Smell the dirt, feel the mountain, taste the wind.
Personal:
"Our legs are tight, our feet are flying, and we are gliding over the roll of the land. The sun is up, the air is fresh, the stone is old, and we are free and at peace. The clock has stopped because another time has taken over." C. Bowden
Quick local run since today was work all day. Catching Conference by tuning in KSL on the ADF receiver in the plane.
Amazing Twin Cities Race today. Against all predictions one of the fastest. Prelim has 6 guys under 2:15. Masters field barely won by Mbarack. Tracy and Steidle way back in the 2:30s.
Worked all day. The solution for Chicago's air traffic control system being broken almost indefinetely by the fireman who doused the whole center with water last week is to direct all aircraft flying through most of the central US, underneath Chicago Center's airspace so they fly in local air traffic control systems. Now half the US air traffic flies every day in the middle of thunderstorms instead of over them, fuel burn is triple normal amount, and everybody flies where the general aviation aircraft are. Unimaginable mess.
Ran up Echo Canyon to the base of London Spire, rope climbed the 1,950 foot Southwest face. I am so slow at this, it's amazing. Weak as a runner. Rapelled down and ran back. One of the top ten trail runs/climbs I have ever been on and my first "Big Wall" climb.
5 hours
"There are only three sports; bullfighting, motor racing, and mountaineering. The rest are all games".
