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I rolled out of American Flag ranch with Odin and high hopes of completing all of Oracle Ridge. We began the rollers and he flew up them effortlessly. An hour into the ride we saw Mick Flarnt (Mark Flint) and his crew nearing completion of his Haul Road loop. They were floating down a …. [Continue reading] It’s the sensation that’s sweeping America! Hikers everywhere are letting their cars collect dust and riding bikes to the trailhead. As usual, I’m always into anything new and chic. So today I took the Suburbo assault route up to the Finger Rock trail and went for a short hike — just to be cool like …. [Continue reading] After a long night at Randy Acetta’s self-proclaimed “16th Annual Big Ol’ Holiday Party and Gift Exchange Extravaganza”, I was in dire need of fresh air and free thought. The party was not all bad; just too many people making too much noise for too long. At least for this kid. So this morning it …. [Continue reading] “Dead” day on the campus of the university. I went for a short but quick paced walk on the Pontotoc trail. It was overcast for most of the hike, but as I returned the sun came out, providing some nice contrasts. I managed to get a few decent pictures: The Pontotoc Cliffs Some nice clouds I attempted to ride in the foothills today. My knee felt fine for the first 10 minutes or so, then I could feel a sharp pain right where I hit it. I kept going, dreaming that it would go away. I made it up one wash near Via Entrada, then found myself stopped, sitting under …. [Continue reading] I am still playing it safe — not riding. My knee feels “ok”, but not 100%. I’ve been reading over various journal entries and my logs from the past year. I relived the pain (mental anguish, not phyiscal pain) from those days of never ending knee problems. I’ve been here many times before… …. [Continue reading] Healing is well under way. I probably needed the rest anyway. While I’m sitting here, under a self-imposed no riding order, thoughts are swirling about the 24 hour race in Feb. If my knee turns out ok (and it looks that way), I could make an attempt. The thought of riding around in circles for …. [Continue reading] Another reminder that good health, or injury-free riding, is not to be taken lightly; it is a fragile thing. This earnest young cyclist put too much effort into a technical climb, today, on Milagrosa ridge. We were climbing the trail (backwards, as it is never ridden), and I was attempting a particularly nasty section. The current version has a few bugs that we have fixed; we’re going to be putting together a new version ASAP. If your display bit depth is 16bit, the GIF map tiles will be scrambled and weird colors. It may also give access violations (crashes). The GPSdialog will crash if you try to select the …. [Continue reading] Two days burned (driving) for two days of bliss. Moab. We arrived to small piles of snow in the parking lot. 11/28/03 AM – A nice walk to Delicate Arch with my entire family. PM – 20 miles of fun on the new “sovereign” singletrack north of town. I followed closely behind …. [Continue reading] We’re off to Moab for the break. It’s been three years since my last Moab trip, so I’m excited. It used to be a regular pilgrimage for me when I lived in Salt Lake City: an escape from the winter with its snowed over, icy trails. Now, for some strange reason, we’re heading north to …. [Continue reading] It seems winter is here. Tucson is now, officially, the place to be. I’ve heard about inches of snow in SLC, Flagstaff, wherever… so I’m very grateful to be where I am, riding and happy. It’s even cold here. We finally got below freezing this morning. Saturday’s ride was on the chilly side, whether you’re …. [Continue reading] Our CVPR paper, “finding trails” (in Terraserver imagery) is done and submitted, at last. Now onto new things. Two rides out on Suburban Assault. On the first I realized the first Dick McGee switchback was ridable (I’ve never even attempted it before). A new possibility opened: riding the whole thing. On the second ride I …. [Continue reading] 11/16/03 I haven’t been this cold in some time. Once your hands and feet go numb while riding, they don’t come back. Odin and I set off for Green Mountain, with the ambitious aim of riding it backwards. But at the bottom of the Catalina Highway there was a flourescent sign that read “no bikes …. [Continue reading] 2do Rally de Montana in Hermosillo, Mexico. A 66k mountain bike race in the foothills near Hermosillo. 8000 pesos ($800) for first place, trailing off quickly down to fifth. Originally the race was supposed to be 100k, and it should be next year. The trip down was draining and difficult, as usual. We arrived to …. [Continue reading] We spent a nice day up in the Catalinas today. Hottie ran with her friends in the morning, then we headed off to Ventana Canyon. Destination: the Window. This is an arduous hike, but well worth the trip. The trail is faint and overgrown for most of the trip and you climb around 4000 feet …. [Continue reading] Woke up at 6am and was out the door at 6:45am on my hard tail, heading for a trail work party near the 50 year trail. It’s been a while since I’ve ridden up Oracle. I used to head up there to ride Sutherland, Pie Jesu or Deer Camp with Stevie A, but those times …. [Continue reading] I spent most of the day dribbling away in exhaustion from the soul ride. I’ve been more tired, but it is difficult to focus on anything for too long. So I’ve been blasting the Crimson DVD, excited for the concert tonight. If the concert is a hundredth of the performance on the DVD it could …. [Continue reading] The Ride of Soul is over; it was an interesting one. I am still estatic about it. I was able to finish the race riding strong and without knee problems. Contrast this with last year when I lined up to ride 100 miles of dirt without riding 100 miles (total) in the previous two months. …. [Continue reading] Version 1.5 is up. What’s new? 2 meter topo maps, area calculation, GPX association, trackseg breaking, qsorted map index file and a slew of bug fixes. We’re handling Terraserver’s “internal server errors” almost unnoticably now. Backtracking… 10/22/03 – Went for night ride at Starr Pass with Hottie. Beautiful night. It was interesting to hit pockets …. [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. More... Projects / Sites  
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