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12 months in 12 photos
January: Longs peak from the top of Devils Gulch Road, Estes Park CO February: Top step, 24 Hours of Old Pueblo in Oracle Arizona. March: Looking at Utah. 18 road trail system in Fruita, Colorado April: The Whiskey 50 introduction, Prescott Arizona May: Bryan Alders and Blake Harlan indulging in Durango Singletrack. The ranch trails, Durango […]
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The Old Dog
The progression of time can be measured in a number of ways, some more meaningful than others. Yes, calendars are flipped, and appointments crossed out as they pass to be replaced by new ones. Digital timekeepers tick like a metronome ever further forward, unrelenting in pace, no matter the situation or surroundings. In reality, time […]
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Feeling food
Culture. in some places, culture is a collection of feelings and ideas which come together in a eclectic manner, defining the identity of a particular town or city. Other places, the geographic, economic and social development of a location has been so unidirectional that the word culture is an all encompassing term for everything that […]
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Flapjack
I can’t remember whether I have put this recipe up here before, but it needs to be published for permanence reasons. I joined into the cycling community at a time when ‘wholesome’ foods had suddenly become popular. This was perplexing for a number of reasons. As a country lad, I grew up on such real […]
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How Beautiful life is
To steal a quote from one of my favourite people And we stood atop the last of the peaks of the Rocky Mountains and thought “how beautiful life is!” To appreciate what one has, it must be looked at from all angles. The future isn’t as daunting when you have previous experiences to learn from. […]
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Top Left Corner
I’m running. Itself, its a rare thing these days. But I still enjoy it; the sand giving way underneath my feet and creating the extra slip of resistance is so very familiar. Its the feeling of my childhood; running across the beach, wiping the rain out of my eyes and looking across the sea is […]
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Super longs
The mutual homeostasis normally present in conversations is often missing between Bryan, Blake and I: “Want to walk up a mountain?” – OK “Want to walk up a 14,000 foot mountain?” – OK “Want to ride 43 miles, hike up one of the hardest and longest 14,000 foot peaks in Colorado, then ride […]
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Finnigans
I grew up living under the shadow of a ‘Mountain’. Not a big mountain by any stretch, but when young imaginations are at work, proximity trumps magnitude every time. Hangman Hill hangs over the quiet cove of Combe Martin; its hard to go a couple of minutes without looking up and seeing the top. Finnigans […]
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Size isn’t everything
There are 56 mountains in Colorado that matter. 56 that reach the determined threshold of importance. The rest fall by the wayside. Its easy to understand the attraction of hiking one of the fifty six 14,000 foot peaks; the revere of the tallest mountains, pushing out and above the surroundings. These mountains have their downsides, […]
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Settle
Settle: The word sometimes comes with negative connotations, especially in the competitive circles I associate with, but settling isn’t always a bad thing. Settling can be good. Settling is happening all over the Rockies at the moment; leaves are falling in more of a stampede than a flutter. The change of colours happened so fast […]