Bedrock & Paradox

Holy grail achieved! I’ve thought about this for ages (along with just cutting off my pinkie toes with garden shears), but didn’t know folks had actually had it done. I don’t think our insurance will pay though…

Our article on Le Parcour is up on Backpackinglight. Unfortunately you need a membership to read it, so I can’t even see it!

The Garden City has what may be the whitest 11/2 parade going, but it works out just fine. Human traffic informally closes Higgins (N-S main street through downtown), and everyone from the middle school to political groups, to Bernice’s Bakery to the public librarians gets in on the act.Two words? Available. Light. Two more? Hand.…

In short, it’s up there, but not all that much yet. I took snowshoes, and that was a good choice. Until right at 8k there was almost no snow, less than on my camping trip almost four weeks ago. I saw funny tracks on the way up, and around 7.5k passed a couple hiking in…

Head on over to the Bitterroot National Forest site and submit a commit on their new travel plan(s) before the deadline on Guy Fawkes day. The Montana Mountain Bike Alliance has a pretty piss poor action summary on their site. Good ideas, but presented in a clear as mud fashion. In short, I would recommend…

http://www.youtube.com/v/6h5_PqDVNw0&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00 http://www.youtube.com/v/bb17AX-urRw&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00 Evening addition: Stunning music written for men without balls. Perfect background for distributing peanut butter cups to children.

Picture and antics courtesy of Bill, and Bill’s iPhone. So after a totally bitchin’ night ride in the quickly falling snow the crew headed for the Old Post in search of beers and burritos. Bill tweeted the same en route. When we arrived, Josh (at left with the fancy glass, hot chocolate and peppermint schnapps)…

Before it is too late. Patagonia’s having a crazy (60%+ off) sale on base layers, most importantly on their very nice and normally very pricey Wool 2. I’ve had Wool 2 t-shirt since spring. A bit on the fragile side (don’t go climbing off widths in it), but super soft, amazingly warm for it’s heft,…

Ripin’ fall singletrack on the singlespeed (yesterday). It had been too long. No explanation needed. Banaaaaaannnnnaaaaaaaaaa. Both M and I hate doing dishes, and more often than not, it shows.