Evan Tanner (above) training in 2006.
We’ve written a couple of times recently about Evan Tanner being an interesting dude. That was partly due to what he said in his recent Spike TV blog:
“Being a minimalist by nature, wanting to carry only the essentials, and being extremely particular, it has been a little difficult to find just the right equipment. I plan on going so deep into the desert that any failure of my equipment could cost me my life.”
Unfortunately Tanner, an ex-UFC middleweight champ and one of its most popular fighters, didn’t get to finish his search. Tanner was found dead earlier today in the Palo Verde mountain area (map here) of California. He was 37 years old.
We had a weird Christopher McCandleless vibe about this when we first heard what Tanner was up to, but the news is still insane. RIP, Evan. You’ll be missed.
Read more here.
It only seemed right to include a tribute to Evan Tanner:
UPDATE: According to tmz.com:
According to officials; Tanner sent a text message to a friend, on the Friday he entered the desert, reporting that he was out of water and needed help. Unfortunately, that help never arrived. R.I.P Evan Tanner.
