I'll sleep when I'm dead.
Or Söğütgediği, for short. “Willow Pass”, if you must know the English. Those are the coordinates. I’m now a LANDOWNER. We’ve almost finished the small pre-fab house on the lot, too, but the exciting part for me is the land. … Continued
All bikers are optimists. We have to be. The dangers of the road are something we have all faced firsthand, and most of us know at least one person whose life ended on a bike. But that doesn’t stop us. … Continued
Every time you ride, you go through a ritual first. Even simple rides. Routine rides. This ritual’s components are the same for most bikers, even if the sequence varies. A good biker takes the time to notice their motor, their … Continued
They say that you can never step into the same river twice. You can never experience the same thing twice because something about the experience has invariably changed. Even if it were possible to hold all external factors constant, the … Continued
Okay, so you know I have been struggling with the next step in my personal evolution—to work on impeccability in word and deed. I still struggle with it. Or to be more accurate, I don’t consciously think about it enough … Continued
That’s what they are. A bunch of Do-Gooders. And now I’m one of them. Worse, one of the ringleaders! When not off on some adventure weekend (snowboarding, scuba diving, skydiving, etc), my new extreme sports group of friends have been … Continued
Oh man. This is not good. REALLY not good… I’m starting to like speed. We’re talking LIKE like. That was never me. Yeah, I have always loved the crazy, adrenaline-infused daredevil stuff, but speed was never a part of that … Continued
Bansko, Bulgaria. Bright sun in a cloudless sky. Far from being cold, I am actually starting to sweat despite the snow up here at 2000m. It’s day two of snowboarding and I am gliding in smooth, easy zig zags down the … Continued
No, I never thought it would happen to me. In fact, I have repeatedly insisted on the detrimental effects of running on the human body. But guess what? I became a runner. What a psycho, right? I wasn’t sure at first why … Continued
CHAIN REACTION It wasn’t supposed to last all day. I only had to get my bike washed and clean the chain. I had been waiting for the weather to warm up (and dry up) just enough to get the chain … Continued