Crested Butte, Colorado

December 28th, 2008

It’s the Sunday after Christmas and I sit drinking coffee watching the sun come up over the mountains to the west of Crested Butte. The snow is phenomenal right now, but we were snowboarding yesterday in -14 degree temperatures. I’ve been shoveling snow about three times a day for the past week - [...]

Rod Hall Sponsor & Mentor

December 15th, 2008

For those of you who don’t know Rod Hall, it is impossible to describe him in a simple blog posting. Hall is considered the most winning off-road racer, with well over 200 major titles and class wins. At 71 years old, he just won two championships this season and his teams captured five. You cannot [...]

Navigation 101

December 9th, 2008

Tonight I met with Don and Susan Johnson to start navigation training. Technology is a wonderful thing and despite the fact that we will not be able to use GPS during the Rallye, we will be using it to meet for our nav classes. Skype will power our online sessions with Don, Susan, [...]

Back from Austria

December 4th, 2008

Wow…back from a whirlwind tour - both Emily and I have been out of the country and are now home and hard at work on the upcoming rally.  I was in Solden, Austria for an event with Salomon and Saab.  The event was primarily for women and included the sponsored female athletes and journalists skiing [...]