Bushed

6 weeks of Treeplanting = 50 000 trees planted, 4 stuck trucks, 1 wrecked quad, 12- 15hr days, millions of bugs, living with the dreadlocked society, 4000 calorie meals, and one pretty bushed biker. The planting season went from my crew in PG for 5 weeks then back to the Robson Valley for a few days of bike planting. Bike planting was the best job ever as I pedalled between burn piles on deactivated roads through willows with 500-700 trees in my backpack at a time. Trying to cross road deactivations with this much weight in a pack was the cause for one major endo which nearly ended my planting/biking days for a while but instead all I got was a face full of mud and a brused cheack bone. A couple bear encounters were another story as a Grizzly and her 2 cubs prevented one set of burn piles from getting trees in it and then there was the large black bear which stood on the road between me and home. Without mace or anything else I opted for tossing a huge log at the bear as a decoy as I sprinted 6 ft from the bear on my bike. The bear was pretty stunned and did nothing which was alright by me as I was stoked on not being dinner. Probably could of petted the beast if I wanted too. Now I rest here at home with bushed legs as I prepare to transform them back into pedal mashers for the rest of the season. The logging course I keep trying to get into was to start today again but is pushed back till further notice which was good news as the bikes are getting restless.

Treeplanting & Bikes

I use to think of work as something for people that had nothing better to do but after a new tranny for the pickup, 5 months wandering around central america, bike parts, food, gas etc I have come to realize that work can be alright once in a while. Tommorow its off to the crime capital of Canada, Prince George, to pick up the work truck and 5 planters for my crew as we head out into the woods to plant trees for a month. The bike is coming along for some early morning interval sessions as I will be testing out a new training theory involving planting 6-8hrs a day for the endurance and sprint work on the bike for the high end. Should be pretty much perfect.

Back from the woods

After a couple weeks out in the boonies around Mcbride I found my Canadian ways again and made it back to Jasper in time to meet up with Dik (Kona Rep). Between Dik at Kona and Wendy and Chris at Freewheel Cycle I have been set up with 3 rippin bikes for the season. Kona Kula Supreme (hardtail), Kona Hei Hei Supreme (Dualie), and a Kona King Zing (road). Thank you!!! These are bikes I only ever dreamed of.

This past week I was testing out the new machines in the cycling capital of Canada (Jasper) as the roads are free of vehicles and the trails are within a couple days of being dry. These bikes are solid! On top of it I may be scene in some new racing clothes this season, the 10 yr old jerseys I have been using are now in the vintage collection.

Next week I was to become a lumberjack as I was headed to Nanaimo for a 2 month lumberjack course but due to the low wood prices the course is postponed. Now its back to the drawing table to figure out another plan. Thinking of growing a field of marijuana and selling it as hay bails to music festivals across Canada. I figure instead of everyone smoking a little joint they should light one giant hay bail in the middle of the festival and get everyone done at the sametime. Entrapreneurship.