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  • Prepairing

    Sitting here eating like a buffalo. Big wooly pigs right … or maybe that is a bear. In any case my girlfriend and I are busily preparing for our trip to California. She will be working and I will be sponging off of friends. getting fat … like this buffalo.

  • Beating hypothermia

    I am shaking violently and feel extremely sick. I can no longer walk or even follow Paul. I long left my hate-chant berating him for taking me on this drizzly death hike. To his STUPID last of the 46 Adirondack High Peaks. What a dumb endeavor.  Is my need to have a friend to go…

  • I am me

    I started to come to grips with my first backpacking effort and I “thought” I was on the fast track to completing the much requested blog posts on that event. But you know what? I am not the blogger I once was. My imagination now has definition. I am predictable. And then there is my…

  • Chapter 1 – The Suggestion

    How did it all start? And why didn’t I blog about it back in 2011? Most knew something was up but my posts were cryptic. This story actually has roots in 2010. I was at the Adventure Cycling holiday party as a guest of my friend Jill. I notice this cool character who was doing the…

  • New shoes

    Pleasure and pain – two sides of the same coin. It’s a pleasure not having to worry about keeping my toes pointed down. But the pain? Forgetting I’m almost barefoot means those sharp, pointy rocks really hurt. Yet, there’s this fantastic relief in reconnecting with Mother Earth. It makes me think: avoiding life’s discomforts might…

  • Chapter 2 – The Investigation

    This post is the first in a series called the Team MoBill Story How did it all start? And why didn’t I blog about it back in 2011? Most knew something was up but my posts were cryptic. This story actually has roots in 2010. I was at the Adventure Cycling holiday party as a guest…

  • Chapter 3 – Green Goggles

    This post is the first in a series called the Team MoBill Story How did it all start? And why didn’t I blog about it back in 2011? Most knew something was up but my posts were cryptic. This story actually has roots in 2010. I was at the Adventure Cycling holiday party as a guest…

  • Suggestions are appreciated … but

    We finally topped out on our climb and Lava Lake came into view. Our destination for the day and the place I was looking forward to a 20 minute cold adaptation session. Lava Lake. No one told us this was the place to go. We just saw it on a map and thought it would…

  • Chapter 4 – Encounters

    This post is the first in a series called the Team MoBill Story How did it all start? And why didn’t I blog about it back in 2011? Most knew something was up but my posts were cryptic. This story actually has roots in 2010. I was at the Adventure Cycling holiday party as a guest…

  • It aproaches

    I am about to get on a plane and travel to California. San Francisco to be exact. And I am going to see friends, Leah, Cameron, and Jill. It will be good. But for now all the usual stuff. Planning, scheming, and stressing. And the journey continues. On a trail new to me.

  • Chapter 5 – The Ambush

    This post is the first in a series called the Team MoBill Story How did it all start? And why didn’t I blog about it back in 2011? Most knew something was up but my posts were cryptic. This story actually has roots in 2010. I was at the Adventure Cycling holiday party as a guest…

  • Making the TNR

    So there I was, chugging along towards Clinton, Montana, when my car decided to throw a fit. The darn thing sputtered, and I knew right then – the Thursday Night Ride in Missoula was a no-go for me. I was hammering down I90, and boy, did I guzzle more gas than a thirsty camel. This…

  • Chapter 6 – First Date

    This post is the first in a series called the Team MoBill Story How did it all start? And why didn’t I blog about it back in 2011? Most knew something was up but my posts were cryptic. This story actually has roots in 2010. I was at the Adventure Cycling holiday party as a guest…

  • No time

    I have so much to write about. Like the Fitz-Barn 400. And last weekend. Yea, I can do that, but not right now. To busy getting ready to drive to Missoula. Summer is waining and I will have plenty of time to hash out what went down out on the bikepacking trails. For now I…

  • Final Chapter – Summer of Adventure

    This post is the first in a series called the Team MoBill Story How did it all start? And why didn’t I blog about it back in 2011? Most knew something was up but my posts were cryptic. This story actually has roots in 2010. I was at the Adventure Cycling holiday party as a guest…

  • Settling in

    Adventure is so cool. Like when you reach something new and unexpected. There is so much to take in and sometimes you grab a camera to document the moment as if no one has been there before. I love adventure. And it is so positive … must be perspective. And it is at these times…

  • Back from the Beartooths

    Just pushed my bike up the stairs to my appartment and now I am off to work. A quickie post to explain my dissapearance over the last 4 days. Now it is back to the salt mines. More later … ish. Beartooth Expedition Day 1 2.30 mi | 1:35:07 @ 1.45 mph Beartooth Expedition Day…

  • Happy labor day

    We just got back from our Beartooth Adventure and the smoke has returned.  I say mother nature needs a big fire hydrant.