so, pix from this saturday and part of sunday are just going to have to do. i seem to have misplaced my highflying ridgeline pix from the previous weekend. i'll get them up sometime soon.
jj
jj
7/11/11
more ridgeflying...
i am now officially behind on ride, hike, and rideflying reports.
so, pix from this saturday and part of sunday are just going to have to do. i seem to have misplaced my highflying ridgeline pix from the previous weekend. i'll get them up sometime soon.
jj
jj
so, pix from this saturday and part of sunday are just going to have to do. i seem to have misplaced my highflying ridgeline pix from the previous weekend. i'll get them up sometime soon.
jj
jj
7/5/11
Ridgeflying
best backpacking trip ever.
ever-ever.
Thank you, Starling.
and... ever see a white elk?
More later... much more later. 550 pix of 3 days, 2 nights, summits and summits and endless ridge lines of grassy, rocky, snowy, mtn goaty, elky, flowery more worth of more.
Jj
ever-ever.
Thank you, Starling.
and... ever see a white elk?
More later... much more later. 550 pix of 3 days, 2 nights, summits and summits and endless ridge lines of grassy, rocky, snowy, mtn goaty, elky, flowery more worth of more.
Jj
7/1/11
HAWTTTTT!!!!
i promised you more... so here you go!
Friday: 100 degree ride with the LW powerhouse. thanks for the heat-riding (heat-recovering) lesson, oh great-one!!! (see the very few evening pix in the show below).
Saturday: The Infinite Smile Day with Cat, LW, MyssL. (all the GREEN pix are from Saturday).
Sunday: A cracked-out mtbBlissSession with LW. Strawberries, grapes and blackberries in the shade at the far arc of the new-trail ride. Hot. And Hawt. And Happy.
Thank you, MyssLenore, LW, and CAT. For all the blisssssnessss...
MtbOn!
jj
Friday: 100 degree ride with the LW powerhouse. thanks for the heat-riding (heat-recovering) lesson, oh great-one!!! (see the very few evening pix in the show below).
Saturday: The Infinite Smile Day with Cat, LW, MyssL. (all the GREEN pix are from Saturday).
Sunday: A cracked-out mtbBlissSession with LW. Strawberries, grapes and blackberries in the shade at the far arc of the new-trail ride. Hot. And Hawt. And Happy.
Thank you, MyssLenore, LW, and CAT. For all the blisssssnessss...
MtbOn!
jj
6/23/11
honestly...
honestly, i have been riding, and playing, and generally flying through this beautiful summer.
i've taken very, very few pictures... and i have not spent much time trying to attach words to the rides, the pix ... the anything.
so, how about a couple of slide shows!!!
6.18-19.11 saturday date ride, and sunday convergence-ride with Fred M:
as you will note, almost all of saturday pix (but one) pic were taken while recovering at the bar ... i mean, outside of absolute bikes while watching the river dudes do their river thing. the flowers were incredible.
our saturday ride was perfect. we had a nice ride from town, some serious climbing on a 2x road, some sOOOOOper fun contoury singletrack, and some other fun trail hunting bliss. ca-ching! nice way to come off of 2 weeks of solid WORK. wwwhhheee!!!!
our sunday ride was spectacarific, too! we escorted Fred up marshall pass and down starvation... all new to him. what a pleasure it was to ride and talk with this bright soul!!! his new bike is sssaaasssssyyyy!!! and yes walt, i want one. thank you, fred, for your company and your inspirations!!!
6.5.11 BliSS ride with Ez:
a few weeks ago i had the distinct pleasure of escorting eszter on a sparkler hunting ride. thankfully, she kinda found her sparklers the day before by crackin' out on her home-town trails, and taking the win at the SSUSA in Ned (yes, i called her Miss SS USA all day, and have visions of a nice little sash that i think she should wear).
anyway. as you will see from these very limited photos, i spent most of my day riding behind her. i had no little ring, and spent the day slow-pedaling in a whole new way. it was glorious. we had an odd day of fire-air. it was hazy, smoky, and otherwise WEIRD out. as noted in her blog post, she requested that we do this particular ride ... what i didn't realize was that she had very little recollection of what the whole loop included. we had a great day. we had a great long day. we were happy-happy-happy for most of the ride .. and happy-happy-happy at the end when she pulled out a huge steak and some roasted beets for post-ride recovery food. mMMMmm!!!
