Category: N.O.S.
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The next five years
Avalanche Lake, this evening. Five years ago today I clicked a few buttons, typed a few words, and this blog came into existence. Riding the wave of the endurance mountain biking e-revolution, it took me quite a few years until I figured out what I wanted to do with it. Until last year, in fact,…
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Best of 2011, part 1
If I was like that I’d make a logo and shit, but I’m not. Part 1 is a review of our corner of the internet, part 2 will be gear, part 3 my year in review. Operating standards are mine: originality and integrity of purpose garner high marks. As this is the public domain of…
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Read this blog: AK Pete is back
During the 2007 Kokopelli Trail race I kept yoyoing with this tall guy on a red Lenz with a big black pack. He’d stop to take pictures or eat in the shade of a juniper and I’d plug past, only to shortly be overtaken yet again. I lost him as he continued to diesel along…
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On taking my rifle for a walk
I’ve avoided going hunting since we moved to Montana. The first two autumns I was in grad school and had no time, and last year we had just moved. This year I had nothing by way of avoidance, but still waited until three days ago to buy a deer tag. The truth is that hunting…
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Thank you
I was freshly pressed this afternoon (MST), but seeing my photo of Lake Sherburne on the log-in page did not prepare me for the avalanche of comments. This blog is almost five years old, but I’ve really only taken it seriously in the last 15 months. I’ve written on many occasions that way adventures transform…
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Winter is coming
The mountains say so. As do the lakes. The goats are fat with fur in preparation. And humans will be less welcome than usual. Time to pull out clothing unworn since April; and sharpen skis, crampons, and snowshoes.
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Halloween Party
No video this year, just big hair. You’ll have to check the Facebooks to find photos of me as Gulo gulo. Bonus question: what’s more annoying than knowing that Erin and Hig are embracing the wild with an equanimity few of us will ever be able to understand? Answer: anyone who reads Gawker.
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Autumnal photos and new bike dread
The height of the Aspens and Cotttonwoods has passed, but the Larches are just coming into form. I’m excited to get a new bike. Bikes are really cool, one of those items whose durability, aesthetic potential, and utility all unite and form a strong bond. To prepare, and prep the Karate Monkey for winter (and…
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Luc is full of crap
Not because of his videos, they are all like this one uncannily good, but because he seems to think I and you drive traffic for him. Absurd, all his videos have like, 1000+ views, while mine have about 87. That could be because his don’t suck, of course…
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New bike = stuff on clearance
[Updated 10/24 am] M on rappel in Zion, en route to long night out. It’s been since July ’09 that I last set foot on the CO Plateau! For the first time four years I’ve got a new bike on the way, but once it arrives I’ll be a few crucial parts (wheels, bb, freewheel,…
Bedrock & Paradox 
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