Diary of Scott Morris

Diary of Scott Morris

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Archive for February, 2009

Lynx rufus (aka Bobcat)

Hello! Who’s that? Photos taken today in the Catalina Foothills. The cat was not scared of me, equally curious as I was. It crossed the trail just in front of me before jumping behind the rock wall to observe a goofy mountain biker in his happy habitat. Later I heard coyotes howling and barking at [...]

More progress in the Canelo Hills

Paula and I joined a strong crew of Arizona Trail volunteers, led by trail hero Zay Hartigan. The object of our wrath was a ~mile stretch of Canelo East that could be a case study on how NOT to design trail in the desert (no fault of Zay’s — he didn’t design it, he just [...]

SweetSolo

I met Paula at her school for the weekly Sweetwater ride. But she announced she was feeling sick, which is rare for her. She pretty much has to be incapacitated to actually admit she’s sick. So I left it at that and pedaled out to Sweetwater solo. I’m really diggin’ the lens flare on the [...]

A leap of faith…

… that I wasn’t able to take. I got dangerously close to purchasing a ticket to Alaska this week. The idea was to ride 350 miles to McGrath, not as a part of the race, but tagging along with Mike. I casually mentioned an interest in getting a snow overnighter under my belt to him. [...]

Viz

Not much time for words lately, but many visuals are floating through my mind and dreams. Another beautiful day in Tucson… …followed by another ‘ho-hum’ sunset. Water carved a solid surface perfect for riding: Stray and you’re working hard and/or walking. Kinda reminds me of something up north (AK). Louis climbing Hidden Canyon. My camera [...]

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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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