{"id":3962,"date":"2014-10-19T14:00:01","date_gmt":"2014-10-19T08:15:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dorjegurung.com\/blog\/?p=3962"},"modified":"2021-08-16T10:42:37","modified_gmt":"2021-08-16T04:57:37","slug":"the-ultimate-game-ultimate-frisbee-in-baku-aug-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dorjegurung.com\/blog\/2014\/10\/the-ultimate-game-ultimate-frisbee-in-baku-aug-2009\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ultimate Game: Ultimate Frisbee in Baku Aug 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Since leaving Nepal<\/a> for the first time in 1988, in addition to pursuing further education and an international teaching career around the world, I also played Ultimate Frisbee!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I started playing the sport at Grinnell College when I discovered that I could throw a mean forehand! Until I got into the sport, my favorite had been footbal (soccer), a sport I had grown up with and really enjoyed playing. But I injured my right ankle playing it, also at Grinnell. Unable to continue with it, I started playing Ultimate Frisbee considerably more and that became my sport of choice!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Playing the game in as diverse countries as the US, Malawi, Norway, Azerbaijan, United Kingdom, Vietnam, Qatar<\/a> and Nepal, I also met a diverse group of people and made a lot of friends too!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Azerbaijan, where I spent three years<\/a>, we had a dedicated group of players, playing indoors, in a (stinky) “gym” when it got a little too cold to play outside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On a hot Baku summer morning in August 2009, the most dedicated Evil Eyes in the city gathered for another showdown!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here’s what went down!<\/p>\n\n\n\n