Bedrock & Paradox

I am currently sitting at home, recovering (much more a mental than physical process) from 3 days in Yellowstone with M.  Adding to the magnitude of processing the trip are the thought provoking things recently posted by two of my most esteemed online fellows: Ryan Jordan and Roman Dial.  I’m not yet on the level…

The trip today exceeded all expectations.  I had plenty of concerns going in, as the water was quite low and the only beta available called it a class V run during meltoff.  I went in with two very different reasons why I might end up portaging a ton or just giving up and hiking out. …

1: The last 3 k of stage 7, 2010 Giro http://v.kiwi.kz/v/nc82trklfw68 2: Dave ripping it up at Snowbowl tonight 3: A recipe (haven’t done one in a while) -Boil whole chorizo sausages in some beer, after 10 minutes, add-1 can diced/crushed tomatoes, 1 can black-eyed peas, also add-finely chopped white onion, roughly chopped garlic (lots),…

I’ve been meaning to hammer out a treatise on the Butte 100, especially contrasting my experience at it (my first supported 100) with the numerous unsupported races I’ve done over the last 3+ years.  But between having fun with people, writing lots of cover letters for job applications (which is really draining), and the impending…

This summer really has been superlative.  I don’t think I yet appreciate the memory it will hold down the road. I had forgotten what a crazy mofo Dave is on a fixie.  A true soul rider.  That Singular Gryphon he’s got is super pretty. 3 Larch, Sidewinder, and Son of delivered the goods.  My legs…

Last week Jill and I were discussing Shimano freehub implosions, her’s and Kent P’s in almost exactly the same spot in central Wyoming.  I knocked on a Whitebark at the time, but should have known better… Lesson 1: do not tempt fate.Lesson 2: do not ride a low-end Shimano hub in a punishing race, especially…

Mr. William Martin; post Butte 100.

I’ve been ambivalent at best this week about the Butte 100.  I’ve had little energy in general, been sleeping much more than usual, and it’s been too damn hot in town.  Plus, as Jill noted, I’m already looking towards the next adventures, in which bikes do not feature prominantly if at all.  This morning I…

As some of you may already know, early in the morning of Wednesday a female Grizzly ripped into three separate tents in Soda Butte campground, 6 miles west of the NE entrance to Yellowstone.  Two people were bitten, and one man was fatally mauled.  While details have, naturally, been slow in coming, the intial opinion…

It was a nice night to be in the mountains.  The light was good.  A note on B&P protocol: comments will henceforth be moderated.  Lame, I know, and I apologize, but the Japanese bots got to me.