Blakes Story: Where am I? Who am I?

I can’t remember anything but I know for sure that I’m scared to death. I go to speak but feel my jaws are wired shut. I try to get up to find help, but my left arm and leg are paralyzed, so I fall to the cold tile.

Then the vertigo sets in and the whole world begins to spin. I know I’m going to be sick, but my jaws are wired shut. I’m faced with an epic choice—either rip my jaws apart so I can breathe or lay there and die. I chose the first option.

Two weeks after my 18th birthday I found myself reborn. While I was asleep at a camp-out, a drug-crazed lunatic repeatedly kicked me in the face and stomped on my head leaving me for dead. I couldn’t walk, talk, or go to the bathroom by myself. My situation re-defined the word alone.

In addition to the mental anguish that comes from amnesia, I had suffered a brain trauma to my right Temporal Lobe, which is the area that manages short term memory. So not only had I forgotten everyone and everything from my past, I had now lost the ability to make new memories, meet new people, continue my education. The “Experts” said that not only would I never play sports again, they said I could never go to college, or have a family, and would most likely live under the care of my parents for the rest of my life.

This article originally appeared on our Costa Rica Information Portal in the “Medical Services” section.

This bleak assessment made me become obsessed with training and practicing perfect nutrition. When your life gets reduced to so little, it is very easy to find your faith. I had reached rock bottom, but divine forces were right there to lift me up. And so the rehab began.

The physical element came back quickly; I was out of the wheel chair and walking by the second month.By month 5 I could run again. The real challenge came with the healing of the brain, which according to all the neurologists would take a Miracle. However, despite the trauma, I was accepted Virginia Tech University via the Brain Injury Dept. with a concentration in Personal Training and Nutrition.

Life was challenging to say the least, but I was improving everyday, and prayed every night. I prayed that I would have the opportunity to earn this second chance at life; I wanted to pay it forward and save somebody’s life, even if it cost me mine. To me, this was my calling, and the only act that could prove me worthy of the Miracle I needed. After 2 years of assisted living, I was finally seeing the light at the end of the tunnel…that’s when disaster struck.

I was on the way to class one April morning when gunfire broke out. I was literally minutes from walking into the largest massacre in U.S. history. I heard the Virginia Tech massacre take place while hiding behind a tree out front of the building. This was the absolutely heaviest scenario I’ve ever been witness to, and there was nothing I could do to stop it.

Soon the campus was flooded with Moms, Dads, siblings, and friends of the innocent laying on the grass and weeping uncontrollably. Their lives were shattered. I was looking for any answers, any guidance, any kind of sign. That’s when I came across the quote, “Tomorrow is never promised, so live your dreams Today!” I had to get to the most peaceful place that I could think of and prove to myself and everyone else that I was not only capable of taking care of myself, but also worthy of this miracle.

So I hopped on the next flight to O’ahu and moved into the rainforest. It was the most tranquil place I could think of for a soul searching mission. When I landed, the whole island was talking about their most recent tragedy. Apparently a very violent storm caused a sewage pipe to burst, flooding over 10 million gallons of feces into a body of water known as the Ala’wai canal.

Nobody knew it at the time, but after a week of the sewage baking in the Hawaiian sun, Necrotizing Faciaitis had spawned AKA Flesh eating bacteria, the most deadly organism on the planet. Two pedestrians in an altercation tackled each other into the water and, unaware of the situation they did not seek immediate medical attention. One week later their arms and legs had to be amputated and they still did not survive. The whole island was in shock. At the time this was of little concern to me; I had an agenda to be as far away from society as possible.

No cellphone, no technology, no materialism: just a surfboard and faith. Into the rainforest I went. I built my own shelters, gathered my own food, and adventured to all the uninhabited parts of the island “chasing my destiny”. One afternoon, I found myself guided to do some volunteer work, picking up trash around the polluted Ala Wai. It was my theory that selfless acts could “charge up” one’s prayer power, and I was on a mission. Little did I know my prayers were about to be answered.

