Bedrock & Paradox

On foot. And damn am I tired. Complaints almost identical to last time, though a different, smarter, and slightly shorter route put me in under the four hour barrier, 3:53 to be exact. Scott’s monster sez 2.2k and 18 miles, both likely quite a bit short due to my hand-drawn track. I’d say closer to…

Lots of talk about epic journeys in this small corner of the internet, on this page and others. This one puts ’em in better perspective. To be quite honest, this type of trip is still intimidating as hell. Serious commitment, serious respect due. Moving along… 1957: The modern American female is one of the most…

Brewing up another one, perhaps July 5th of 2008. Thoughts and opinions, please.

I’ve been remiss thus far in my time in Arizona; too much time going north for new variations on old things, not enough new terrain. Today the MTBR crew helped me fix that. Black Canyon is a bit over halfway from Prescott to Phoenix proper. What’s great about the area, and what must be a…

Daffy the duck likes being soaked in beer brine, covered in honey, and roasted for four hours. Especially while stuffed with the secret ingredient. Fat Jonathon apples. Add roasted garlic mashed taters, plenty of beer, and apple cobbler. I wish a good day to all of you out there. Within a month this blog will…

The New York Times managed to offend me, and on Thanksgiving no less!: Quality to Avoid No. 2: Extreme physical fitness. Ideally, you do want a president who has enough energy to climb the Capitol steps. Let’s just try to avoid another chief executive who can create utter chaos in the Middle East and still…

And the horribly perfect weather continues. High 60’s, warm sun, a vague chill in the air, not a trace of cloud visible (until after 1400). Got out to see the sights, stretch the legs, and retrieve the last PMC checkpoints. My poor camera does not do this view justice; today was as clear as I’ve…

Tis the season. My little sister just got her first real (not McD’s et al) job, working in this guy’s lab. She doing well this year: graduating, doing very well on the MCAT, moving across the country, setting up shop and finding employment in a new city. When I moved on after college I at…

..for holiday inspiration. Lordy, 1400 cannot come soon enough today. A bad thought, but present nonetheless. The San Juan Solstice 50 miler. Woof! Looks like my deal, though I doubt I’ll be ready for a tough 50 at altitude a week after the KMC. For the future, then… Evening edit: Doing some evening reading between…

And damn, am I excited for some unstructured time off. So what must I do? Fill the time as quickly and completely as possible, of course! Enduro-mania does not do well left unchecked and untended. Here are the ideas kicking around thus far: Wednesday: very little!Thursday: AM in the Grand Canyon, perhaps a Hermit-Tonto-Bright Angel…