Category: cycling

DOH – bumbling through Nevada

On By Rick McIn cycling, hiking, travel2 Comments

I rushed out of the fantasy world of Vegas to search out the best hikes in Southern Nevada for my hiking site.

Of the first 4 I tried to hike this weekend, something went wrong on ALL.

1) snowed in …
2) access road now “NO trespassing”
3) needed an odometer to find the unmarked parking lot. (My Honda has a broken odometer.)
4) part way down the remote 30mi washboard access road I realized I had left behind my oil cap. Merde!

Still, I’m loving driving around the sunny S.W. equipped with a mountain bike!

Here I’m being challenged by a desert tortoise.

driving Mojave National Reserve

tortoise - driving Mojave National Reserve

I carefully, slowly lifted him well off the highway in the direction I thought he was trying to go. … Unfortunately he seemed to be walking the yellow line when I found him.

south to Baja …

On By Rick McIn cycling, travel, travel Mexico1 Comment

My parents and I depart today for Baja California. A month long driving adventure taking the ferry over to Mazatlan from the Peninsula.

This is not the first time we’ve driven to Mexico. New … I’m taking my mountain bike.

Adios.

Clara Hughes ROCKS

On By Rick McIn cycling, sport - amateur1 Comment

Clara Hughes has won the most Olympic medals of any Canadian woman, all time, tied with skating team mate Cindy Klassen.

But Clara won them in both Summer and Winter Olympics. In fact, she’s the only woman from any nation who has won more than one medal in both Summer and Winter. Amazing!

What’s next?

Clara plans future Ocean kayak adventures with her husband Peter Guzman.

Canada Olympic Park – biking

On By Rick McIn cyclingLeave a comment

While home for a couple of weeks I enjoyed trail running and biking at C.O.P.

Not Whistler, B.C., the 2010 Olympic Park.

But Calgary, Alberta, the 1988 Winter Olympic Park.

Not the terrain park, rather the undeveloped land east of C.O.P called Paskapoo Slopes,.

Start biking just at the sign that says: Private Property. Keep Out.

Rick-bike

The trails are very popular. And quite well used.

Waldorf School hosts their annual Fun Run every year on that land.

my theory of dog walking

On By Rick McIn cycling2 Comments

Best method is for the human(s) to ride mountain bike(s).

The hound(s) to run on foot.

Sasha
Sasha

If I take Sasha to the off leash park, both she and I get a good workout. And we can stay together much more of the time than if I hoof it.

This simulates best the genetic urge of the dog to run with the pack.

hiking / biking Banded Peak, Alberta

On By Rick McIn cycling, hiking, photos1 Comment

Excellent challenge this past Saturday.

It’s become a tradition with the families of some of my hiking buddies to take their sons on this adventure as something of a rite of passage to manhood.

On Sept. 19th, 2009 we took three 13-yr-olds. They had to get to the top … or die trying. …

trip report and photos

Thanks Rob for leading our group. It was terrific.

first Adventure Race Week photos

On By Rick McIn cycling, health & fitness, kayaking, photos1 Comment

Just started to upload my best photos of our big Adventure Race Week event in Idaho.

ARW-shirt

see more on flickr

Good FUN so far. Not much sleep.

I was a “leader” for a kid’s Adventure Race, Saturday. My team was the youngest. We finished LAST after 4.5hrs.

Though my little guys made it around the very difficult course safely, they both fell off their bikes on the last couple of hundred metres to the finish line.

Oops.