Bedrock & Paradox

The route investigations and research for Le Parcour has taken on quite a durable life. It’s kept me up late last night, and pushed back work this evening. Certainly not a bad thing. At the moment I’ve got three distinct options circling my head: 1: The central tour Straight through the heart of the Bob,…

An impending visit by Mr. Curiak gave me the kick in the pants necessary to finish up that last 10% of work on my seatbag. This was quite a challenging project, Eric and Jeff absolutely earn their money (on design alone, really) on these things. Mine has a few idiosyncratic features, a few from errors…

Dave’s Hot Potato Salad Boil some whole baby white potatoes w/ plenty of sea salt. Saute some onions, garlic, and peppers (anything not at all to somewhat spicy) in olive oil. Walnuts too, if you like. Drain potatoes once they’re done to your liking. Place in bowl. Add spinach to veggies, saute until done, adding…

This is both a blog post and an open letter to my fellows in this adventure, as I work out my enormous excitement and figure out my approaches to this undertaking. Yesterday, in the late afternoon, I was perusing Backpackinglight during a quiet moment at work and came across Le Parcour de Wild. Brilliant. I…

Orientation for the incoming MSW class began yesterday, and I’ve done a bit to help out. Busy, not as much with actual items on the calender, but with making the shift of mind. Late this morning I was on the road out by the railroad tracks doing sprint intervals, prep for the MDH in a…

http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=6270029&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=c9ff23&fullscreen=1 Our backpack got cut short by weather, but it was a good time nonetheless. Gotta get back up there.

I remember this catalogue, and the excerpt from Night Driving in it. Entertaining weekend reading. Hitting Bryce on a powder day is certainly a worthy ambition, too.

I had planned a big, ambitious day in Glacier yesterday. Drove up, slept in the parking lot, woke at five and was headed up from The Loop soon after. Less than a mile in, I saw my first bear. A set of red eyes ahead on the trail manifested themselves into a little black bear,…

Michael Popov’s 2009 record attempt.