and, despite work being overwhelmingly intense, i've had the opportunity to blast out for a few quick and dirty rides.... and to hook up some super fun commuter loops on the mtb, linking up the various DIRT trail systems along with some linkage-bike-path action. i like creative mtb commute ideas.... i just wonder what a 4-hour mtb bike commute would do to the productivity of my day. thoughts.
and... that's all i've got. i should have more next week, i promise!
jj
i've taken very, very few pictures... and i have not spent much time trying to attach words to the rides, the pix ... the anything.
so, how about a couple of slide shows!!!
6.18-19.11 saturday date ride, and sunday convergence-ride with Fred M:
as you will note, almost all of saturday pix (but one) pic were taken while recovering at the bar ... i mean, outside of absolute bikes while watching the river dudes do their river thing. the flowers were incredible.
our saturday ride was perfect. we had a nice ride from town, some serious climbing on a 2x road, some sOOOOOper fun contoury singletrack, and some other fun trail hunting bliss. ca-ching! nice way to come off of 2 weeks of solid WORK. wwwhhheee!!!!
our sunday ride was spectacarific, too! we escorted Fred up marshall pass and down starvation... all new to him. what a pleasure it was to ride and talk with this bright soul!!! his new bike is sssaaasssssyyyy!!! and yes walt, i want one. thank you, fred, for your company and your inspirations!!!
6.5.11 BliSS ride with Ez:
a few weeks ago i had the distinct pleasure of escorting eszter on a sparkler hunting ride. thankfully, she kinda found her sparklers the day before by crackin' out on her home-town trails, and taking the win at the SSUSA in Ned (yes, i called her Miss SS USA all day, and have visions of a nice little sash that i think she should wear).
anyway. as you will see from these very limited photos, i spent most of my day riding behind her. i had no little ring, and spent the day slow-pedaling in a whole new way. it was glorious. we had an odd day of fire-air. it was hazy, smoky, and otherwise WEIRD out. as noted in her blog post, she requested that we do this particular ride ... what i didn't realize was that she had very little recollection of what the whole loop included. we had a great day. we had a great long day. we were happy-happy-happy for most of the ride .. and happy-happy-happy at the end when she pulled out a huge steak and some roasted beets for post-ride recovery food. mMMMmm!!!
and, despite work being overwhelmingly intense, i've had the opportunity to blast out for a few quick and dirty rides.... and to hook up some super fun commuter loops on the mtb, linking up the various DIRT trail systems along with some linkage-bike-path action. i like creative mtb commute ideas.... i just wonder what a 4-hour mtb bike commute would do to the productivity of my day. thoughts.
and... that's all i've got. i should have more next week, i promise!
jj
6/4/11
one day, on day One
a long post with mostly only pictures. who wants to read words, anyway?
in the beginning:
in the sea of bliss:
caption contest, anyone? crackhead 1a and 1b:
crackhead one-AAA1:
this one is funny, too. it makes me giggle. giggling is good.
may i re-introduce, the lovely, the uber-talented, the Goddesssss of Grace, MyssL!!
HA, MyssL ... i think i like that name for her ;-)
DynamicDuoCouple#1:
Heaven:
wait, no... THIS is heaven-LY:
with wheels ON the smoove ground:
HONEY!
BADGER!
Caption Contest #2:
the OOOO!!! and the LAALAA!!!
mmm...sswweett:
she IS, the epitome, of Zen.
LW at the HIGHCountrySpaGarden:
There goes my Starling, waaaayyyyyy up there. Ok, everyone, go catch him!
LuhShuuuus:
ohmygawdthisissoyummy!
OK. More later.
jj
in the beginning:
in the sea of bliss:
caption contest, anyone? crackhead 1a and 1b:
crackhead one-AAA1:
this one is funny, too. it makes me giggle. giggling is good.
may i re-introduce, the lovely, the uber-talented, the Goddesssss of Grace, MyssL!!
HA, MyssL ... i think i like that name for her ;-)
DynamicDuoCouple#1:
Heaven:
wait, no... THIS is heaven-LY:
with wheels ON the smoove ground:
HONEY!
