Saturday, January 21, 2012

About to return to Vela Baja! Is the Sierra La Laguna Mountains epic bicycle crossing gonna happen again..? It was brutal. and amazing!

One of the hardest adventure of my lifetime. Never has one day taken and given back so much. Riding from coast to coast over the 6,000 range was unreal. Todd Simmler had the ability to sniff out the way. We couldn't find any GPS tracks or any "real" maps in our research. From all we know the route has not been bicycled before. It is kinda neat to think we did the first crossing of Baja with bicycles on this route. If you have any info about others doing this please share it with us via - www.mountaintouring.com

After watching some of the video I shot during the crossing recently, I am feeling like this needs to be done again. The video doesn't show any of the soul crushing hike a bikes in route to the La Laguna. The La Laguna is a dry lake bed in the center of the Sierra La Laguna Mountains. It is like a mystic oasis. Never could one image while climbing up and over some of the crazy steep and sharp ridges that it would culminate with a flat desert like area as the summit.  Ok, well, we did not go up the side trail to Sierra La Picacho which is just over 7,000 ft. - ouch! We had to ball it down to Todos Santos by sunset to meet Misty. And I was waaaay out of water by then.

Thursday, January 12, 2012

Beautiful Shenandoah Valley Bicycle Ride

What a great sunrise on the way back in town from the Thursday am bicycle ride! Hugo was drilling it today!

Gotta get out and ride whenever you can, the spring classics are coming SOON!

Have you heard of the Rough Roubaix?...
you will soon!

Sunday, December 18, 2011

Chrisscottmas Paddle 2011

We had a wonderful paddle on the upper Potomac for the 2011 edition of
the Chrisscottmas paddle.

VERY good time!

The pre-paddle Mexi Feast at the Huckleberry Inn was WONDERFUL too.

Looking forward to 2012 already!

Monday, October 17, 2011

VMBT - day 12 - Crossing New River, onto Bike Route 76 and New River Trail. Rollin'!

Next and last 2 days to follow are on Highlands Horse Trail and Iron Mountain Trail. What a journey bicycling along, across, over and around the length of Virginia on a backcountry Singletrack based route on National Forest trails.

Saturday, September 24, 2011

Harvest Moon Festival Century in Bath County, VA is delightful!

What a great weekend to be bicycling in Bath County, VA. Whether road bicycling in the Harvest Moon Festival Century, riding the amazing single track at Douthat State Park or the Southern Traverse. Bath County has it all!