Category: Bikes and biking
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Osprey GrabBag: looks dumb, works good
I came upon the GrabBag by accident; didn’t even know it existed until a few weeks ago. I had been thinkering about using a small fanny pack for the GrizzlyMan, to keep map and food instantly accessible, and thought that such a thing might be useful for backpacking as well. On-the-go accessibility is an ongoing…
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On trail route finding
A new article of mine, concerning techniques for on-trail route finding, is up at BPL. A subscription is required, but this one is my personal favorite of all the work I’ve done for them as of now, published or yet-to-be published. Ideas planted in my head after Alaska last summer coalesced over the next few…
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A year ago
It’s what you do right now: someone comes to visit, so you ride the closed road and hike to Avalanche Lake. McDonald Creek is going full bore, a kayakers impossible dream due to the Harlequin Duck closure April-September. Some horsing around was done. Compared to a year ago, conditions are impressively different. The trail up…
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Grizzman recovery and tech
No recipe here: just a ribeye, hot grill, and a bit of salt and pepper after. I’ve mentioned before that recovery is not only important, but something many athletic adventurers seem quite bad at. I only have a layman’s grasp of how connective tissue and muscles interact, but my sense is that strength in the…
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Grizzlyman Adventure Race report
As defending champions, Bill and I had a simple burden this weekend; anything other than a repeat would have been a disappointment. The Grizzlyman is a great race precisely because of the open course, consequent reliance on strategy, and the inherent uncertainty this creates. Points accrued from checkpoints determines finishing order, with time only used…
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Evie is the story of the day
Evelyn Stevens won La Fleche Wallone Wednesday, completing a five year journey, from Wall Street investment banker and Darmouth alum who had hardly ever ridden a bike to one of the best female road racers on earth, which has made her the perfect Walter Mitty for athletic women. What is more remarkable, especially insofar as…
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The beach
A tip from a coworker pointed me towards a very large beach very nearby. A short drive in the early evening, minimal searching for the TH, and a ride past a gate down a dirt road brought me out onto the sand. Massive. 200 to 800+ yards deep, dead flat, and going on for miles.…
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Why i might be full of shit
or: Credibility and experience in blogging The Black Hole of White Canyon, January 1, 2007. Blogging has irrevocably changed the face of writing about outdoor adventure, in almost all respects for the better. The chief problem today, perhaps different from days previous in scale only, is how to allot proper credence amongst the sea of…
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Fire when you need it
Firemaking is a skill like any other. Mystique to the contrary. You’ll only really need it when conditions are most difficult, and when circumstances conspire so you forget what good technique you know. Ergo, the first second and third rules of firemaking are as mundane as they are essential: practice. I was an indifferent firemaker…
Bedrock & Paradox 
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