BADGER!
Caption Contest #2:
the OOOO!!! and the LAALAA!!!
mmm...sswweett:
she IS, the epitome, of Zen.
LW at the HIGHCountrySpaGarden:
There goes my Starling, waaaayyyyyy up there. Ok, everyone, go catch him!
LuhShuuuus:
ohmygawdthisissoyummy!
OK. More later.
jj
5/26/11
MOMMMMY!!!
I had the distinct pleasure of riding with a beautiful crew of calm-cool-collected, uber-talented and beautifully-masterful riders this weekend (LW, DH, MC and his L, EDE). I don't know how I lucked out. I promise a full weekend report at some point ... soon.
Until then, one little story from the Sprite of Over-Excitedness (me).
MC made sure to point out every last possible "roller line" on both of our rides this weekend. In my hyper-excited state of wanting to up my technical riding game, I put myself on everything that didn't require 'air time.'
Sunday, mid-day, MC pointed out a super-sweet, double-pitched, slightly-gapped rock line that was right at the edge of my 'steep' and 'big' experience thus far.
I lined up, pre-rolled the entry point a few times... while DH and LW looked on in complete horror. Ed could barely watch, and I'm not sure exactly what MC was thinking. But, I knew I had it in me.
So ....... Zen state locked ..... and down I rolled ....
And what word involuntarily sprang from my mouth in that first attempt, as I rolled in a little too hot and a little too over-excited???
"MOOOMMMMMMMYYYYY!!!!!"
Yup. Mommy.
I did not roll off the end of that line particularly "clean" the first time. The second time, however, I rolled it without a sound, and rolled away as casually as I could.....
Phewwww!!!
More pix and stories later!!! I promise!
JJ
Until then, one little story from the Sprite of Over-Excitedness (me).
MC made sure to point out every last possible "roller line" on both of our rides this weekend. In my hyper-excited state of wanting to up my technical riding game, I put myself on everything that didn't require 'air time.'
Sunday, mid-day, MC pointed out a super-sweet, double-pitched, slightly-gapped rock line that was right at the edge of my 'steep' and 'big' experience thus far.
I lined up, pre-rolled the entry point a few times... while DH and LW looked on in complete horror. Ed could barely watch, and I'm not sure exactly what MC was thinking. But, I knew I had it in me.
So ....... Zen state locked ..... and down I rolled ....
And what word involuntarily sprang from my mouth in that first attempt, as I rolled in a little too hot and a little too over-excited???
"MOOOMMMMMMMYYYYY!!!!!"
Yup. Mommy.
I did not roll off the end of that line particularly "clean" the first time. The second time, however, I rolled it without a sound, and rolled away as casually as I could.....
Phewwww!!!
More pix and stories later!!! I promise!
JJ
5/11/11
sparkler hunting
Anyone who knows me knows that my energy levels are not the most ... consistent. A lot of the time I'm flying HIGH. But there are times when the light from within is quite overwhelmingly mellow.
Siiiggghhhh....
So. When the uber mellow takes hold of my spirit, and I'm feeling and behaving dark, I have to really consciously and delibertely go out and look for my sparklers.
Yes. The sparklers can usually be found at the top of the mountain.
The thing is, usually just the endorphins from riding and playing hard will help to ignite the inner fires. But sometimes, a little adrenaline is also required.
Towards that end, Michelle and I set up a ride date so that we could hit my mountain before the next storm arrived. The goal was to suss-out a new 29er pony for her, to clean a rock she had to nail, and for me to find a box of stinkin' sparklers SOMEWHERE ... out there.
We found ourselves on the top of the mountain, and I was still funked and moody. WTF? Really? Michelle told me to stop thinking.
Thanks, M.
Our little sparkler-hunting route found us climbing in gorgeous light, and on empty trails. Really? Along our way up the mountain and through the woods, M found a whole BOX of sparklers!
She started by just showing up looking as Hawt as humanly possible,
... then proceeded to absolutely NAIL one of her nemesis rocks:
See the bolt of brilliance pouring forth from that soul?
Yeah, one happy woman! And yes, we scream a lot, and loudly, when we clear the challenge. Wait til I get the vid put together... you will fall over laughing.
