It seems silly to post (even more) mountain biking photos nearly months after the fact, but this blog is about living in a way that keeps your soul alive. For me, the act of mountain biking -- being in nature, transporting oneself under one's own power and spending time with Katie, sharing the experience and encouraging one another -- does just that. Howard Zinn said, "The future is an infinite succession of presents, and to live now as we think human beings should live, in defiance of all that is bad around us, is itself a marvelous victory.” While I recognize that mountain biking is not some noble act, I am writing this from possibly the most stale, soulless, and spiritually lazy place on Earth (a condo complex in the suburbs of Phoenix) and so it kind of feels like it is.
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I wrote the above while stuck in Phoenix for work. Looking back a few weeks later, it still strikes me how dismal that place was. The attitudes that are cultivated and that thrive in such a place are what scared me the most. Anyway, I hope viewing these photos ease your mind as much as it eases mine to post them. Stay useless.
Yes, these were taken when not just the state but the entire mountain west region was on fire.
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The trail features several really cool waterfalls.
Same one, from below.
I'm slowly getting comfortable losing traction over loose rocks.
Katie negotiates a rough patch:
Still negotiating:
Biking:
We closed out the day with homemade steak tacos and a tasty beverage imported from Oregon:
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