Month: April 2011
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“Be Brave, Be Strong” book review
Jill Homer, whom I am blessed to call a friend, has written a new book about her journey up to and race of the 2009 Tour Divide. In reflecting on the 300+ page book, which I read in one sitting on Monday night, I can think of no better words to summarize it than those…
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Another fast shoe
The Altai skis Hok, available this fall. Comes in 125cm and 145 cm lengths, looks to have a nice early rise tip, minimal sidecut, and a waist around 120cm. Metal edges, and an inset skin underfoot. I’m skeptical of the perma-skin, but everything else looks good. Of course the golden question is how much do…
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Grizzlyman Adventure Race report
Would you change that woman’s flat tire? To begin, as Bill did, at the end: going as a team is harder, and going as a team is easier. Harder because there is communication, differences in ability, and at least twice the internal doubt to coordinate. Faster because if all of those are done fairly well…
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Mooiste Winnaar
Bill and I won the men’s GrizzPerson yesterday. I believe the first truly competitive athletic thing I’ve ever won, which is cool. Race report tomorrow. Plotting 59 checkpoints takes a long time.
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Talon 11 v. Talon 22 v. Hornet 24 (v. my toes)
I do love packs! Always have. I like feet too. Like the photo sez (L to R): Talon 11 (circa ’09), Hornet 24 (circa ’11), Talon 22 (circa ’07). Feet circa ’81-present, a work in progress (of ugliness, mostly). I got the 22 in early ’08, as that was what all the cool kids had. …
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Framed (North Fork pack update)
Over the six months since I posted it my North Fork pack video has been quietly creeping along, steadily accumulating views, and quickly becoming my most viewed video that hasn’t been posted on Jill’s blog. It’s been on day and overnight trips aplenty this winter: skiing, snowshoeing, packrafting and combinations. It carries very well. But…
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Backpacking on the Moon
Amazing, amazing trip this weekend. Since we first visited back in 2005 M and I have wanted to return and explore Craters of the Moon National Monument in greater depth. To say that its vast lava flows and extinct cinder craters are a unique landscape to travel in is quite the understatement. The obvious obstacles…
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Tease
A virtual cookie to whomever knows what this is. An actual truckload of virtual cookies to whomever guesses why it’s set up in my backyard right now.
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Even more bikerafting!
It’s what all the cool kids are doing.. Photo of/from Doom. Go there, read, wonder, zoom in on the pics, and learn. Good ideas for that elusive best bike on raft rig, and an excellent route. The new boats look aweseme, and the bigger bow is likely even better for lashing on a bike.
Bedrock & Paradox 
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