So I got home after the mountain climb and actually went biking for a while, which was silly, because I was already very tired and such. When I woke up this morning (Sunday), I had to slide out of bed. My quads were destroyed, my knees were killing me, and my left gastroc had some [...]
Posts Tagged ‘outdoors’
Mountain Climbin’
August 23rd, 2008
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Got to the trailhead exactly at 7 a.m., just like I had thought. Took some rad photos on the climb up. It was mostly sloping at that point, which lots of rocks, but pretty fun. Got pretty sweaty. Finally ended up on a side trail heading up into Shadow Canyon. It was great. I paused [...]
Fixed-Gear Follies
July 18th, 2008
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So I’ve voiced my distrust of fixies before, but today I actually rode with somebody who was on one of the things. It was even weirder watching it up close. So I asked a bunch of questions and the guy was like, “You wanna try it?” As I was inspecting it, he related his near-death [...]
The Long March (on wheels)
June 17th, 2008
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Driving from northern Illinois to Denver back in August was pretty tiring, even though I was never behind the wheel. I at least had my brother to talk to. Took off from the farm at just shy of 8 a.m. this morning and headed West, young man. Nobody in the car with me. Silence most [...]
Warmth
May 29th, 2008
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It’s getting to be that time again. The days are hot, but the nights are warm enough for t-shirts. I leave the windows open now at night. When I get out of work, I sometimes stop and breath in deeply. Provided I have enough time to make it to the bus stop, I might even [...]
Came to a Bridge
May 1st, 2008
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It looks as though I’m going to be staying in the States for the summer. Does this bug me? Sure, it does. I had really, really wanted to get back out there and at the very least do a bit of language training in Anatolia. The big target was, as usual, Central Asia. So I [...]
