The Physical Fitness Montage
We have all seen it. A movie hero is out of shape, out of his league, overwhelmed and under trained. He has a race or a fight or a game or a war coming up and the only way to be successful is to have a physical fitness montage. From Rudy to Pan, movies, especially […]
USGS, retouched.
Another thing I am excited about with the USGS photo library that I wrote about earlier is the endless opportunity it provides to retouch, restore, and otherwise play around with old photos. It is a hobby of mine and now I have thousands of pictures to practice on. The more I explore the database, the […]
Timpanogos
“…The chief did not like to lose the horses, so they decided to have another contest. That was to climb by night a mountain without using the trail. Ucanogos and some of the Indian maidens would be waiting on the top of the mountain.Timpanac studied the mountain trying to figure out the best way to […]
What is Real?
What does it say, that I am always awe struck when I ride the singletrack of the Wasatch? I have skidded to a halt in the same place and gawked at the same view over and over. Am I easy to please? A hopeless dreamer? Or is the scenery just that good? Maybe it is […]
Classic, at Last
Finally it is time to ride the Classic. And I could not be more excited. I created this year’s route in the hours after last year’s slightly ambitious hike-a-fest. And since then I have been anxiously awaiting an opportunity to string all these great trials, many of my very favorite, together in the course of […]
Winds of Change
“You don’t have to be a fantastic hero to do certain things – to compete. You can be just an ordinary chap, sufficiently motivated.” ~Edmund Hillary I can feel the restful, relative ease of the summer of 2008 draining out of my mind and body. Like a low level toxin it is running its course. […]
The Crest, Classic
Catherine Pass, as seen from The Crest The Wasatch Crest Trail is iconic, classic Utah singletrack. It offers views a million miles in every direction, views that continually remind you just how small you are in the world of the Rocky Mountains. The flow and the mojo come easily. The Crest will be a well […]
