Diary of Scott Morris

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Archive for November, 2008

Turkey Trot 08

Rain made things interesting in this year’s Turkey Trot. The wash is usually dry and I can cruise through it several times, following the race by bike. This year I had to take the bridge. Mud, slippery hills, hay bales, water traps. Last year Paula beat her own course record and took her 4th consecutive [...]

Tortolita Madness

Nobody really talks about riding in the Tortolita Mountains. Least of all me — truth be told I’ve never laid tire to dirt out there, and I outta be pistol whipped for this shortcoming. Trails left unexplored right out my back door! There isn’t much in the way of established singletrack, and that’s part of [...]

Playing around

I concrete II rock III IV V I shuttled myself (translation: I pedaled the highway) to the top of Bug Springs. Despite El Tour being yesterday there were plenty of roadies out. Catching and dropping me was a forgone conclusion. Mellow climbing was the intent, but that’s often easier said than done. I absconded to [...]

Pretty images in TopoFusion

Looking east at the Colorado Trail between the Ten Mile range, Copper Mountain and Searle/Kokomo Passes. I wrapped up the testing and pushed out version 3.60 (edit: now 3.61. If you got v3.60 I recommend going to v3.61, see comments for details) with the new color aerials. I’m pretty excited about this development because it [...]

Ghost Trails

If you haven’t heard, Jill Homer has quietly released her first book, Ghost Trails, about adventures leading up to and during the Iditarod bike race to McGrath. I’ve never met Jill, but I check in on her blog from time to time. With her penchant for suffering, it’s always good reading. Besides, I’m always one [...]

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Scott
Tucson, AZ



Lifelong mountain biker, trail mapper and programmer. Sometimes bikepacker, sometimes racer, sometimes GPS freak. I love to ride my bike, get out, see new things and push limits. More...


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