Just to clarify, my last blog post about the Black Rock Rendezvous was labeled Rides with Friends #2, but it was the first of this year's series. The Perseids Meteor Shower Campout was Rides with Friends #2. I am probably the most confused by this matter, ha! Riding into camp with Kelly N, the Calicos …
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Nick LePalm gives his presentation at the Black Rock Rendezvous, all a part of Connect, Inspire, Protect 5/23-27/2024 I will stick by my assessment that BRR is the best event on the playa. It brings together the diversity of multiple user groups to show the many uses of the Black Rock Desert. The main host …
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"Be the most generous as a host and the most resolute as a fighter." Bedouin proverb Sunrise over Lava Beds Camp / Eagle Rock Springs photo Jeff R “I have seen more horny toad lizards on this ride than in my entire life”, remarked Miles Gurtler. I’d agree. We saw a great diversity and abundance …
Wilson Canyon May 3-5, 2024 Sasha Magee contacted me with a couple of spring dates for a 3 day bike tour. He came out for my 2022 Rides with Friends tour through Fly Canyon. One piece of feedback he gave was it would be nice to have a longer tour for driving out from San …
The view leaving the tradeshow pavilion March 5-19, 2024 While this is not a usual bikepacking through Nevada’s high desert trip report, in fact it might be the furthest from it, but it was a great trip and I will tie in as much to bikepacking as I can. After a cross-Pacific flight from San …
Jayhawk Well and windmill, I expect water when I see livestock, mile 10.5, Sahwaves on the horizon The Sahwave Mountains are an isolated range in northern Nevada between Pyramid Lake and Lovelock. I have approached this range from the south off the I-80 exits, Hotsprings Nightingale, Jessup, and Toulon. From the north I have ridden …
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Entrance to Horse Thief Canyon, Piper Mountain Wilderness January 30-31, 2024 What started out as a 210 mile loop got whittled down to an 80 mile overnight at the Eureka Dunes. Weather, fitness, and health played their part. But all the unintended consequences of a great trip came into play. “Where does this road go? …
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The Ward Charcoal Ovens in the January snow just outside of Ely, White Pine Co. 2023 was a full year with the goal of maximizing time outside and nights under the stars! Just as every ride inspires the next, so does each year. That is why I am calling this a year in review as …
This route was inspired by some of the research I made for my last newsletter and Doug Artman’s route the Sagebrush Ripple. From the Raine’s Market website there was an entry about Pritchard’s Station and a cross-reference with Atlas Obscura's entry on the stagecoach route between Eureka and Tybo. My understanding is Pritchard most likely …
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Doug Artman came to me with a very ambitious route The Great Basin Criss-Cross, about 1,200 miles round trip from Carson City to Gandy, UT. I figured it would take 24+ days. But what an adventure! Rethinking the commitment Doug returned with a 350 mile-ish criss-crossing route in central Nevada named, *pending. Not a super …