Matt took this wierd shot of me on my longboard coming down the alley.
That light is actually the headlight on my board going back and
forth… oddly, I’m a ghost in this photo and you can’t see me..
Nick and I took off to Killington for the day for some serious downhill
bombing. We had shorts on and cross country bike helmets but were
bombing past everyone with full-on gear. I managed to tear the cable
out of my rear deraileur while Nick pretty much destroyed 2 bikes. The
first bike he had he tore out the break cable and emptied the hydraulic
fluid, his second bike he took a good size divit out of the rear tire
rim when he got a flat. Overall I’d say we got our moneys worth with no
real injuries, just some blood here and there..
On the edge of a 50′ cliff on Black Dome in the Catskills of New York.
Traveled down to the Catskills to climb Thomas Cole, Black Dome and
Black Head Mountains which I need towards my New England 100 highest
and Northeast 111ers. I dropoped my truck at the exit trailhead and
biked down to the southern trailhead to start my hike over the long
ridge of mountains. It was a 6.3 mile hike that I did from 1pm to
4:30pm. Nice easy hike over the ridge of mountains with a few ledges of
views as you can see from above. The Catskills are weird to hike in
because even at 4,000 feet the vegetation is the same as 2,000 feet and
the rock is mostly shale slabs that are difficult and annoying to hike
on. But.. great weather and a great day
So… everyone watches those funny movies like Meet the Parents and
watches as the character constantly fucks up throughout the whole movie
and makes an ass out of himself even though he is a good person and his
heart is in the right place. And everyone in the audience is thinking,
"wow, that’s crazy!.. thank God that kind of bad luck doesn’t happen to
anyone in real life, but boy is it funny" WRONG. That kinda shit
actually does happen in real life - to ME! For instance, last night I
was hanging out with a girl that I’m interested in watching the sox
game and boozin’ it up with my "friend" the captain as is expected when
you watch a sporting event. Well… I woke up this morning in my bed
alone with no pants on… don’t know how that happened with my computer
blaring… Now, at this point you go into panic mode. "what happened,
what time is it, where is the cute girl?, and most importantly why am I
lying here with just a t-shirt on!?" Then you start to piece things
together… usually I just look at my camera to see some pictures from
the night to put things into perspective but I know I wouldn’t have
taken pictures, and it was still in its dock. So… time to check the
phone… ok.. I see a message about the cute girl leaving to take care
of some friends.. CONFUSION SETS IN. Was that just a cover up to get
out of this drunk guys apartment or did she really have some friends to
take care of? Also.. were my pants off at the point she left!? So at
that point I can pretty much verify that I’m an ass. Still trying to
piece the night together… I notice that Road Trip
is in my dvd player… ok, good, atleast I managed to put in a movie
after the game ( I don’t remember the 9th inning). So things are
looking ok… maybe she left and I said "good night" and everything was
ok. NOPE I get a phone call from her saying how astonished she was at
how much I drank and that I was passed out asleep when she left. WAY TO
GO JON. Yup, I’m that guy in movies who just keeps on managing to f up
and make an ass out of himself. I seem to be a constant source of
amusement to everyone around me, so at least I have that going for me.
I make people smile. And the crazy part of it is that I don’t even
usually drink… but now this girl thinks I’m an alcaholic! GREAT!…
ok, time to redeem myself and take her out to dinner tonight and show
her a good time… although, I’m sure I’m going to run over a puppy or
something on the way to the restaurant! Geeze…..
One of the gnarly drops on the freshly cut black diamond trails of Killington with my bike in front for comparison
Looking down on the biking trails from the summit restaurant.
On Top of Killington after hiking over the summit of Pico and Killington’s ridge in the background.
Went
to Mt. Snow on Saturday with my friend Justin for some crazy downhil
mt. bike action and also some micro brew tasting at the beer festival
they had there. Justin then left to pick up furniture with his wife and
head back to Boston. I headed up Vt. Route 100 to Rutland, VT and got
some dinner at Applebee’s while watching the Sox beat the Orioles. I
then drove my truck up to the parking lot at Killington and slept under
the stars. It was so clear you could see the Milky Way perfectly. Woke
up the next day and fixed the 2nd flat I had on my bike in two days at
the Killington bike shop where I got a long trail suggestion from the
guy running the shop. I then talked the gondola lift operator into
sending my bike to the summit. I then drove up to the pass between Pico
and Killington and started my hike up the AT/Long trail to the summit
of Pico and then over the ridge to the summit of Killington. 6 mile
hike in about 3 hours. After a short rest and some much deserved
swedish fish I changed into my spd shoes and helmet and headed down the
newly cut black diamond single track trails I was told about. Best
downhilling I have ever done!!!… Long 45 minute decent through very
techinical turns and drops. By the time I got down the access road to
Route 4 both legs were solid rocks of cramps. I tossed my bike into the
woods changed back into my hiking shoes and started walking up the long
hill to the pass. 5 minutes into the walk a nice elderly Vermont couple
picked my ass up and brought me up the hill. Was able to get my truck
and start heading home at 4pm. Not bad for two days in Vermont
If I get sued, this is what I’m wearing to court!
My father took a message today at home from a woman named Angel from
Progressive who says that the lawyer I accidentally ran into in 1999 is
suing progressive and myself I guess. Funny, because he was doing
jumping jacks to show me he was ok directly after the accident. I knew
he was tryint to sue Progressive back then but I didn’t know it would
affect me 6 years later. I know I had comprehensive insurance and
liability at the time and from what Progressive told me the guy had to
have filed a suit by this coming sunday for him to be able to sue, but
nobody knows if he actually did that or not because no one can get a
hold of his lawyer or him. So… I guess I’ll learn on Tuesday if I’m
getting sued or not… but for now I’m not going to worry about it.
Mountain Dew Drinking Contest with Kladis at work… Jonny Danger 12,
Klumpernuts… 7… hahahahaha, who’s the Mt. King.. this guy this guy
