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  • Togwotee Race Report

    This isn’t so much a report as an important observation. Why is it that when I go out and do a leisure ride I go with minimal equipment, as light as I can, but then when it comes to racing like a simple 35 mile loop, I decide to pack a lot of survival gear?…

  • TWC Travel day

    Today is a major offensive push in the war against the 40 hour work week. I’ve taken today off and also next Monday. But it is not all fun and games. There is a massive packing effort to be done this morning and then a six to seven hour drive to Togwotee  Pass Wyoming. It’s…

  • Togwotee Preparations

    This weekend is my 5th Togwotee Winter Classic. My first try was also my first fat bike race. It ended wonderfully. This year I am kind of not as prepared, much like the first year. We needed to get out for a prep ride. You see now we call it prep ride because to call…

  • Dear Bozeman

    I feel the culture of no respect for other tax paying road users besides motor vehicles of the 4+ wheel type variety in Bozeman must change. This morning a parks and recreation vehicle brushed past me which gave me alert. I admit to gesturing towards this truck towing a huge trailer. I mean the trailer…

  • Spot Watching

    As Mo climbs the hill I feel rushed. My partner climbs pretty quickly but today I was out front. I wanted to get back home. Why? To watch dots … of course. The friends I am watching are Jill Homer who is in the 1,000 mile jaunt, Beat Jegerlehner her partner on foot, and of course the Petervarys…

  • The Evolution of the Green Goggle

    Last night I suddenly realized that ‘the green goggle’ has evolved over time. Once a training device and now a icon of our relationship. If none of this makes sense then as my partner said, “they don’t know us”. For those of you that do here is a comparison of then and now. before and…

  • Glide

    Last night I was battling the 40 hour work week with a trail run. Well … when I trail run it is more like a crippled old man stumble. Walking up and stumbling down with ouch-knee. A shadow moved across the ground in front of me causing me to look up. I hit the deck…

  • Remembering 11 Years Ago Today

    One of my fondest memories was a ridge snowshoe with my friend Alden the we did back in 2005. I thought it was high time I posted a gallery. I posted the event but a busy life, OK a incident induced shush, resulted in just a blurb. Well here are the images. My remembrances are that this single…

  • WNA 32 – Rollin Fatties up Olsen

    Two strong showed up at the WNA number 32. Oh yea, we have been keeping up the weekly tradition. The most people that ever showed is 2 and the least amount of folks were 2. So a steady growth. I didn’t blog about the others because if you read my previous post we are at…

  • Against All Odds

    At the root of our battle is the 40 hour work week. And folloing that is all the issues it creates. This weekend we fought back. Against fatigue and mental drain. Against all the others that have turned into zombies and now want to kill us. We got outside. Risking our lives we rode out…

  • Trails Traveled

    When I don’t have anything new or recovering from injury. I look to the past. What was I doing today? In 2010 I was hiking with the Missoula TNR group. 2012 Mo and I rolled fatties in Bozeman. 2013 I was attempting a snow shoe to Baldy Mountain. ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY, FEB 18:…

  • Before the fall

    We were headed down to the pool at Elkhorn Hot Springs. Yes we were a little excited but that was not the cause of the fall. The cause of the fall was that I tried to wear my cushies down. And then I slipped on the ice, spun around, put my arm down, twisted all my fingers…

  • Pioneer

    Well … to be a pioneer one must be a person who is among the first to explore or settle a new country or area. A google search of the Pioneer Mountains will not give you any clue why they are named as such. Taking a fat bike up Blue Creek Trail though I felt…

  • First Time

    It is our first time sliding in two years. After being helped by onlookers we were able to lock into the slide thingers. Yea, it was fun. No the real fun was staying in a cabin with friends and playing Cards Against Humanity. I really fit into the awful crowd.

  • Mile 124

    I could continue, I know I could. I have done it before. I paid the price and the rewards have been plentiful. Trophies and ribbons. Gift certificates and praises. I have a entire bookshelf full of rewards. 5 years ago I thought it was enough. But then I became aware of something more rewarding. Teaming up…

  • Bivvy

    If I were to do a race like the Fat Pursuit like Americans run their business I would die. 40 hour work weeks and stupid time-clocks. This morning it occurred to me as I was RACING to work an not be late that I could get hit or crash pretty violently in the icy conditions.…

  • Last Day

    I had a dream last night. I had it with the F*&%ing 40 hour work week and insane timeclock bullshit. I quit my job. And that last day was fantastic. It makes me really want to do it in real time to see if I will get that true freedom feeling. The first day of…

  • Padre Canyon

    Last hike in Padre Canyon saves the vacation