I haven't blogged in forever. It seems like there is less of a point to it nowadays because my blog used to be intended for an out-of-state group (family and friends mainly in Utah). Now I see most of them regularly but not all, and I have some people in California that just might still be interested in what I am up to, but I'm not going to count on that.
As far as a quick update goes, I'll be starting my MBA program up at University of Utah in August. Meanwhile we are living at Tamara's parents' house trying to save as much money as we can while I work as a server at a not-to-be-named restaurant (due to certain internet monitoring software) that has a "lobster" as its "red" logo. Sienna's first birthday was last week and we had a big family party at the Scera Park. Unfortunately I don't have pictures on the computer I am using just now, but I'll try to put some up later.
I was in Moab yesterday to ride the Slickrock Trail but we didn't get as far as I wanted to. We had some technical problems with some of the bikes my group was riding and I had a major wreck. I could have kept going, but combined with the bad bikes, we turned back. I am extremely sore today, with whiplash in my neck and an absence of skin on my right knee, right hip, and both elbows and forearms. In 10 years of mountain biking, it was easily my most epic and damaging fall though. Slickrock is rough like sandpaper, and I slid/tumbled about 15 feet due to the high-speed nature of my wreck. I would have gone further if I hadn't lucked into a sandpit that absorbed my momentum. But the rock had sanded off skin from every contact point and yes, there was much blood. Ouch. I'll post pics of that later too. Meanwhile, if you still follow my blog let me know, and perhaps I will keep it alive. If nobody does anymore, it will probably fade into oblivion.
6 comments:
I still follow!!!
And I don't have facebook to tell me that you crashed and burned.
Riding on sandpaper is for sissies, try riding on granite.
I would have fared much better on granite, I think. Its harder and tiny bits of it don't wind up buried in your flesh. If they do, they are big enough to pull out without great effort. I still have sand in my skin.
Man up Nancy!
J/K
Well if granite is better I don't know why you still ride on that sand paper.
Hahahhahhahhahha! Nancy! Everyone is calling you that now. I am awesome... Hopefully it sticks!
The Slickrock is only 200 miles away. Your granite is closer to 800. Miles you suck.
I saw the blog post from your Dad or whoever did the video... funny, an unthreaded XTR crank ruined my Annandale ride... I hade to pedal ~8-10 miles with one pedal. Then I found out how expensive the new crank arm would be.
Plus my rear shock is still broken... the rebuild was total crap, every time I added pressure the shock sucked in instead of pressured out... put a part in backwards guys?
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