Follow Bart’s Death Valley Trip
11 Jan 2010, written by moto 0 CommentsBartman took off from St. George, Utah, this morning on a Death Valley dualsport moto trip. Although I haven’t seen any photos yet, he forwarded me this link from his SPOT GPS Tracking System. Pretty cool that you can follow up-to-the-minute progress of the route in realtime. Hopefully Bart will send some photos from the trails. I was hoping to be on this trip, but couldn’t break away from work. Man, the moto is calling in a big way. This is what happens during ski season when the sun is out and the snow is getting thin. At least until the next big dump of fresh powder, I will have moto brain.
Wrinkle Cam, and More Updates Coming
18 Sep 2009, written by moto 0 CommentsLast weekend’s Colorado Rockies Dualsport Moto Trip came and went, and after a week of digging out at work, I realize I am long overdue for some new posts. Lots of stories to tell, and I really need to go back through the notes and dredge up the memories of an amazing trip. We welcomed a new rider into the posse, Jake Rippstein, the Cache County Ripper, who deftly floated his big KTM 950 Adventure S over everything with speed and grace, and homie wasn’t even running knobbies. Jake ejected a day early, leaving via road from Telluride, and missed most of the epic passes, but we thank him for his wet wipes, Folgers coffee tea bags, and of course, footage below from the Wrinkle Cam. The clip below was from the Friday morning leg from Red Cliffs Lodge in Moab, past some amazing Red Rock scenery, on the way to Gateway, Colorado.
Gary Huck’s Mount Defiance Ride
18 Aug 2009, written by moto 8 CommentsIt’s great when I haven’t been on a ride in awhile since my last post, then one of our friends sends in pics and a brief recap of an epic ride, keeping the IAATB flame burning. While I was frolicking around the sandy shores of Redfish Lake in the Sawtooth Mountains of Idaho with Welikesmall colleagues and families, I was introduced to an epic singletrack mountain bike trail called Fisher Creek. After a somewhat generic and slightly rocky doubletrack climb, we were treated to some of the smoothest extended sections of twisty descent I have ever been on. That, and chasing after my daughter on her 16″ bike around the lodge was about as much two-wheeling as I have done this month. But thanks to Gary Huck and Tom Lehman who hail from Hood River, Oregon, we have a few snippets and photos to share of a ride they did recently:
“Yo Captain – here’s a few recent pics just to let you know it’s still going on up here in the PCNW….
Been having so much fun this summer on the motos. These are pics from a VERY gnarly fire road ride to the highest point in the Columbia River Gorge – Mt Defiance. iPhone quality of course. Had another good weekend ride down to Bend a few weeks ago. Setting up for another weekend camping trip in two weeks. Hope your summer’s been good!”
Tom Lehman's F800 GS atop Mt. Defiance.
Gary Huck behind the mask, Mt. Defiance.