This past friday I flew out to Canmore for a surreal weekend with Tinker Juarez (Cannondale), Leighton Poidevin (Santa Cruz) and the rest of the crew organizng the World 24 Hour MTB Championships there in September. Getting to spend the weekend alongside a *GDL (Gosh Darn Legend) in Tinker Juarez was super rad. He is […]
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Riding up in Fort McMurray wasn’t stellar. I started riding 12 km back to camp after work on the ice roads each day, which was pretty rad. This got shut down pretty quickly by the head contractor who made it pretty clear I would be riding back towards Jasper if I kept doing this. The
-40 is for the Penguins. Old man winter hit in full force up here in northern Alberta with the temperature bottoming around -42 for a few days. Working in these temps was a humdinger and it took its toll. Since the cold snap hit, one saw has yet to return to life and my powerhouse
Work is work. January 3-4th hurt alot as the mind and body were still on vacation. January 8-10th hurt alot as well as Sean and I were tired but when your on production and the land is good you have to have to move like a kid who just downed a 2 litre coke. The
Tis the season to not think like an athlete and mow down on copius amounts of filler food and consume some non hydrating liquids. Work ended yesterday, just in time as the quad was limping along on 3 wheels, 1 chainsaw was dead and the truck was making some sketchy sounds. The mind was starting
The story from Sumatra is on hold due to work which is effectivly taking up 95% of my mental time and energy with eating taking up the other 5%. Slashing trees is a pretty straightforward job, but as soon as you let it get mindless then you get slapped in the face by a loaded tree
The math of a Sumatran Bike Tour. 13 days 50 hrs ride time ??? km 4 rides in a monsoon 1 volcanic lake 9 organgutans 8 elephants 1 peacock sh*t load of monkeys 0 flat tires 0 mechanicals 0 tigers 2 invitations to marry daughters in the Batak indigenous family 2 offers turned down to marry daughters in
The 140 km, 6 hr journey down to Malaysia’s historical city of Melaka turned into a bigger day on the bike then I expected. Trying to ride out of Kualu Lumpor was ridiculous with freeways going every which way. After 1 hr of circles I stuck my thumb out and caught an airport bus, 40
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Yesterday Kris and I flew off the Island of Langkawi and officially ended both of our 2011 race seasons. I am calling it the year of the dodo bird. Between being burnt out, injuries, and flat tires it definitely wasn’t a highlight real year, but it did have a some stellar moments. The Mongolia Challenge was one of
On the breakfast menu today was an option called the “Malaysian breakfast”, A choice of chilled fruits, Chinese Porridge with choice of chicken or fish with bean curd. Mmmm, and travelers wonder why they get diarrhea… Last Thursday night at 2:45 am, my teammate Kris Sneddon and I began a 13 + day trip
My only memories of Whitecourt Alberta are of playing hockey up here in the middle of winter. It was always a deep freezer. This fall has been much different as the weather has been A+. Blue skys, crisp fall air, golden leaves and even a couple +25 days. Work on the seismic lines is interesting with all
I’m not sure where the last month went but it has been a pretty rad rollercoaster. After Mongolia I headed home to the Rockies with Lilla for some wind down time at my Dads farm just outside the village of Mcbride. A few hikes in the mtns some rounds around the hay field in the