tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65248916215603252582024-03-05T06:56:16.319-08:00cosmic countryerikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08128941098449141122noreply@blogger.comBlogger349125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6524891621560325258.post-56172581291773522212015-01-12T20:44:00.001-08:002015-01-12T20:44:53.568-08:00out (4 | 4)<center><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/bikenoir/16243037566" title="IMG_7240 by erik jensen, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7569/16243037566_68cba9e692_o.jpg" width="800" height="533" alt="IMG_7240"></a><br />
recovery<br />
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frost<br />
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ice<br />
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ribbons to the land of burritos aka gilroy. amtrak, caltrain, mst or local transit (line 68 or 168) in gilroy gets you back north.</center>erikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08128941098449141122noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6524891621560325258.post-60597345834220316892015-01-10T19:48:00.000-08:002015-01-10T19:48:02.781-08:00soda watershed (3 | 4)<center><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/bikenoir/16224908676" title="IMG_7069 by erik jensen, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7560/16224908676_30a5564a42_o.jpg" width="800" height="533" alt="IMG_7069"></a><br />
morning<br />
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one of the lines from the night before<br />
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dropping<br />
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was cold<br />
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turned left and rode to the top of the watershed<br />
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trails<br />
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not trails<br />
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cow trails<br />
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climbed to the top<br />
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morning<br />
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spring water<br />
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ice<br />
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the next shoulder to be climbed that morning<br />
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alex met us on top of hamilton, patrick is tasting his glove somewhere south of there<br />
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sun<br />
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self-portrait<br />
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logjammin<br />
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american apparel grade nightklunk photog<br />
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this kept up until midnight, a solid 7 hours of full-moon riding</center><br />
erikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08128941098449141122noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6524891621560325258.post-58708922453989924042015-01-04T20:51:00.000-08:002015-01-04T22:18:13.950-08:00calaveras > hamilton > coe traverse, north-south (1 | 4)<center>finally opened it up. i've tossed this one around for years, just got the right window and conditions. water, mainly. a full moon helps on routes of see-not-seen nature...<br />
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leave dirt from old calaveras road and never return until you hit gilroy, spending much of your time above 3000 feet. we had an extra day and used it to go deep off the main line into hinterlands. getting ahead of myself.<br />
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up the hill from the fremont bart<br />
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2 of several dozen gates in<br />
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western doom<br />
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lines<br />
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patrick stokes</center>erikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08128941098449141122noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6524891621560325258.post-81061453618232178162014-12-31T23:38:00.001-08:002014-12-31T23:38:59.274-08:00eve<center><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/bikenoir/15976456159" title="IMG_6987 by erik jensen, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7494/15976456159_7bc75c082c_o.jpg" width="533" height="800" alt="IMG_6987"></a><br />
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purple<br />
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indigo<br />
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paynes grey<br />
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fireworks<br />
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politics</center>erikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08128941098449141122noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6524891621560325258.post-55485234887740893832014-10-19T14:45:00.000-07:002014-10-19T14:45:26.050-07:00pur<center><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/bikenoir/15578133532" title="IMG_6765 by erik jensen, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5607/15578133532_9c28569b6b_o.jpg" width="800" height="533" alt="IMG_6765"></a><br />
late departure as usual<br />
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p and i broke off and hit those fine penninuslar dirt ribbons<br />
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taking the bridge<br />
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erikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08128941098449141122noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6524891621560325258.post-32678901040894929432014-09-27T11:38:00.000-07:002014-09-27T11:38:00.504-07:00drought (7 | 7)<center>after drinking the remnants of water still in the line at the abandoned campground (and narrowly avoiding being spotted by a ranger with a searchlight...) we started riding well before sunrise. 40 miles done by 9 and out of the 100+ degree heat in the valley before it even hit hard. amtrak fresno > home.<br />
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if pressed to chose, this is my favorite "road."<br />
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the first at the primary reservoir on the king river : shockingly low<br />
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abandoned campground and empty reservoir, closed since last labor day. a real sobering reminder that we are running out of water.</center><br />
*I wanted to write something about riding, I feel like I need to. It's been a few years, so relax -- I won't make a habit out of it. But, it's sad to say that i wonder as I hit publish how many people could see this and drive to the top of this ride. I don't publish as many ride details, let alone many of the best places I ride anymore, because i'm afraid somebody is going to spew 8 hours of pollution to drive across a desertified central valley to poach the idea of the experience with a conveniently loaded gps track on their iphone. The SCENE, if something so simple as bike touring ever could have one, is partially abandoning the prime understanding laden to this activity -- that there was more to life than consumption -- especially now that the big players are joining the game and selling you this garbage as if it were ever cool. take the train. it's there so you don't have to live a life of marketed experience. don't let rich kids with blogs they paid somebody else to design and specialized bicycles sell you bullshit you don't want and more importantly don't need. please. focus on the local. think about what and who you are supporting. what you are standing for. there is a real community of riders out there, and you don't need any clothing (musa, rapha, or otherwise) to take part. ride your bike everyday and never ever buy a toyota pickup, a westie, or otherwise just because you saw it on instagram. Stay true to the thing that brought you into this in the first place.<br />
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What will you look back and think about what you did while our planet was undergoing anthropocene collapse?<br />
