Crunching for Lotoja

With all the final days of my summer being consumed by my wonderful internship and Lake Powell I was unable to spend as much time on my bike as I probably should have. So on Saturday a group of us rode the Alpine Loop. We went up and over to Highland and grabbed some grub at the Subway before turning around and going back over for a second time. I cut my ride a little short though, I was hoping to ride closer to 120 miles. I didn't even clear 80. Oops.

Random Photos

I went to climb with Brett the other day and the rain ruined the venture. I snapped a few quick photos on the way down the canyon.

Another look at the loop

The Alpine Loop is by far my most favorite place to ride my bike. The narrow winding road pushes you up through fields of pine which eventually morph into aspens as you draw nearer to the summit. As you exert yourself, you pull in huge gulps of clean mountain air which seems to have a pleasant flavor. In the early morning hours the greens of all the undergrowth and trees seem to be more vibrant.

I love where I live. Today was the first time I have been able to share this with my brother Todd. I love riding with him and he is getting faster every time we go out. He rode strong all day today. We started from our house and rode the full Loop.

I got a little photo happy...



Shelby and Todd



Shelby Burton

Todd 1 or Todd 2?

Timp looked amazing.


Water Break

Projecting the Membrane

This wall seems to suck us in every year. We are drawn in because of its difficult negative angled climbing and it fun dynamic movements. There is no lengthy approach, you just pull up and climb. This wall and I have a love/hate relationship which grows every year. It is here that I always realize at the start of a season how out of shape I am from my lazy winter routine. I hope to be able to climb all the routes on this wall before winter.... Maybe I shouldn't finish this corn dog I have sitting right next to my computer...

Biking the Loop.... first time of the season

Mike, Dan, and I headed out for a good training ride on memorial day. We went for a little warm up spin before we started up the loop. It was a fun ride and with the loop still closed for a little construction we didn't have to deal with any traffic. We had some fun cruising up and then booked it down. The decent was fun, we had a good pace line going.

I took a couple photos of what we brought for food.... Mike's looked like poop. Mine, well I don't really know what you could say it looked like.... and then Dan brought a banana (boring).