Category: N.O.S.
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Missoula beta
First of all, blogging from work = bored as hell. I wanna leave, now. Second, collecting good stuff for the future hit list. Some of it: Thursday Night Mtn bike group (link). Some very good maps. Missoula Sheepheads (link). A local, with some nice pictures. Local ride site (link). Though I’m not sure how a…
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No fucking spot
I mean, now Grizz himself has one, what is the world coming to? I am not getting one. I’m expecting my mom to call this afternoon, in fact, and bug me about it. The only reason she hasn’t done so, and I haven’t had Grizz’s (and everyone else’s) exact conversation, is that she’s a bit…
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Tuesday Morning
David Brooks has been having a bad run of things of late. First, last week’s filler piece, now today’s silly, uneducated drivel. For instance, any assertion that Ben Franklin is an example of someone “not corrupted by wealth” is to ignore much of his personal conduct, and virtually all of his last two decades. In…
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Be careful out there
Glen Canyon National Recreation Area (AZ,UT) Couple Rescued After Four Days Stranded In Backcountry Park dispatch received a call routed through 911 from Kane County dispatch on May 31st regarding people stranded in the backcountry and needing medical attention. A Pennsylvania couple in their 60s had rented a two-wheel drive sedan and were vacationing in…
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Happy!!!!!!!!!!!
Our friends Ariel and Phillip (see sidebar for the blog he no longer updates, too busy counting bats) are getting married! This fall, and in Zion. I can obviously take ALL the credit. They will be a very, very happy couple. A blessing to us all. I recommend marriage highly. Also “led” an MTBR group…
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Nearing retirement
It happened last year too. I’m getting burnt out. Burnt out on long rides, training rides, suffering, focus. And right on time, too. I’ll maintain fitness through the Kaibab next weekend, and then I’m signing out of serious bike riding for a while. Whether the physical or mental comes first is a false dichotomy: I’m…
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305
Got some data from one of the world’s best trails. 1200′ of climbing, 750′ of descending. Sweeet singletrack. Aerial of my favorite crux fall-line section. Easy on gears, and better than 50% on the single this spring. I’ll miss it.
Bedrock & Paradox 