Male Bonding 101

Male Bonding to the Extreme

Question: How do you get men to bond?

Answer: Road Trip!!!

"All you need is your Bible, a swimming suit, and a towel." And with that, the Navigator men at Purdue University embarked on the "Men's Dive." Not knowing their final destination, over 30 men loaded into vehicles and headed south and south and south some more, eventually stopping in Pensacola, Florida.

In case you weren't aware, Pensacola is over 1,000 miles from Purdue. What makes this road trip even more outrageous is the duration of it. Once in Pensacola, the men donned their suits, plunged into 50 degree water (this occurred in January), attempted to build a 30-man pyramid, hopped back into the vans, and headed home to West Lafayette, Indiana.

The purpose of this lunacy? To get men involved in each others' lives.

"I'm seeing lasting results from this silly rendezvous," said Travis Parks, who ministers with the Purdue Navigators. "Men who weren't very involved before have plugged into our fellowship, deepened their friendships, and have a memory they will never forget. Who would have ever known that we would spend an hour at the beach in the middle of January?"