Bedrock & Paradox

Hence the output. Breakdown of Kyle Skaggs’ record breaking Rim to Rim to Rim run: 1:02 S. Kaibab to N shore of CO river, via Bright Angle bridge (6.7 miles, 4700′ down)1:00 N. Shore to Cottonwood Campground (7.1 miles, 1600′ up)1:36 CCrd to N. Rim (6.9 miles, 4200′ up)3:38 elapsed 0:02 layover on N. Rim1:02…

Congratulations, Mr. Gore!

“A man ‘of sound mind’ is one keeps the inner madman under lock and key.” -Paul Valery Time to get after it. My own forcast looks very good for tomorrow, high of 66 at the river, >40 % cloud cover from 0900 on. Getting that old twist of the gut anticipatory feeling, one with whom…

I am not going to Moab. Time to get off the fence, and I’ve spent too much time on the road lately. Good luck, everyone. Transformative metaphysics all around. I am planning on doing a Rim-rim-rim in the Grand Canyon Saturday, to start off the days mojo, and get the monkey off my back. The…

After war has ended, the United States will have to rebuild much more than the country of Iraq. We will have to rebuild America’s image around the globe…Why can this president not seem to see that America’s true power lies not in its will to intimidate, but in its ability to inspire? -Robert Byrd, 3.19.2003…

WRIAD has been a totem in my life for quite a while. After M and I got married, we lived in Moab for nine months of easeful bliss. Neither of us had jobs that were very serious or burdensome, and we took the many free hours to enjoy the area and each other. Reality calls,…

And a very successful week out if was. Above all else, the trip was a validation of my life over the past year. Professionally, in the competence of my meetings and interviews on Tuesday. Athletically, in riding the White Rim on Saturday for the third time. And most importantly, personally, in the amazing people I…

More the merrier, eh? Most importantly, registration for the PMC is open as of now! Surf on over to the race website and sign up. November 3rd, sirs and madams. In more light-hearted fare, I am now firmly on vacation, lodged in Nice’s place in Denver. The Monarch treated us well yesterday, in that perfect…

Rode Supermoto in Flag yesterday evening, raced darkness back to the truck, and managed a coffee-filled dash to and beyond Durango before crashing in the woods. Woke, made coffee and played in the aspen leaves, and drove over a fog filled and sublime Wolf Creek pass and made it to Salida by 1000 (AZ time).…

It might be more absurd than Jill’s Pug v. Wolf photos from earlier this year.