The Blog Within

Here is Mark riding down “The Wall” at Deer Creek Canyon.

He makes it look very easy.

Here’s me making it look, um, less easy…

One of my B.O.M.B. and International Christian Cycling riding buddies, Don, suffered a crash while riding his bike to work Friday. Details of the crash are sketchy, as he was alone, but he hit a concrete wall hard enough to crack his helmet in two and break his neck. He ended up in a coma, with no brain activity and unable to breath without a ventilator. The doctor said his injuries were consistent with being shot out of a cannon headfirst into a wall.

His family made the decision to stop life support yesterday, after which he passed quickly.
The team leader of our local club put it best:

The world is a sadder place today. Don was a caring and sharing kind of guy. He always had a spare tube or the right tool or the
right knowledge (weather, hydration, nutrition, directions, endurance, etc). We will miss him terribly on our BOMB rides.
I’m sure the kids that he helped on the IC3 Junior Team will miss him as well. And he leaves a big hole in the IC3 club because
Don was frequently leading rides, volunteering to help with races, and participating in just about everything.

He was a great guy in general and he was fun to ride with.
He will be missed.

We missed this due to it not showing in Moab where we were on vacation.

BUT…

They are showing it again on Nov. 12th!

Tickets go on sale Nov 6th

The upper loop of Quarry Mesa Trail:

The same loop, opposite direction, following a friend:

And finally, the trail back down off the mesa (with a nearly flat tire)

These were all edited with AVIDemux, and resized with ffmpeg. The soundtracks were mixed with Audacity.

Tonight’s weekly ride was Chimney Gulch in Golden.

I didn’t feel well.

I didn’t ride well

And I even capped it off with a nice digger on the way back down.

All in all, not the most fun I’ve had on a bicycle.

But, I did get some good photos :D