While I was collecting trash, a driver goes into a diabetic coma and floors it. nearly killing 3 people before flipping his car smack into the middle of the death water. With hundreds of bystanders and police unwilling to jump in, 4 men did take action: Crites, Eddie, Rueben, and myself.

With the help of the team, I was able to swim down and cut the driver out of his seatbelt, and swim him to the surface after more than 4 min. of submersion. Now, believe what you want, but I checked this man’s pulse and breath and he was as dead as you get. CPR became more of a prayer than an action, and as the greatest miracle I have ever witnessed, a dead man’s heart began to beat. (Survival rate is 1 in 10 for CPR after 2 min. of submersion). He was in a coma for 2 weeks, but pulled through and is alive and well today.

This event forever changed my life…it made me realize that prayers and dreams had a heightened ability for manifestation in places of purity, health, exhilaration (surfing) and positive energy. It is in this type of surrounding that our body’s temples can ascend to their highest form.

After my release from the hospital, where I was treated for exposure to Flesh-eating bacteria, I had some friends join me in my pursuit of this lifestyle. Soon after we decided to find our own waves and test ourselves in the real jungle. So the 9 of us moved to Central America. It was here that we began our documentary in the jungle. Accompanied by two trained pitbulls, we headed deep into leopard territory, with full tribal style-knife, spear and board only, continuing the soul-searching quest for waves and answers. We filmed the adventures and made a free inspirational documentary called Surf Tribe .

Costa Rica is the perfect place for people find themselves. While breathing in the purest oxygen in the world, straight out of the rainforest, you can’t help but notice that overwhelming vibe of Pure Life. The Pura Vida spirit has a very strong presence among both the people and the land. After 3 years of training, nutrition, and soul searching in paradise, I had found my answer.

I have been blessed with a second chance at life, and with that second chance, I have been called to help people ascend to their highest level. I am most passionate about helping people become “On fire for life!” I want to help people truly comprehend just how precious this life is. For this reason I started the Adrenaline Fitness Program at Camp Legend.

My team has helped several clients, for whom traditional drug-rehab was unsuccessful, and unlocked their highest potential. Together, we were able to turn it all around. However, we do not limit our clientele to rehab. We have worked with a wide array of people, ranging from Obesity and related health problems, all the way to supreme athletes who trained with us to conquer their Navy Seal test.

Through this program, groups can come learn how to “master living life to the fullest”. Accompanied by my team of Yoga instructors, Massage therapists, Personal Trainers, Nutritionists, and Life Coaches, we help a wide array of people completely transform themselves. For example, my most recent one-on-one client, Anthony Brown, lost 65 pounds of fat, the healthy way, in 3.5 months.

I remember the day Anthony showed up; he looked like a pale Santa Claus. complete with poor self image and low self-esteem. 3.5 months later, Anthony is conquering life with 13% body fat and improving every day. Anthony learned here that with top tier life coaches and dedication that miracles are possible for everyone.

Those of you reading are in for a treat, because I’m going to divulge our super secret fatburner and muscle sculptor secret. It’s ADRENALINE! We’ve all heard the tale of the woman lifting the car off of the boy to save his life, and the explanation for her sudden burst of superman strength is always the same—ADRENALINE!

Whitewater-rafting through the rainforest, surfing perfect waves, scuba diving ship wrecks, rock-climbing to epic waterfalls, jungle mountain biking, and hundreds of other extremely fun activities are incorporated into our adventures to ensure a balanced dose of adrenaline on a daily basis. Moreover, diet is key.

Our top secret diet is 100% Paleo. Paleo is more than a diet, it is a lifestyle. Remember, you are not just some meat suit running around in a rat race. Your body is a temple.

Keep tabs on us through Escape Artist Costa Rica, and I’ll let you all know when it could be your turn to come train with the tribe, and begin creating your very own legend!

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