2012: Year in Review

2012...as per the Mayan calendar, this was the year that the world was supposed to end.  Fortunately, for us planet Earth kept her twirl on as she continues to circumnavigate the Sun.  As 2013 started, you cannot help but reflect on the year that was 2012...

For us, 2012 was the year of Phat & the year of Change.  We discovered fat, phat, phattie, obese, chunky, porky, chubby tires and the rest is history...well sort of...semantics aside (since we really started riding fat in 2011), we learned a lot about the world of fat bikes.

We learned about snow conditions and what types of snow ride well...we learned of tire choices...we learned how to layer up to stay warm...our vocabulary increased to include words such as pogies, 9zero7, fatback, uma, fat sheba, gnard, etc....it was a year of learning to ride a bike again...thumbs up!

2012 was a big year of change in the household.  We closed a chapter and moved a state.  We forgot how much change a change in residences and jobs entails.  The chapter continues to close as we replace what was stolen when our garage was broken into and wiped out...old chapter...new chapter is ON!

2012 was a year of absurdities...a year of being theft victims & a year of getting shot in the face with a paintball gun while riding a bike...

2012 was a year of being embraced by a new community and of many new chapters!  It was a year of seeing the possibilities!  of taking advantage of the access and enjoying the process along the way.

A year that included wiener dog races....

From a biking perspective, my personal highlights included The Whiskey 50, The Togwotee Winter Classic, The High Cascades Hundie on the singlespeed, the 24 Hrs of Spokane, and my mack daddy big kahuna of the TransRockies 7 day stage race...as well as endless miles of smiles on trail....it was also the year we discovered cyclocross and the Halloween ruckus-ness that is Halloween Cross!

From a splitboard perspective, it was good to see some of the possibilities of our new backyard...I got a couple of laps in at Tumalo Mtn and saw the many many lines of exploration.

It was a year to re-kindle some old friendships, make some new friendships, maintain existing friendships, and even letting some friendships run their course.

Thanks Hersey for being my partner in crime in suffering during the TransRockies...you DA' MAN!

It was a year of watching the dogs provide endless entertainment

As the sun sets on 2012, it is time to look at 2013 with a re-charged battery and outlook.  Cheers to you 2013!!