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Five to go 12 Aug 2013 | 09:23 am
Six months ago, my hands were calloused and I had belongings scattered across three states. This week, the majority of my material possessions reside under one roof (an unexpected relief) and my hands...
In Which I Keep a Catfish Out of the Sky 13 Jun 2013 | 11:21 pm
So I was sitting in my car last week, fiddling with my radio and wondering idly about all the other cars around me. It was a beautiful day, and as I sweated and drove courteously, failing to find a go...
Dirtbag Stage Racing 23 May 2013 | 09:59 am
(It’s a real thing!) The last few weeks have been a crazy mix of old and new. Old friends in new places, new friends in old places, friendless in old places, friended in new ones; in short I haven’t g...
Impossible 11 Apr 2013 | 01:11 am
“Just kind of stack your fingers in there and twist them till they get stuck” Say what? I’m learning the masochistic art of crack climbing and nothing makes sense anymore. My once-articulate fingers h...
Soul Searching 12 Mar 2013 | 02:16 am
So I’m in Spain. In a climbing hostel in the small town of Finestrat, to be specific. I’m still a little baffled about how exactly I ended up here, but I can say that when someone offers to barter wi...
To the Desert! 19 Feb 2013 | 10:59 pm
“What’s your best Moab story?” We’re five hours on the road and my little brother is getting desperate. I’ve resorted to my old fallback, the Lady Gaga pandora station; he’s apparently resorting to co...
Goodbye Bozeman 23 Jan 2013 | 04:15 am
After nearly two years as a professional hostess, I finally decided to call it quits. I thought about going all office space on my apron or making some kind of scene involving menus, chalk boards and ...
Dream Machine 18 Nov 2012 | 12:34 am
It’s that time of year again, when it’s cold and not yet snowy; shoulder season, the doldrums. I don’t have anything to train for these days, but I’ve been riding the trainer a bit, just to take the e...
Like Riding a bike… 26 Oct 2012 | 10:17 pm
…only totally different. As with many things I love to do, I once approached cyclocross with a semi-irrational hatred based on one bad weekend. I’d gutted myself a few times on my seat, fallen over a ...
Another Conversation with an Inanimate Object: 19 Jul 2012 | 06:31 am
Me: Hey, bike. It’s… been a while. Bike: … Me: Uh… I bet you heard about the other sports. Bike: … Me: Oh come on. I just needed a change- I thought about you the whole time, I promise. Even when ...
