Bedrock & Paradox

Glen Canyon National Recreation Area (AZ,UT) Couple Rescued After Four Days Stranded In Backcountry Park dispatch received a call routed through 911 from Kane County dispatch on May 31st regarding people stranded in the backcountry and needing medical attention. A Pennsylvania couple in their 60s had rented a two-wheel drive sedan and were vacationing in…

Our friends Ariel and Phillip (see sidebar for the blog he no longer updates, too busy counting bats) are getting married! This fall, and in Zion. I can obviously take ALL the credit. They will be a very, very happy couple. A blessing to us all. I recommend marriage highly. Also “led” an MTBR group…

It happened last year too. I’m getting burnt out. Burnt out on long rides, training rides, suffering, focus. And right on time, too. I’ll maintain fitness through the Kaibab next weekend, and then I’m signing out of serious bike riding for a while. Whether the physical or mental comes first is a false dichotomy: I’m…

Got some data from one of the world’s best trails. 1200′ of climbing, 750′ of descending. Sweeet singletrack. Aerial of my favorite crux fall-line section. Easy on gears, and better than 50% on the single this spring. I’ll miss it.

Still living for the weekend, and least with one part of my life. I still like my work, though I am fighting with the desire to be gone already, still six working weeks (as of today) out. The drill however remains the same; I have a good life outside work, and like them both to…

Edit: put some words up on MTBR, for context. 6/3 add.: I was going to produce some epic blow-by-blow, but I don’t really care to in the end. On the one hand, the moment by moment stretching of the hours is really cool. On the other, it’s still me riding my bike. And still riding.…

The dirt road wasn’t that bad. The gravel is packed in pretty well. It wasn’t that wet and there were only a few corners where there was a little bit of mud. The hardest part was that you couldn’t stand much out of the saddle because you would lose traction. For me, it was like…

Mount Robson, Canada. Edit:Something else Ed wouldn’t climb. Edit.2:Too many quotable in this one. Good stuff.

Time in Arizona is running short, so it’s fallen to me to prioritize the infinite list of future trips, and knock off the most desirable. This weekend I hope to do two, plus bonuses: Bill Williams Mountain singletrack, the old Flag-Grandview stage route, and point in between. The first option is 140-50 miles. ~60 miles…