Altitude binge, mountain biking 14ers.

It wasn’t until I sat down to write this report that I wondered why the big mountains call to me. It’s a fair question: what is the point of going to the top, just to come back down? But that question (or its variants) is not something that bothers me. I don’t know too many …. [Continue reading]

Sky prelude

A small mountain of packages was waiting for me in Salida. SPOTs that had been all over the divide, and more. Unfortunately it wasn’t enough to cover the Colorado Trail Race, so I had to scramble for units and wait for the postman to (hopefully) deliver a few more. It was difficult to track them …. [Continue reading]

Missoula ProXCT

We rolled into Missoula late, after too much time spent checking out Salmon, and too much construction on the 2-laners that got us there. We checked into the cheap motel that we would call home for the next ~week, and the first thing on the agenda was recovery! I was pretty trashed from the Sun …. [Continue reading]

SLC, XC Nationals

This photo is a pretty good reflection of how far back my photo backlog goes. Yep, past the 4th of July, when Paula and I sat out on our Salida deck and watched the fireworks, after a nice ride and run. Oh, summer!! Long days, hot weather and big mountains with no snow. …. [Continue reading]