more biking, but actually, more hiking.

spent this weekend in oregon's coastal range. after securing a site after work on thursday, hiking a ton on friday (shin splints!), negotiating with a lot of kind hicks over 40s and pulled pork sandwiches, i got some city company: my coworker, kristen, and her wife, stacy, came for some mountain biking.




i spent a good amount of time tuning my bike and it zooms now, with super speedy shifting that i had been missing for a few YEARS. i really neglected my stumpjumper. unfortunately, i didn't get to fully exploit its new super smooth shifting. none of us biked for all that long due to the slippery roots and impossible-to-climb-muddy banks-cross-country-tires that stacy & i rock (though not for much longer). i didn't take many photos either - i was riding too hard to stop! and then too fast on the way down. lots of yelps and whoops. don't think i framed that waterfall too well. oh well.