Last weekend, we were fishing around for an idea for something to do, and had the brainstorm to go backpacking in the snow. Two sets of rental snowshoes and some furious packing later, we were heading to the mtns.

A while back, Kim and I took out the tandem for an awesome tour of Sacramento and the Delta. About 36 miles. Loving the tandem, but I need to figure out some better bars, my hands go numb. We stopped for a quick snack and some warm drinks. Total we rode was nearly 40 miles, our longest tandem ride to date.

Kim and I had our maiden voyage of our new (to us) toy, a KHS tandemMountain bike. It was fun, we did about 15 miles after work tonight.Nothing much, but given the short time we had available, I felt prettygood about it. It is used, with some cosmetic nicks, but solid, andgood quality components. I’ve ordered some slick road bike style tiresand some other odds and ends to freshen it up a bit, but I’m excited andlooking forward to getting out for some longer road rides.
The …

In 2007, we had a fantastic trip to Peru. This is Geoff’s story about the trip. Make sure you see Kim’s as well.

Kim’s funny story about our trip to Peru in 2007. Make sure you also see Geoff’s Story and the photo albums.

Kim and I are going on a trip to Peru in November, and part of it will be an extended hike. We’re both a bit out of shape, so we’re in training mode. We went hiking last weekend, in the amazing Desolation Wilderness area, near Lake Tahoe, CA. This amazing location is only about an hour and a half from our house, and is a huge wilderness area. We got a late start saturday, picked up our permit, and started hiking. It was a steep climb for the first few …

My girlfriend, Kim, and I did another marathon last week. Her writeup was funny, so I’m sharing it here instead of writing my own. Lazy, yeah…
Anyway, this was my first road marathon, I’ve done a bunch others, all on trails. I discovered that although LA was unique and fun, but I think I prefer trails still. 23,000 people running is hard to wrap your brain around untill you’ve discovered it. Also, I discovered that although I’ve done mostly really tough trail runs, those big hills have a natural moderating effect …

5:30 in the morning. I’ve set three alarms to make sure I’m up in time, and they’re all going off right now. It’s cold in my house and I pull on bunches of fleece. A Bagel for breakfast, and Kim (my girlfriend) and I pile into my truck. It’s about an hour drive to the start of the race (near Lake Elsinore, CA). By the time we get there, the day is showing itself to be a bright sunny, but cool …

It’s Saturday morning, last night I had a long drive to Paso Robles, California, met up with Kim and looked for a way to avoid paying $35 a night for camping. I had a fitful night of sleep, I was nervous, knowing that once again I was ill prepared for a race. When I decided to do it, I had ever intention of training, but somehow, between moving, a new job, travelling, and all the fabulous whitewater near my new home, training kept slipping away. I did some, a bit …

There were certain things I expected to a problem during this marathon.  My IT band has been sore.  I haven’t run much the last couple weeks.   Etc., Etc.  There were other things I never expected to be problematic.
a) Rain  -> Death Valley gets 2″ a year
b) Snow -> It’s Death Valley, it’s H_O_T there.
c) Mud ->  See “a”
d) Altitude -> Death Valley is the lowest point in the western hemisphere, at 282
ft below sea level.
Turns out I was right about d.  Plenty of air. No problems breathing.  a-c turned out …