Trip reports coming soon. In the meantime, here are a few of my favourite pics from 18 days trekking around 3 of the highest peaks in the world.
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Category: cycling
PeaceLoveCar
I’ve not owned a vehicle for most of the last 14 years.
But the PeaceLoveCar is tempting.
Sam Salwei lives in a 28-square-foot pod. It was built in 1988, and formerly the car was known as a Ford Festiva.
Salwei, a founding member of the YogaSlackers group and a GearJunkie contributor, calls his highly-modified vehicle the PeaceLoveCar.
A solar panel on the roof gives power. The seats fold down into a bed. Under the hood is an oven. “We bake burritos in there,” Salwei notes. The back seat has a fridge.
408,841 miles grace the odometer. The Guinness World Record for a Festiva, Salwei says, is 640,000 miles. “I might break it.” …
Thanks Dave.
I don’t watch TV
… too busy doing cool stuff in the out of doors. Hiking. Cycling. That kind of thing …
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Diana Hughes – 50 miler
Congratulations are in order.
Diana successfully completed a 50 mile bike race. … I don’t believe it was up and down Mt Hood, but I could be wrong. 🙂
more Port Townsend photos
This is the last of them. 🙂
I’ve seen a LOT of wild animals in my day. But very few raccoons.
That’s the family that tried to take up residence in Carrie’s treehouse.
Nice place to retire …
more random Port Townsend, Washington photos
Jeni likes nearby Sequim as a retirement town. She grew up there.
… Sequim lies within the rain shadow of the Olympic Mountains and receives on average less than 16 inches (410 mm) of rain per year—about the same as Los Angeles, California—and has given itself the nickname of Sunny Sequim. …
farewell Port Townsend
I’ve been hanging around for WEEKS, seems. Gymming, hiking, biking …
But today at 5am I’m off to Coeur d’Alene on a Tumbl Trak Ambassador visit.
Last night in town we celebrated my departure at Dos Okies Barbecue and the Pour House.
THANKS once again to Doug and Diana for their kind hospitality. James stays on for another week or more.
more LAST NIGHT photos
Daily Bike: The Spokesman Is Amazing
James collects one bicycle from each developmental epoch for future generations to enjoy.
Good on ya, Mate. 🙂
Click PLAY or watch it on Vimeo.
(via Adventure Journal)
cycling Cape Town
Kyle Shewfelt recommended getting on a bike. He had done a big race out of Cape Town earlier in the year.
Fantastic easy day for me, riding the city coast.
Lovely city.
See more of my photos from that day in high resolution on flickr.
Lance Armstrong: Cheating Scumbag
I wasn’t all that big a Tour de France fan.
Not like Dave Adlard.
Dave relates with and concurs with this missive from a real hero, Alastair Humphreys:
Lance Armstrong broke my heart. Or a tiny little bit of it, anyway. …
Then when Lance gave Ullrich “the look” on Alpe d’Huez on 2001 I was completely smitten. Shortly after that I set off to cycle round the world. I thought of Lance often. When I was struggling up long mountain passes I’d get up out of the saddle, give my imaginary opponents “the look” and put on a sprint. …
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Through all the years of allegations about Lance’s drug use I defended him strongly. I secretly suspected that he might be up to something. But I hoped -I really hoped- that he was clean. That he was the inspirational figure he always loudly proclaimed himself to be. He passed hundreds of tests. I wanted to believe. So I believed. I felt sorry for all the cynics. Sorry they couldn’t believe in miracles. …
The only regret Lance Armstrong appears to feel, since he was left with no option but to admit to having cheated in every single one of his Tour victories, is that he got caught.
Cheating was one thing. Showing no remorse is another. …
All true.
But I have to add the usual disclaimer. The Cheating Scumbag is a superb athlete. I would love to have seen what he could have done without the drugs.
