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Tourdaho: Series Introduction
Adventure is dead. Long live adventure. Adventure is a word that has become so ubiquitous as to almost destroy its meaning. I mean, when Microsoft is using the word to try to sell laptops and Mixed...
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Tourdaho: Day 1 also known as the Beginning
Mile 0: We head out from Galena Lodge knowing that we should be going uphill toward the pass and immediately make a wrong turn that sends us downhill. Not exactly how one would hope to start a journey...
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Tourdaho: Day 2
We had two objectives for day 2. The first of which was to get to Stanley, resupply the little bit of food and what not we had used and find some hot springs. The second was to click off some miles and...
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Death Valley
Space, unadulterated, open, empty, silent solitude kind of space. Sometimes it’s as much what a place doesn’t have that defines it. Death Valley can be an extremely difficult place to be. My first...
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Sketch of a Man Buying Booze
His oversized, red finger shook as he attempted to choose credit or debit. The cashier had been pulling receipts off the printer as I walked up, apparently they were telling her the card had been...
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Tourdaho: Day 3
33 degrees. We woke up to damp everything. I knew it was going to be cold as my bag started to have cold spots when I moved starting around 5 AM. We had initially planned on an early start due to that...
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Project Shred Sled
It’s a new year. I got a new bike. One that I’ve already been told by one Carl doesn’t make any sense for me because I don’t know how to shred, well, he said you don’t jump, but whatever, same diff. To...
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Alcoving
It’s dark. The wind has been blowing since, well, about 2 days prior. We’ve all had a little bit to drink when Casey wanders off to take a leak. When he reaches about 30 feet from where we are camped,...
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The Alliance’s Triathlon
There’s multiple reasons that we call him Shelby Sticks. This past weekend the Alliance hosted the first, probably not annual, Dark Canyon Triple Threat Triathlon (we really need to figure out shorter...
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Tourdaho: Day 4
The day broke with the same anxiety we experienced every day of this trip. Knowing that we would be spending the next 8-12 hours in some form of discomfort or another, always made the mornings a bit...
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Just another sandstone canyon
We are camped in a strange place. A place that, for all intents and purposes, shouldn’t exist. A place that, if you believe mother nature has a design, this isn’t it. It’s a place that is otherworldly...
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A Hobo’s Guide: How to Shit in a Mosquito Infested Wood
My legs are burning and my knees feel like they are going to explode. My pants are around my ankles and I’m hovering over a hole I dug in desperation just moments earlier. If I were to try and find a...
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Thirst and Drowning in Coyote Gulch
I don’t know who said it. Probably because I don’t care, but someone, somewhere said the two fastest ways to die in the desert are thirst and drowning. Thirst Somebody pitched this as an easy trip, a...
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Thoughts on a River
It’s all downhill from here. It’s an almost universal truth that on all backcountry adventures and most bike rides, at some point someone says that phrase. For the uninitiated, it can be a sigh of...
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Tourdaho: Day 5
Day 5. Based on my notes, this was the least eventful day of the entire trip. It was the only day that I didn’t take the time to jot down notes on what had happened. Strangely enough, it’s also the...
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I Guess This is for Life
Oh dear Lord, what is that monstrosity? Editor’s note: This was originally post on March 7, 2014. It’s been almost 4.5 years since I stopped wrenching full time. I was feeling nostalgic and needed to...
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Beers not Gears – SSST Schedule
Let’s go ahead and set the bar nice and low. First off, the Mooseknuckler Cycling Alliance does not condone pedaling any ride where there isn’t time to stop and take pictures or drink a beer. So while...
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Singlespeed So ‘Tah
There was one simple goal – Ride bikes with rad peeps in the desert. I think everyone agrees that the goal was accomplished. Before we get too into the details, the Alliance would like to congratulate...
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Hey Joe’s Alliance Safari
“So, where ya going this weekend?” “Not sure. It’s kinda complicated. Kokopelli is a no go and there are six people going.” “Six? That’s a lot for a bikepacking trip.” “Yup. Six is usually my hard rule...
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