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The out-and-back, 2018 in review, and out again, 2019

On January 28, 2019 By Kurstin GrahamIn Annual Review2 Comments

In a sea of sagebrush on the Toiyabe Crest Trail I started looking back on 2018 by re-reading my review of 2017. Then I went through my posts of 2018. Then I went through my Garmin Connect Activities for 2018 all taking me down memory lane. I also scanned the statistics to see what were …

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Winter Tour III; Luning to Sand Mountain

On May 26, 2018 By Kurstin GrahamIn Short Tours2 Comments

Who better to take advice from than @koldcoyote on Instagram.  koldcoyote, You ever pack out of Luning via jackrabbit road? Connects to Fallon. Really cool area. I took this suggestion and ran with it. I found the road on Google Maps, planned a route through Rawhide, with an excursion to Rawhide Hot Springs, and on to …

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Ride Report; Hazen, NV and Hot Springs Mountains

On March 13, 2018 By Kurstin GrahamIn Ride Report3 Comments

How many times have I driven past the iconic Hazen Market? Whatever the number, it is only a fraction of the number of photos of this Alt-Highway 50 (Old Lincoln Highway, Reno Highway) landmark I have seen. It is interesting to railroad buffs (founded in 1903 as a Union Pacific station), history buffs (Nevada's last …

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Ride Report; Carson Sink’s Dunes

On February 14, 2018 By Kurstin GrahamIn Gear, Ride ReportLeave a comment

"If you make it I will ride down and you can take my picture. For perspective," Pete let me know. If I survived? What were the range of outcomes riding down the face of the dune? Ripping success, a slow stilted descent, tumbling down the sand face, and somewhere in the mix was not surviving. …

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A Day in the Desert with Chris Carnel

On December 2, 2017 By Kurstin GrahamIn Day Trips, UncategorizedLeave a comment

I met Chris on a mountain bike street/stunt road trip with Jim Severt. We road urban terrain in Sacramento, CA before traveling into the California Central Valley to find and ride a full pipe Jim knew about. It feels like that was a lifetime ago. Since then I have known Chris on the fringe between …

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