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Keep it real. Back to the regular programming. Thanks for giving me a paragraph and thanks for reading.<br />
erikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08128941098449141122noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6524891621560325258.post-54040023584599883172014-09-16T23:43:00.001-07:002014-09-16T23:43:26.883-07:00traverse (4.5 | 7)<center><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/bikenoir/15078449430" title="IMG_6503 by erik jensen, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3850/15078449430_0382968bd1_o.jpg" width="800" height="533" alt="IMG_6503"></a><br />
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drought, fire, power replacement<br />
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power, water<br />
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upper san joaquin<br />
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power<br />
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abandoned pipeline tunnel<br />
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circuit board at 1" = 100'<br />
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last climb through to darkness. about 18k feet today.</center>erikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08128941098449141122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6524891621560325258.post-37059374750628702362014-09-12T22:20:00.001-07:002014-09-12T22:20:09.999-07:00dropping (4 | 7)<center><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/bikenoir/15221946375" title="IMG_6494 by erik jensen, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3838/15221946375_9457239335_o.jpg" width="800" height="533" alt="IMG_6494"></a></center>erikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08128941098449141122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6524891621560325258.post-57279684056448999592014-09-12T01:37:00.001-07:002014-09-12T22:19:41.395-07:00high sierra dirt (3 | 7)<center>turned left and climbed on forest roads through hill and dale / to the mountain top<br />
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approaching the summit of fresno dome, third of many such things<br />
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not bad<br />
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impromptu pizza altar<br />
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cookin<br />
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<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/bikenoir/15019099379" title="IMG_6403 by erik jensen, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_6403" height="533" src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3859/15019099379_e04134ea0c_o.jpg" width="800" /></a>rode into the valley, left the camera off, where i met jared at the amtrak stop and kicked off the push of the trip. plan was about 35k feet of climbing over the next 4 days -- much of it on dirt or closed infrastructure service roads.</center>erikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08128941098449141122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6524891621560325258.post-77470193228546623482014-09-09T22:16:00.000-07:002014-09-09T22:16:22.221-07:00great basin (1 | 7)<center><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/bikenoir/15009132827" title="IMG_6360 by erik jensen, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3880/15009132827_369f0c0071_o.jpg" width="533" height="800" alt="IMG_6360"></a><br />
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was lucky to get a ride to the great basin with friend justin. from our last camp.<br />
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still light<br />
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sailing the day away is a good start<br />
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genoa home<br />
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abandoned allee beneath the hetchy power corridor, out beyond the end of the bart line.<br />
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riding out that morning<br />
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alexis staying hydrated in 100+ heat<br />
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not pictured: 4am arrival to camp, rock jumping, dehydration</center>erikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08128941098449141122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6524891621560325258.post-42651423263103203612014-07-11T23:16:00.000-07:002014-07-11T23:16:40.379-07:00improvisations for mixed media 1 (2,3 | 3)<center><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/bikenoir/14446522507" title="IMG_6284 by erik jensen, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2901/14446522507_947bfa38ff_o.jpg" width="800" height="533" alt="IMG_6284"></a><br />
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erikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08128941098449141122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6524891621560325258.post-25776060800516861752014-06-21T23:25:00.002-07:002014-06-21T23:25:59.384-07:00first flat<center><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="800" height="450" data="https://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"><param name="flashvars" value="intl_lang=en-US&photo_secret=0000000001&photo_id=14291496689"></param><param name="movie" value="https://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf"></param><param name="bgcolor" value="#000000"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="https://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf" bgcolor="#000000" allowfullscreen="true" flashvars="intl_lang=en-US&photo_secret=0000000001&photo_id=14291496689" width="800" height="450"></embed></object></center>erikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08128941098449141122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6524891621560325258.post-75858198068037408422014-06-04T12:11:00.003-07:002014-06-04T12:18:26.829-07:00white mountain (2,3 | 3)<center><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/bikenoir/14160331227" title="IMG_6218 by erik jensen, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3876/14160331227_64da1f991a_o.jpg" width="800" height="533" alt="IMG_6218"></a><br />
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cumbre camping // altitudinal vomit center, ~13200. alex went to the 14200 peak from here.<br />
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spent the night getting ill from a lack of acclimatization. been up to 20000 without problems but this time i was knocked on my proverbial arse and didn't have the energy to brave the subfreezing temps for the typical photos.<br />
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<a href="http://www.radiolab.org/story/91721-oops/">on bristlecone pines</a>, skip to 15:20</center>erikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08128941098449141122noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6524891621560325258.post-73536284027382638182014-06-01T20:58:00.000-07:002014-06-04T11:54:44.697-07:00white mt (1 | 3)<center><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/bikenoir/14322869051" title="IMG_6216 by erik jensen, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5523/14322869051_5c7c9cd219_o.jpg" width="800" height="533" alt="IMG_6216"></a></center>erikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08128941098449141122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6524891621560325258.post-24550117731729096572014-05-27T12:49:00.001-07:002014-05-28T15:38:38.270-07:00memo, abbr<center><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/bikenoir/14284826584" title="IMG_6022 by erik jensen, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3786/14284826584_bde2a80673_o.jpg" width="800" height="533" alt="IMG_6022"></a><br />
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occassionally camps are not named<br />
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electricity, marsh</center>erikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08128941098449141122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6524891621560325258.post-234417680725423002014-04-22T20:40:00.000-07:002014-04-22T20:40:30.421-07:00Amtrak Transect<center>Scanned these for a portfolio, some watercolor sketches from the trip home this winter. <br />
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