Howdy Everyone, I've started a Patreon to help support the content creation of my site, as well as all the rest of my social media. I appreciate your support! It's the first Monday of the month! Here's what's been happening on the blog: Gear Breakdown: 2023 Sangre de Cristo Range Traverse The gear you bring for an adventure like the Sangre de Cristo Range Traverse can be critical to the success of the trip itself. The momentously mountainous route asks much from you to be ready for anything. With a low point of 7,073 ...Continue Reading

Howdy Everyone, I've started a Patreon to help support the content creation of my site, as well as all the rest of my social media. I appreciate your support! It's the first Monday of the month! Here's what's been happening on the blog: Invite The Chaos: Defeat on the Sangre de Cristo Range Traverse Join Justin Simoni as: THE LONG RANGER as he attempts to tackle the Sangre de Cristo Range Traverse North to South. Thinks don’t always go to plan… Read More Longs Peak Iron Gates Duathlon May Tick A good time on Lon ...Continue Reading

Howdy Everyone, I've started a Patreon to help support the content creation of my site, as well as all the rest of my social media. I appreciate your support! It's the first Monday of the month! Here's what's been happening on the blog: Longs Peak NW Gully Duathlon April Tick Life has become busy, so I haven’t compiled my weekly workout journal in a few weeks – happens. Follow me on Strava for the highlights. Sunday, I did go up to Longs Peak in an attempt to get an April tick. Somewhat obligatory, as I have a March ...Continue Reading

Howdy Everyone, I've started a Patreon to help support the content creation of my site, as well as all the rest of my social media. I appreciate your support! It's the first Monday of the month! Here's what's been happening on the blog: Training Journal: 3/20/23 – 3/26/23 A tough week, as I was trying to recover from the sub 48 hour trip up Keplinger’s Couloir on Longs Peak (riding a bike there and back, of course), while also trying to maintain and if at all possible, build upon my fitness for my Loveland/Hoosier Pa ...Continue Reading

Howdy Everyone, I've started a Patreon to help support the content creation of my site, as well as all the rest of my social media. I appreciate your support! It's the first Monday of the month! Here's what's been happening on the blog: Training Journal: 2/20/23 – 2/26/23 Pretty busy week, excuse the brevity. Monday Bouldering @ Movement, 1 hr Spin Bike, 1hr Tuesday Bouldering @ Movement, 1 hr Green Mountain Wednesday Rest! Thursday Bouldering @ Movement, 2 hours Spin Bike, 1 hr Friday Green Mountain Quick bop up and ...Continue Reading

Howdy Everyone, I've started a Patreon to help support the content creation of my site, as well as all the rest of my social media. I appreciate your support! It's the first Monday of the month! Here's what's been happening on the blog: Training Journal: 1/30/23 – 2/6/23 The race date looms! Read More New Slowlans Backpacking Guide is Out! A new version of my Slowlans guide is out! New to this version is a website under my new guise, Long May You Range, revised routes, new maps, PDF downloads, and revised segmen ...Continue Reading

Howdy Everyone, I've started a Patreon to help support the content creation of my site, as well as all the rest of my social media. I appreciate your support! It's the first Monday of the month! Here's what's been happening on the blog: Training Journal: 12/26/22 – 1/1/23 Monday Bouldering @ Movement, 1hr Took it easy and just did an hour bouldering – basically a warmup, then worked briefly on a hard problem. Ended the day with a new V6 (seemed soft) and on my way to a V7, with my eye on a V8 (one can dream). Green M ...Continue Reading

Howdy Everyone,I've started a Patreon to help support the content creation of my site, as well as all the rest of my social media. I appreciate your support!It's the first Monday of the month! Here's what's been happening on the blog: Training Journal 11/28/22 – 12/4/12 Monday Bouldering @ Movement, 2hr Another weird session. Concentration wasn’t a huge problem, but I felt very weak, even though I took an extra day off from what I usually take. My intention was to work on the 45 degree wall again, but I never got on it, ...Continue Reading

Howdy Everyone,It's the first Monday of the month! Here's what's been happening on the blog: Praxis – October 2022 Hannah Green’s incredible persistence of finishing the Sangre de Cristo Range Traverse can be read in her article at iRunFar, I was quite happy to see that Laura Kaplan and her partner went for Nolans 14, and stuck it out well past the 60 cutoff to complete the line in one big push – something […] Read More Until next time,Long May You Range! ...Continue Reading

As soon as the bus pulls into Salida, I’m out the front door, heading down to the old school motel – the one at the outskirts of town with the larger than life flamingo statues, classic cars decorating the front, and rock-bottom room prices. I check in, throw my pack on the bed, then I’m out the door for dinner and to find a few forgotten necessities I’ll need for the next week. Lights out after finishing up my French fries; a 1:30 am alarm set. By 2:30am, I’m starting out from the Loaf ‘n Jug at the end of the corner, ...Continue Reading