Dogue de Bordeaux
A visitor to the deck, weighing in at a mere 200 pounds -- Leica MM, 50 1,4 Lux
I Wanna Play Too
Leica MM, 50 1,4 Summilux
Getting Lost, Finding Things
Selfies are so much fun, especially when you can relax in the middle of nowhere
Converging Lines
Creek bridge, Pisgah National Forest, Brevard NC -- Leica MM w/50 Lux
Arizona High Desert
High desert outside of Flagstaff - Leica MM, 50Lux
Words of wisdom
Louisville, KY - Leica Monochrome 50/Lux
Hot and Dry
Lucas working the hot and very dry roads of the Coconino 250 -- Leica Monochrome w/50 Lux, Salsa Spearfish
Endless Beauty
Horse Country - Kentucky Bourbon Trail :: Leica MM, 50 Lux
Coconino 250
North of Flagstaff joining the AZT
Decompression
Erik and Josh working the dustbowl of the Oregon Outback
I am back from my whirlwind trips this spring, The Pisgah, The Kentucky Bourbon Trail, The Coconino 250, and the Oregon Outback. Now for editing and sharing along with my ramblings on gear, life, and bourbon.
School of Eszter ... Going Sub 10
Ok, since I tossed the weight out there, I will post a bit of a list. Josh and I are going to do a detailed writeup of our kit, plus pictures, plus a bit of verbage on what worked and what didn't after we complete the Oregon Outback. After spending a week cycling through Arizona with Eszter, I learned that what I thought was light, wasn't and what I thought was needed, wasn't... At least for that sort of trip.
So, here is a brief breakdown on kit, with, as I said, more details to follow. The weights include the weight of my Rear, Frame, and Handlebar Bag. Weights do not include Food, Water, Fuel, or Camera Gear (although electronics is included), nor does it include the clothes that I wear while riding. Like all trips, there will be last minute things that get added and/or subtracted causing the weight to go up a bit or down a bit. The main goal is that the bulk of my kit be small enough so that at the end of the day, my bike, and my gear, is not the enemy of my legs...
My non-winter riding kit now consists of an Ibex sleeveless top, cycling jersey, cycling vest, arm warmers, buff, cycling shorts with over shorts, socks and shoes. I find that this can be more than comfortable for me from 40 degrees to hot. If it is colder I simply throw on my rain jacket or nano puff until I am warm.
The main goal is that the bulk of my kit be small enough so that at the end of the day, my bike, and my gear, is not the enemy of my legs...
Handlebar Bag (including cuben bag) 3.0 lbs
Neo Air Pad
Rain Knickers
Rain Jacket
Cap 4 Top
Spare Socks
Saddle Bag (including bag, non-cuben) 3.1lbs
Bivy
Sleeping bag, 40 degree
Patagonia Puff Jacket
Frame Bag ( including bag 3.6lbs)
Electronic Ditty Bag (Batteries, Goal Zero Guide Plus, Cables, A/C)
Cook Kit (not counting fuel, going canister for this trip)
Tool kit with spare tube
Pump
Headlamp
Chemicals
Snow Peak Ti Cup
Coconino 250 - Slowly getting the story done
Leica and the Coconino 250
A gamble, taking the Monochrome to the desert... Would it work, would I be able to tell the story only in B&W? Would the Monochrome survive, like its fore fathers? Who knows, but looking at this first image, one of Eszter's Salsa Spearfish, I am very excited about the possibilities...Looking at a second, of Eszter bombing down the trail gets me really going...
It will be another week or so before I look at everything, but....
Live Like a Child
Whatever you do; however you choose to do it; Life is way to short, so live like a Child
Road Trip
My southerly road trip is almost complete. Lots to write about and a ton of images to share. In the meantime, in honor of hitting the road, one of my favorite images from the streets of Savannah.