Category: Racing
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Simplicity: Gear
It’s too bad Ryan Jordan’s blogging is so stochastic. When he does write, it’s always worth reading and is usually one of the more thought-provoking things I’ll encounter online in that particular week. The most recent post is no exception. In it he discussed favorites bits of gear (and when I say gear I mean…
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A Question of Scale
Paige emailed me today asking about the progress of the Alaska move. The real and only answer is that I’ve been thinking about it, a lot. She did attach her and Luc’s argument in the affirmative. (I heart Ronald Jenkees.) That argument, in more prosaic terms, is that Alaska has big wilderness of a kind…
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1/3 of a Jam (this one’s for you, Eric)
With huge photos for maximized investigative ease. Eric was disappointed to learn, back in July, that I was using a commercial pack for the Classic. He surely knows that the mind, once enlightened, can never rest. And he is thus not surprised by the developments detailed herein. I really like a lot about the Jam. …
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Happiness is a complex thing
At the finish, Paige Brady photo. I’ve had zero energy all week, despite eating well and sleeping as much as I want. Time to get out and do some boating, see what changes have happened in my absence, and gradually find my new self again.
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2011 Alaska Mountain Wilderness Classic race report
“The will to power would rather will nothingness than not will.” -Nietzsche Paige Brady, and Luc Mehl the zombie. The difficulty I’m having beginning this report well reflects the race itself; the stakes I set myself for both are very high. While in Alaska a few people asked me, both before and after, where I…
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This video sucks (Classic post-game)
Damn you Luc! You beat me, and get better footage! In truth, even after the rain let up late on the third day I kept the camera stowed. Didn’t have the will to get much with it, sadly. These things never come close to doing what they’re meant to, but this one is table scraps…
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Classic Packs
Most of the packs from the race start, minimal editorialization. Ken from Kenai’s MYOG pack. Golite Gust. Rob of Team Heavy’s Exos. Chris’ Granite Gear Blaze AC 60. Don’s Mariposa Plus. Mike Martin’s NRS. John Sykes’s MEC rucksack. Luc’s CAMP pack. Tyler’s Black Diamond. Todd’s Vapor Trail (worth noting that these were the four that…
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Finished
The 2011 Alaska Mountain Wilderness Classic is done. I teamed up on route with fellow rookie Paige Brady, and in spite of a storm Monday night that sent us back to wait overnight under a spruce tree for better weather, we finished in second overall at 3 days, 12 hours, and 20 minutes. The real…
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AK bound
Beargrass, by M. I didn’t really start to get nervous until I began collecting and packing things yesterday afternoon. Now, I’m nervous. Not because I’m worried about getting lost, or dying, or bears, or failure. I’m nervous because the work of many months is coming to focused fruition in a very compressed amount of time. …
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A silly season
As evidenced by the lack of big-wordy posts since the weekend before last, not much has been going on lately. Final arrangements for Alaska, putting things in order at work, and resting have been the order of the day. I’ve been really hungry all week, and assuming that it’s not all due to nerves, and…
Bedrock & Paradox 
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