Me? I've already cleared everything on my mountain, riding it in both directions. I've cleaned it up, I've cleaned it down, I've just not cleaned it all in one smoove move.
So, I decided it was time to up the game a little and take an 'alternative line' that was 'bigger' (i.e., more committing) than the 'normal' line. And no, I didn't have to make new trail to accomplish this.
Scott M, this is for YOU! I know you wanted this line last time you were here. So now, you have to come back and ride it ;-)
First, I had to stop and look:
My hands were shaking a little! That felt good. The fire had finally started.
Then, I had to figure out how to line up the front wheel, because the second that front wheel got committed, I got committed: there was no easy way out after crossing the line.
A step to either side would have sealed the deal for both of my ankles.
And, walla!
Screaming and hollering ensued. So much so, I had to calm myself down by riding it twice more. Truly, it's just a move that required commitment -- more commitment than skill. But still. It was a lovely moment.
My little box of sparklers found, we rolled back to the trailhead illuminating the shadowed woods, which, oddly, we had all to our happy little selves.
Thanks, M. For a lovely ride date and sparkler hunting ride. Much needed.
Jj
Siiiggghhhh....
So. When the uber mellow takes hold of my spirit, and I'm feeling and behaving dark, I have to really consciously and delibertely go out and look for my sparklers.
Yes. The sparklers can usually be found at the top of the mountain.
The thing is, usually just the endorphins from riding and playing hard will help to ignite the inner fires. But sometimes, a little adrenaline is also required.
Towards that end, Michelle and I set up a ride date so that we could hit my mountain before the next storm arrived. The goal was to suss-out a new 29er pony for her, to clean a rock she had to nail, and for me to find a box of stinkin' sparklers SOMEWHERE ... out there.
We found ourselves on the top of the mountain, and I was still funked and moody. WTF? Really? Michelle told me to stop thinking.
Thanks, M.
Our little sparkler-hunting route found us climbing in gorgeous light, and on empty trails. Really? Along our way up the mountain and through the woods, M found a whole BOX of sparklers!
She started by just showing up looking as Hawt as humanly possible,
... then proceeded to absolutely NAIL one of her nemesis rocks:
See the bolt of brilliance pouring forth from that soul?
Yeah, one happy woman! And yes, we scream a lot, and loudly, when we clear the challenge. Wait til I get the vid put together... you will fall over laughing.
Me? I've already cleared everything on my mountain, riding it in both directions. I've cleaned it up, I've cleaned it down, I've just not cleaned it all in one smoove move.
So, I decided it was time to up the game a little and take an 'alternative line' that was 'bigger' (i.e., more committing) than the 'normal' line. And no, I didn't have to make new trail to accomplish this.
Scott M, this is for YOU! I know you wanted this line last time you were here. So now, you have to come back and ride it ;-)
First, I had to stop and look:
My hands were shaking a little! That felt good. The fire had finally started.
Then, I had to figure out how to line up the front wheel, because the second that front wheel got committed, I got committed: there was no easy way out after crossing the line.
A step to either side would have sealed the deal for both of my ankles.
And, walla!
Screaming and hollering ensued. So much so, I had to calm myself down by riding it twice more. Truly, it's just a move that required commitment -- more commitment than skill. But still. It was a lovely moment.
My little box of sparklers found, we rolled back to the trailhead illuminating the shadowed woods, which, oddly, we had all to our happy little selves.
Thanks, M. For a lovely ride date and sparkler hunting ride. Much needed.
Jj
5/2/11
4/25/11
4/23/11
a darn Good Friday
With a whole day of Free Friday time, why not go out and meander around on the pony all day long, eh?
The yellow line is the route, clockwise ;-)
Slide show at the bottom with descriptions ;-)
Started from the house:
- Up Bergen Peak Trail to the top.
From the top, saw a fire that had just started over off of Parmalee Gulch Road, which I would be passing by later in the day. Didn't think much about it. See the pix for the fire shot! - Down Too Long.
Saw ONE rider. And he was taking a pp break right in the middle of the trail. Icky. - Connector trails, roads, and back roads over to the upper Apex TH.
Fun stuff, linking it all together. - Apex Trails
Started down the main trail, turned up Hardscrabble, up SleuxBox, down-around-up Grubstake, down PickNSledge, down the remainder of Apex. - Connector road over to Matthew Winters.
