Bedrock & Paradox

Found while I was trying to remember my Summit Post.com password from many years ago. Shot by my old friend Kris Hampton, on the 11d Mystery Blocks in Vedauwoo, WY. All the way back in the summer of 2000, the beginning og the peak of my climbing career, back when 11a was easy. I still…

I was less along than I thought this past Saturday, the illustrious Davy Crockett was busting out this loop: I must have passed him while he was refueling at Phantom Ranch a bit before 0700. I saw a green light far below me on the South Kaibab just as I was entered the Vishnu, and…

of endurance racing.

All the way from Blair Choate in Idaho. Appropriate, given my whinging on the singlespeed this evening. It’s good having a rigid SS again, it’ll keep me from getting lazy with the tech. Nonetheless, my opinion that flat bars are complete and utter shit continues to solidify. Much less power climbing, much less grip descending.…

That is why you are here. After Hairball’s latest words, I want to say a few of my own. 90 years ago Mallory said that he climbed mountains “…because it’s there.” The question becomes what it is. It seems to me to exist on two levels. First is the why of our comfortable lives. The…

From The Economist online.

What else does one need? Tomorrow is official “Bosses Day,” and the above is my effort (on part of all of us) to recognize our principal. She’s a pretty damn good boss, and a nice lady too. With M as my purchasing consultant, I couldn’t go wrong. Ed’s the only boss-type I (think I) know…

Where is this man? A small ditch within the larger, of course. Stoking the afterglow with the experience of others. I was on the lookout for hallucinations and constantly checked my mental processes (if such a thing is possible) by doing integrals in my head. But I didn’t realize how subtle hallucinations could be. Eager…

It’s the most tiresome yet amusing of formulas, that for bike possession: h=n+1 Where h is eternal happiness, and n is the number of bikes currently owned. So, it’s no coincidence that just as the Lenz is dialed and set, I start thinking about future use of $$$$$. M and I are well off, but…

Dragged myself out of bed, started breakfast, checked Moab results. Looks like Fred and Dave are in the hurt locker, DNF style. Injury, mechanical? I hope you guys are okay! Plesko kicking it in the top ten, perhaps a late morning surge for 9th?! Gogogogogogogo!!!!!!!!! (I feel vindicated, after getting dropped by him so easily…