3Life trips.

Not because we don’t love leading these trips… We do! These experiences have been unreal. Some of the best, hardest, most meaningful experiences of our lives. But because last year was our biggest year ever, three full-on Type3Life trips in one calendar year. Amazing on paper, heavy in real life.

Turns out building transformative experiences for other men while ignoring your own bandwidth is a great way to end up cooked.

This isn’t a shutdown. It’s a pause. A breath. A deliberate timeout so we can come back sharper, healthier, and more excited about what we’re building.

Why We’re Hitting Pause

Last year left very little space for us to be humans with families, relationships, and personal adventures. So this year, we’re taking care of some real life stuff that deserves attention.

Sherpa’s year looks like this:

• Selling his beautiful house and moving to a new community.

• Remodeling projects and possibly expanding his new man cave.

• Watching his only daughter graduate high school, which feels impossible to think how fast time with your kids flys by.

• A few weeks of family adventure in Africa to celebrate the milestone above and reconnect with his wife, Lainie.

• Sherpa started a brand new job this winter after 18 years at Ball Aerospace and that means new rhythms, new expectations, and changes to PTO flexibility (for a bit anyway).

That’s a lot of life in one year.

Ronto’s year looks like this:

• An invite back to the Grand Ditch, which for me is not just a trip, it’s church.

• The Canyon is where I find peace, perspective, and the version of myself that originally dreamed up Type3Life back in 2021, deep in the dirt with Sherpa and Crash (the long lost co-founder) as we crawled out of the COVID fog.

• Man trips have taken most of my time off the last few years, which my wife has generously supported.

• I’m also in the middle of a house project like Sean. We’re building in 2026 and that’s going to take a lot of my attention.

• An anniversary trip with my supportive partner to Norway for a multi-day mountain bike adventure because marriages deserve adventures too.

None of this is dramatic. It’s just honest. Life is busy and there’s things we need to focus on in 2026 that are a change from the past four years as we got Type3Life on its feet. 

It feels hard to slow down as we are gaining momentum, but that momentum was not ultimately sustainable, so we’re making the choice to slow down this year. 

This Is Intentional Work

Taking a timeout gets a bad rap. We’re taught to grind harder, push through, and ignore the signals.

But the truth is, timeouts are where growth actually happens.

They give you space to:

• Take stock of what’s working and what isn’t.

• Revisit why you started in the first place.

• Notice the habits and routines that no longer serve you.

• Get off a plateau before it turns into resentment.

This isn’t giving up. It’s refocusing.

Our goal is to come back energized, aligned, and genuinely excited to serve this community again, not just going through the motions because the calendar says it’s time.

Chapter Two of Type3Life

We’re also using this year to explore new ways to bring men into the Type3Life mindset.

Week long adventure trips will always be core to who we are. They’re not going anywhere.

But we know not everyone has the time, money, or life flexibility to disappear for a week into the mountains, or to the ocean, or down into a canyon. Most of us have jobs, kids, mortgages, aging parents, and calendars that fill up faster than we’d like.

So we’re asking bigger questions:

• How else can we build real community?

• What experiences can be more accessible without losing depth?

• How do we help guys bring the Type3Life ethos home instead of waiting for the next big trip?

We already have a few ideas brewing. And if you’ve found ways to do this with your own group of guys, we want to hear about it. Seriously. Shoot us a note. We want this next chapter to be built with the community, not just for it. 

Your 2026 Challenge

Just because we’re not hosting trips doesn’t mean the mission stops. This year, we challenge you to rally your own crew. 

Take 3 to 5 days and go.

• Backpack somewhere uncomfortable.

• Hit the surf in Mexico for a long weekend.

• Buy a mountain bike and start Thursday night beer rides.

• Get away, move your body, talk about hard stuff, complain about work, laugh about kids, and go a level deeper than usual.

• Need ideas, post in the WhatsApp group, we’ll be happy to give you kick ass ways to spend your time and money.

Remember how it felt on your last Type3Life trip when someone really listened to you. When you felt seen. When a laugh turned into a tear and no one rushed past it.

Do more of that.

Hug a buddy more than once this year. High five like an idiot. Have some actual fun.

And… We’re Still Here

Even without trips in 2026, we’re not disappearing.

We’ll still be active on WhatsApp every week, sharing gratitude, stories, and the kind of thoughts that usually hit when you’re staring at a fire or lying in a tent.

If you haven’t logged in for a while, heads up that WhatsApp drops you after 180 days. Log back in and rejoin the group so you don’t miss the conversations. If you aren’t in the group and want to join, reply to this email and let us know. We’ll send you an invite. 

Thanks for listening. Thanks for trusting us. Thanks for being part of this weird, meaningful thing.

Turn your 2026 into an amazing year, we’ll be cheering you on every step of the way!

And remember, we’re here. We’re just rebooting.

Sean and Paul – Type3Life