- Matthew Winters proper: the mellow, enchanting, flowing way.
- Connector road thru Morrison, up to Falcon TH.
- Up the grunt of Falcon, to the tippy top.
For some reason, this climb killed me ;-) These were my internal implosion miles. - Connector road to Lair of the Bear (LOTB).
Ran into the fire-cops at the top of Parmalee Gulch road. Yup, the road was closed due to the fire that I saw earlier. Talked with the nice fire guy and he let me thru the line and onto the LOTB singletrack! WOHOOO!! That could have REAAAALLLY sucked. - LOTB singletrack in all it's swooping glory.
- Connector road: Kerr Gulch back up to Evergreen.
- Connector singletrack to Bergen meadow.
One of my faves. Too bad it's so short. Did the extra little loop at the top;-) - Blaze the Bergen Meadow back to the house.
A lovely, meandering 60 mile, 8,700'. A nice all day affair.
jj
4/13/11
4.13.10
730am: dentist. dentist chair. needle. drilling. joy.
845am: office. monitor. 3rd cup of coffe. it's the only thing with taste, so why not have another.
945am: starving. left side of face still falling off skull. more coffee.
130pm: FOOD. finally.
230pm: motivation extinct, completely lost in the univrese, somewhere. brightness down the drain.
330pm: start asking for help finding motivation and energy.
345pm: receive clear directions to The Place Of Motivation. and if it's not there, then i'm there, and that is all that matters.
500pm: 37 degrees. little frozen flakes darting to the earth. in the saddle, and begin. EMEast. fresh tracks.
530pm: first summit. huh,imaginethat - 20 mins faster than expected.
545pm: EMWest. fresh tracks. torched. hit the ranch trail.
600pm: hit the golden whisper trail. 615pm: switches. cleared.
627pm: fresh tracks still. fourth and final summit reached. have a little chat with the universe. wet, heavy snow starts pounding.
646pm: frozen hands, pony packed, heater full blast in the car. recoverite. grin.
730pm: mineral salt bath.
830pm: hot thai food. pajammas. tea.
jj
4/10/11
I am not lost. I promise.
Everything below is a link... click it = get pix!
Click here for final WEDDING PIX!!!
this fine, wonderful work all done by jen, at jenjudge.com
All of the honeymoon pix i took can be found here!
a.) Ed will post his someday ;-)
b.) i lost half of my pix.
c.) i didn't take many pix to begin with.
d.) we enjoyed 3 hikes, 2 runs, 3 days of nothing but beach time, sunblock, boogie boards and books.
e.) we enjoyed at least 2 days of nothing but books and relaxing.
f.) we consumed more than our fair share of sushi. and wine.
In addition, I have had a few handfuls of ride dates between the wedding, the honeymoon, and now. Thus, a bucket full of pix. Click any one of the links below for albums full of ponies, rocks, and happy people.
Jason and M: The Day We Introduce M to 29er LOVE.
TechWork: The Day M Masters the 29er.
Entirely Way Too Much Fun.
Michelle put up a most masterful post HERE.
OK. Now that we're all caught up. What's next? What did I miss? ;-)
Jj
Everything below is a link... click it = get pix!
Click here for final WEDDING PIX!!!
this fine, wonderful work all done by jen, at jenjudge.com
All of the honeymoon pix i took can be found here!
a.) Ed will post his someday ;-)
b.) i lost half of my pix.
c.) i didn't take many pix to begin with.
d.) we enjoyed 3 hikes, 2 runs, 3 days of nothing but beach time, sunblock, boogie boards and books.
e.) we enjoyed at least 2 days of nothing but books and relaxing.
f.) we consumed more than our fair share of sushi. and wine.
In addition, I have had a few handfuls of ride dates between the wedding, the honeymoon, and now. Thus, a bucket full of pix. Click any one of the links below for albums full of ponies, rocks, and happy people.
Jason and M: The Day We Introduce M to 29er LOVE.
TechWork: The Day M Masters the 29er.
Entirely Way Too Much Fun.
Michelle put up a most masterful post HERE.
OK. Now that we're all caught up. What's next? What did I miss? ;-)
Jj
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