Meanwhile, it’s 2012. After returning from the last Gila bikepacking trip I had a few hours to get organized and not nearly enough to catch some sleep before heading to the Rincon Valley for the 3rd annual AZT Jamboree. I didn’t even make it before the 10am shuttle left, ferrying a huge group of MTBers [...]
It’s already well into 2012, but I finally plowed through all of last year’s GPS data. I cleaned up the tracks, deleted duplicates, and most importantly tried to gain an understanding of just what happened this year, and why. It really works — some of the deepest memories are outside and happen while suffering while [...]
What about the weekend? Oh, the Jamboree. How about Monday? AZ Trail-bike scouting by Patagonia. Maybe next Wednesday…? It didn’t seem too likely, but Lee and I were trying to make a bikepacking trip happen. We were about to hang up. I still had the calendar open. Wait, what about day after tomorrow? It was [...]
It’s not often that someone proposes a ride plan that makes me pause and wonder if it isn’t just a bit too much. I think I am guilty of inflicting that on others plenty, but rarely do I have the pleasure of someone else springing a crazy plan on me. Who knew it would be [...]
It’s been 10 years since I’ve gone ‘home’ for Christmas. There are a lot of reasons why this is, the most obvious ones being the superior weather in Tucson, and my debilitating addiction to riding bikes on dirt. Well, this year the shoreline trails were nearly dry… but that was just a coincidence. I was [...]
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