April 2008 - Diary of Scott Morris

AZT & GET gear reviews

photo by MC

I don’t write (or talk) much about gear. I’m not really sure why. But lately I’ve been quite pleased with my bike and overall setup. The less I have to think about my bike and gear the better, and besides a few recent improvements (going tubeless mainly) and some last …. [Continue reading]

Arizona Trail 300 ’08

(thanks to Chad for the photo)

10 riders started this year’s AZT 300.

Surprise entrants included Mike Curiak and Pete Basigner. Mike wove an elaborate deceptive web in the days before the race. If you had asked me to estimate the chance of him showing up for the AZT 300, ever, I’d have …. [Continue reading]

Big Weekend

For us, anyway.

The women’s olympic marathon trials are this weekend in Boston.

Front page of today’s sports section features:

AZ Daily star article on Paula and the trials.

Yep, she rocks. Unfortunately I won’t be there to cheer her on.

This weekend is also a full moon (Saturday night) which means it’s time …. [Continue reading]

G.E.T. Part 4 (of 4) – more hike-a-bike and the Black Hills

climbing away from the blue river

Despite being the weekend, Juan Miller Road was a very quiet place to be. A perfect morning on the bike. As usual, the lack of rough conditions was welcomed after yesterday’s tribulations on the Wildbunch Trail.

We pedaled and set our heads to 360 degree sweep mode.

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G.E.T. Part 3 – Charlie Moore and the Wildbunch

We got the full local scoop from Bucky Allred at the Blue Front Cafe in Glenwood. He did encourage us to join his organization that aims to keep existing roads and trails more or less open. Other topics included the dastardly Mexican Wolf, grazing in general and how the ‘good old boys’ knew what they …. [Continue reading]

G.E.T. Part 2 – roadie scum we are

bikes wait for riders, adventure

“Oh, what’s this? Forest road 215. We can follow it to Dix Mountain road and all the way up to Mule Pass.”

We’re about to go to sleep, and Lee’s pouring over the maps, dreaming of an alternate to our scheduled road ride. Sure enough, there’s something I …. [Continue reading]

G.E.T. Part 1 – The Safford Morenci Trail

I’ve been dreaming about this trail for some time. Before the highway, before the Black Hills Backcountry Byway, there was a pack trail that linked the farms (Safford) with the mines (Morenci).

It came to my attention due to its inclusion on Brett Tucker’s Grand Enchantment Trail. From the very beginning I knew I couldn’t …. [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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