Tasmania registers a conceptual far away, even to the Aussies among us. Sparse like a poem with just a few words on each line, gappy typesetting the distances over open spaces .
Cycling adventurist, bikepacker, travel writer, photographer, speaker, professor of philosophy. Route designer of the VTXL, the Green Mountain Gravel Growler beer tour, the Silk Road Mountain Race course 1st edition, and many more.
Category: Oceania
Tasmania Postcard
The syllables of the word Tasmania stretch across the space in my consciousness, resonant with being a little kid watching cartoons and knowing only that it’s far. But now here it’s an unexpected closeness.
New Zealand album
January 2010.
Bike Friday Pocket Rocket Pro
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Home from New Zealand tour
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New Zealand postcard
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New Zealand postcard
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New Zealand postcard
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New Zealand postcard
We — by which I mean Rob and Misha — decided to take the scenic Maungatapu “road” from Nelson to Pelorus Bridge. Of this plan Nathan said, “Don’t be stupid. You might be able to […]
New Zealand Postcard
N: “That’s the bike you brought?”
Me: “Yeah, why?”
[Silence.]
N: “Yeah, well, okay, put your kit on, let’s go for a ride.”