The Bailey Traverse (Olympic National Park) Gear List Summer 2010 Carrie’s Pack Alex’s Pack Jerry’s Pack Sleeping bag Tent bivey sack Sleeping Mat Sleeping bag/blanket sleeping bag 2 fuel canisters Sleeping mat foam pad Rain jacket Stove back-up stove Rain pants 2 Fuel canisters 4 Fuel canisters 2 Water bottles and/or 1 bottle/1 bladder Water …
I started snowboarding on a used Rosignol with strap bindings. I was looking for a backcountry tool and before I could even really ride I started experimenting with plate bindings and plastic ski-mountaineering and climbing boots. I eventually learned to make turns in my Scarpas, but they were never really satisfactory. I couldn’t get around …
BIKING ISN’T THE ONLY SPORT THAT REQUIRES A LOT OF GEAR CERTAIN FRIENDS CALL ME A GEARHEAD
Between November 5 and November 19 Jerry and Odette biked on Mallorca and visited museums in Madrid At the end of our summer trip to Alsace and Berlin I thought we had agreed to take a non-bike trip somewhere warm, instead of our usual ski trip. I put in a plug for Mallorca because I’d …
Since we got back on the bike in December we’ve been mainly on the Ibis – it’s the one with fenders and Odette finds it easier to get on and off the saddle because of the smaller wheels. A couple of months ago we got enough slack in the chain that I had to adjust …
On May 22 – 25, 2021, Jerry and Odette rode from home in Seattle to La Conner and on to Lummi Island, then over to Whidby Island and eventually back home I rode a lot during the pandemic, moving at bicycle speed outdoors when everyone else was quarantined seemed pretty safe and it gave me …
The Continuing Conversion of The Ibis Here is the story of the acquisition of our Ibis Forte, it’s restoration and the later upgrade of the drivetrain to a Rene Herse 10-speed triple. Here is a post about shearing off the tabs on that Rene Herse spider. Here is a series of posts about converting a …
here’s the original letter: Mazama 2019: June 29-30 Marblemount-to-Mazama (and back) RIDE INSTRUCTIONS To get to Marblemount from Seattle: 2-hour drive Two ways to get to Marblemount: Take I-5 to Arlington. At Hwy. 530, go east. At Darrington, continue north on Hwy 530, then turn east on Hwy 20 at Rockport. …
From the 14th of August to the 5th of September Jerry and Will (together with a friend of Will’s) biked from Golmud in China to Lhasa in Tibet – about 1,200 KM and mainly at about 5,000 meters of elevation. We flew from Seattle to Bejing with three bikes and two big duffles full of …
Odette put a couple hundred miles on the Tuscany and said she liked it. Then she had an accident and was off the bike all winter. When she started riding again in the spring she said she wouldn’t get on the Tuscany until I raised the handlebars or for any ride that involved climbing. (She …
