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2021 Race Season Wrap-Up
This year, 2021, was my first year getting back into racing since my swimming days before injury and college. I particpated in 4 different triathlons and made the podium for each race. It was a great year of rediscovering passions and competition, and my 2022 calendar...
The Smell of the Unknown
Kiko has been many places, she has seen many faces. She has seen faces of all proportions, round, flat, square, diamond. She has seen faces of many races. Brown, yellow, white. Faces that all look beautiful in the light. She has heard many languages, tongues she...
Friendsgiving on the San Juan
Thanksgiving is typically an uneventful day for myself, but this year I took advantage of some time off and rafted the upper San Juan river with some rad friends. The mighty Juan starts from the slopes of the San Juan Mountain Range in southwest Colorado, and flows...
Guiding in the Grand Gulch
The last week of October I worked as a guide in the Grand Gulch canyons of Utah. My group and I embarked on a 4 day backpacking trip from Bullet Canyon to Sheiks Canyon. Our trip through the canyon passed through incredible desert eco-zones, and the dwellings of...
New Colo East Bikepacking
The weekend of August 20th-23rd Casey and I embarked on a bike-packing trip to scout a portion of the New Colo Bikepacking Route. The route was created by Casey and will have an inaugural race, beginning in fall of 2022. It totals a little over 1,000 miles through...
Cedar Mesa Bikepacking Trip
The last week of March, 2021, I drove a couple of hours to The Natural Bridges Monument outside of Blanding, Utah, for a sub-200 mile solo bikepacking trip. My day started with lovely weather and a Happy Eeyore in the cockpit to navigate. We had a glorious 40-mile...
How I Rescued Haileymack
I remember when I first set eyes on Haileymack. I was at the Austin Animal Rescue (through NO fault of my own) and had just been introduced to my kennel mate. She was a little depressed and scared. Maybe that's why I was rooming with her since I'm full of energy, and...
Kiko Meets Ice
Last week the Gunnison valley experienced a record-low cold snap for the area, prompting high precipitation and icy conditions. Rivers froze over, areas deeper in the mountains were dusted with several feet of snow, and the ski-season bug really hit the valley. Just...