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The Fine Art of The Bacon Strip
When someone does something remarkable around here we like to recognize it. Most of the time that consists of, “dude that fucking stinks!” or “Nice one! You’re going to want to get that looked at.” This time congrats are in order for Barrett Donovan for getting his first photography exhibition! Barrett has 10 20... »
Bike Towable Caravan (camp trailer)
I think LowCO2 is going to order one of these to pull behind his Optibike. The £5,500 QTvan is the world’s smallest caravan and is so named because it caters to three peculiarly British obsessions: queuing, tea and caravans. via Mobility scooter caravan built to beat Royal Wedding queues | ETA. »
Scubaspelunking in Russia
Word of the day: Scubaspelunking via Portfolio: Diving Russia’s Longest Cave. <– click for an amazing gallery of photos. »
Big Blue Adventure 4 and 8 Hour Mountain Bike Race
This looks fun: “Come join us for a great day of mountain biking on a scenic and fun course. Race as a solo or on a team of 2, 3 or 4 (teams of 3 and 4 apply to the 8hr race only). The course is approximately 12 miles. Fast lap times... »
Novel idea for the Reno-Tahoe Odyssey
I’ve got an idea. A few are into it, but we need 12 to make it happen. The Reno-Tahoe Odyssey usually works with 2 vans and 12 runners who each run segments of the 178 mile route around Tahoe, carson and Vagina City. My idea is 12 riders, 6 bicycles and no gasoline at... »
Blazing Zephyr Lift Evacuation
Minor adventure on Sunday. We were skiing @ Mt. Rose and were about to load the Blazing Zephyr when the lift stopped. After a while they asked us to all move back, then they brought out coffee, then there was talk of evacuation. Eventually, they sent someone over to unlock Winter’s Creek Lodge and... »
La Ruta Recap
“If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” That quote will make more sense later. “La Ruta,” the short name for “La Ruta de Los Conquistadores” kicked my ass. There’s not much more I can say about that. I have never been so destroyed by four... »
La Ruta Update
Results will be posted live here: http://www.adventurerace.com/ I finished today very strong and I feel good. 9:41 is the official time, just 3 min behind Chris Carmichael. The Cararra pass was insane climb-a-bike, that’s an upgrade from hike. I saved one teammate by fixing his chain and he repaid me with an awesome pull... »
More days in Costa Rica
Seems like the interwebs have been buzzing lately about La Ruta. I saw this report on the possible leader group and another one that had a lot of the same information. The recon trip I did in September included riding a big chunk of the race, but not all. The video I posted before... »
Ride The Divide Movie Screening in Reno
Get out if you can to see the Reno screening of Ride The Divide: 2700 Miles. Canada to Mexico. Alone. This is a movie about the race from Banff Canada to Mexico along the Continental Divide. An intense ride. Something we here the bacon strip dream about haivng the grit and time to do.... »