History of The GO Company

Are you an unreasonable man? 

Consider a story told about two men; the reasonable man and the unreasonable man. The reasonable man spent all his time trying to live a lifestyle that “fit in” with the world around him. He went about his day attempting to “be normal” by watching others...

The other man, the unreasonable one, daily refused to settle for “normal” routines and habits. People couldn’t help but notice as this man challenged himself and the status quo. People started to follow his lead. Rather then conforming to the world, the unreasonable man changed the world.

As freshman at the University of Richmond, we learned that many people, ourselves included, were on the dreary path of living like “reasonable” men. This became obvious as we realized that we were getting stuck in the same routines every weekend. Some of our friends found it most comfortable to stay in their dorm room and watch a movie. Others followed the upperclassmen to the apartments to drink and party. Others became anxious with work and spent the extra hours in the library. Although we didn’t look down on any of these choices, we desired something more exciting, we wanted to meet people and remember who they were the next day, and we needed a break from the books…

That’s how this whole thing started. After explaining our idea to the dean and making a pitch for some money and a van, The GO CO was born. In the first two years of existence, we adventured with over 100 Richmond students.  On these adventures we’ve searched for wood to make fires, constructed shelters to stay dry, trudged through waterfalls, built river rafts and carved baseball bats, played homerun derby and football, challenged ourselves to cook gourmet meals over the open fire, explored deserted beaches, and hiked to distant mountain peaks. Click here to view these adventures.

Now we are challenging our peers at other schools to adventure with us…