April 2014 - Diary of Scott Morris

Arizona Trail Ez Tour â€“ part 3

When we left off, we were conceptually halfway through the Arizona Trail, resting up in Payson. I had to be on the computer the following night, tracking the Elk Mountains Grand Traverse, a ‘skimo’ race in Crested Butte, CO. So we had a mellow day ahead of us, with only a half day’s ride to …. [Continue reading]

Arizona Trail Ez Tour – part 2

When we left off, our bikepackers were tucked into a cozy night in an A-frame in Oracle. Breakfast was procured in massive proportions, and we pulled the phase-3 pro move of ordering a giant Rudy’s breakfast burrito to go. Our fellow AZT bikepackers, Dave and Yuri, took note and followed suit. We may have started …. [Continue reading]

Arizona Trail Ez Tour – Part 1

This is the tale of how two bikepackers found themselves staring into the Grand Canyon. Except that they couldn’t see the Grand Canyon. They couldn’t see further than a hundred feet, through the blizzard and through the fog.

They had pedaled and pushed their bikes some 650 miles to get there, over mountain …. [Continue reading]

Winter blur part 3

March is Gila season, for so many reasons.

All winter is good out there, but in March the days are long, the nights warm, and the desert alive.

Cat was in town, and though we had just done a ~24 hour Gila bikepack with Alexis, it was time to …. [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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