March 2008 - Diary of Scott Morris

Grand Enchantment Teasers

6 days out on the bike. The memories are flooding and flowing, ebbing.

Some sections… well, many, turned into “quite a deal.”

Plenty of water around, with many fords.

4 slot canyons of varying difficulty and highly variable suffering level.

Not all were so …. [Continue reading]

Rippin’ Ripsey

I was long overdue for a long ride.

As the weekend grew near I didn’t really have a plan. Many good options, but none that captured my imagination.

Late Friday I started ruminating on possible plans to meet Grand Enchantment Trail mastermind Brett Tucker. He’s currently on the trail and by my …. [Continue reading]

I heart GG

First things first: if you want to map power, TopoFusion v3.31 has been released including all the new power stuff.

There’s always lotsa talk about SS’ing. Not so much about GG’ing.

Singlespeeding is (often) about forgoing the easier gears. If anything I’m moving in the opposite direction. I want more gears. …. [Continue reading]

Return

Sweet(water) flowers. The Behemoth rides again.

There’s a prize for finding three crested Saguaros in the preserve. This is #1.

Damn wilderness boundaries.

At last, a return to technical riding.

Up Gnats, over to Milagrosa, up to the AZT, then turn around and float down Milagrosa. …. [Continue reading]

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Good trails and exorbitant flowers in Tucson Mountain Park. It’s a good time to be alive.

Poor light for photos, but the clouds kept the temperature at the perfecto setting. I didn’t bring (or need) any water for the 3 hour ride.

My rib told me I’m still not ready to …. [Continue reading]

The ribs are on the mend, but I’m still playing the part of a reluctant dirt roadie. I can’t say it’s been bad. I’m getting in more miles than I usually do, and plenty of easy spinning. I guess that’s a good thing. But moreso, I’m hitting some spots that normally aren’t even …. [Continue reading]

Scott
Digital Nomad, nowhere, USA

Lifelong mountain biker, trail mapper and programmer. Sometimes bikepacker, sometimes runner, sometimes packrafter. I love to ride my bike, get out, and explore this beautiful planet we find ourselves on.

I live in a 20 foot GeoPro Trailer, traveling about the west. Main author of TopoFusion GPS Software, co-founder of Trackleaders.com.

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