Category: N.O.S.
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Contrasts
It’s been an interesting day back in the routine. Because it hasn’t been routine. I slept poorly last night. Toxins, rebuilding, and all the psychic baggage, I suppose. I gave myself the morning to work on the video (below), it’s a good thing to get out of system and let me come to terms with…
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Five pictures
That’s how many blogger lets me load at a time, a convenient device to summarize a trip. But today, I fail the five picture test. I need six. We had a cold start. -5 that night.The next day it got warm, eventually, and set the theme for quiet, lonely beauty. We didn’t see a single…
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Packed
Looking at the forecast (below zero above 5000′ the next few nights) and at the Snotel data, my pack as it sits in the truck is significantly different than what I thought it would be a week ago. Most important thing to notice in the yardsale above is more calories: 16 oz of salami, 8…
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ThNR
Tonight was the “annual” Thursday Night Ride brewery tour. Caveat: I reserve the right, in theory if not in practice, to edit this if it makes no or little damn sense. Amazing how typing goes towards the end. We did a short, casual ride east of town. It would have been casual if I hadn’t…
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No kidding
This was waiting for me in a fortune cookie last night. You can’t make this shit up. School has hit the fan in a major way lately, and not just the workload. Let us leave it that certain person(s) don’t approve on my impending self-appointed fall break. And I say: fuck ’em. I made a…
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Going big
In the end it was our timing belt, which we ought to’ve replaced quite a while ago. Getting that and a new water pump in took until around 5 yesterday afternoon, and we went on to Yellowstone anyway. And I’m glad we did, because this morning was sublime. Quintessential mountain fall, much like Thanksgiving Day…
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It’s snowing in Butte
How do we know this? Because we’re (stuck) in Butte. It was a little after noon, we had just finished listening to an episode of Car Talk on the iPod, and were just topping a hill on the interstate passing through Butte when the accelerator missed, the engine quit, and we coasted to a spot.…
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Preparation
This past week, due to a high pressure (self-generated) presentation and a very high pressure (not me!) speaker and conference call in class, was way too long. My main goal for this fall has been to make the school experience a sustainable, lifestyle-paced one. Life of course has its ebbs and flows, but I don’t…
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There’s snow up there
And even more 1000′ higher at my camp last night. Good thing we rode Sheep last weekend, the high country is closing out until ski season.
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Trailstar
Just in time to be tested for use in Le Parcour, the Mountain Laurel Designs Trailstar.It’s sitting out in the rain right now.A totally clever design, loads of room for two and gear, four could be crammed in if a center pole wasn’t used. Speaking of which, there’s a nice big section of Dyneema Gridstop…
Bedrock & Paradox 