Give Him Something Worth Checking the Mailbox For
You can't always be there to tell him what he needs to hear. The Captain can help. Each month, the SkyPirate Dispatch puts a real letter in his hands, full of adventure, hard-won lessons, and a steady call to become the man he was made to be.
The Three Elements of Adventure
Every adventure, big or small, is made of the same three things:
- Risk
- Suffering
- Discovery
"Remove any one of these three elements and the event is transformed into something other than an adventure."
Each month the SkyPirate Dispatch sends a real letter from Captain Skyhook, a pilot, firefighter, wind turbine tech, and mountaineer, to help young men chase all three and come home in one piece.
"Live until you die. Die with nothing left."
That's the SkyPirate motto. It isn't about being careless with your life. It's about not wasting a single breath of it.
The Seven Actions of a SkyPirate
The Captain will be the first to tell you these sound mundane. They're also, in his words, "the accomplishments of history's greatest heroes."
- Honesty: Speak nothing but truth
- Initiative: Do what needs to be done, without permission
- Ingenuity: Find the solution to each encountered problem
- Resilience: Endure failure, but never despair
- Encouragement: Work to strengthen those around you
- Service to others: Will the good of others and execute on it
- Truth to self: At all times, conform yourself to reality
"Every man aspires to be a hero and you absolutely carry that potential within you. We are here to call it forth."
Who Gives the Dispatch
Fathers. Back up what you're already teaching at home with a voice from outside the house. Sometimes the same lesson lands differently when it comes from a guy who fell into a glacier.
Grandparents. A real letter in the mail is a gift your generation understands better than anyone. Now he'll get one every month, and he'll know who sent it.
Godparents. You promised to help form him in faith and virtue. Here's a monthly way to keep that promise, grounded in Honesty, Initiative, Ingenuity, Resilience, Encouragement, Service to others, and Truth to self.
Mentors, coaches, and uncles. You've seen what he's capable of. The Dispatch keeps telling him so, long after practice is over.
What He'll Get
- A letter from Captain Skyhook, mailed to his door every month
- An adventure skill card he can actually use
- An aircraft ID trading card
- A piece of literary art
- A current-event story of a SkyPirate
Why a Letter?
Because a screen gets scrolled past, and a letter gets kept. A letter says someone thought about him, wrote to him, and sent it all the way to his front door. It's slow on purpose. It's real on purpose.
How Gifting Works
- Click Give the Dispatch – $12/month.
- Enter his name and mailing address as the shipping address.
- Add a note if you'd like him to know who it's from.
- Cancel anytime.
A Word from the Captain
"I hope that you are prepared for risk, that you are ready to suffer, and that you are hungry to discover the greatest Good that life has in store for you!"
— From the SkyPirate Dispatch Welcome Letter
Good luck and don't get dead!