Made a little video to try and articulate self-talk psychology and TGR posted it on their blog. Cant figure out the bb code to embed from TGR or FB, so here's links to TGR's post and to FB with my...

Haha, i feel like Dunfee did that sticky then quit TGR and nobody bothered to change it

Haha, thanks Tye, Elf and TBS. I was feeling pretty good about that. I'm flattered my recovery is still of interest :)

For years I was on this site a lot, like nearly every day. Just today I...

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It's official: I can bike better than I can walk

Yesterday we pedaled Moab's Magnificent 7: Getaway, Bull Run, Arth's Corner, Little Canyon, Blue Dot, Gold...

Won't be long before the trails are done for the season. I've always been overstoked for winter to arrive, but now that I can pedal better than I can walk (and way better than I can ski), I'm not so...

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Earlier this summer High Fives Foundation invited me on an adaptive surf trip. I'd never been on a surfboard before and learning a new thing with a talented group of paralyzed athletes...

Haha, thanks! I'd never stopped at that rock overlook since there's typically a dozen bikers taking turn getting that exact shot. Holding your bike on that Upper Porcupine overlook is kind of a...

We rode Whole Enchilada yesterday. When I was in the hospital a friend mailed me a rock from Porcupine Ridge and it's been a daily reminder of one of mountain biking's testpieces. There were a lot of...

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Grant is like a one-man cheer squad! The guy is pretty freaking pumped on life in general and on pedaling bikes together in particular.

This weekend I was riding in Moab with Grant...

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A year ago this weekend I got hefted into a wheelchair and, after five weeks confined to bed indoors, on my back, and staring up at popcorn ceiling tiles, my Mom...

So, what's the .00009% possibility we know each other? Yeah, Alta is a good scene and there's a lot of good people running it. I'll be back in the end of Feb for a UAJ/Snowbird speaker series event....

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Ride #5: We started out trying to ride Dinoflow, but the rocky little uphills were too much for my cripple legs. Nick generously traded bikes since being on a single speed was just...

https://www.facebook.com/abc4utah/videos/10153445333839160/
http://www.good4utah.com/news/local-news/skiing-powder-one-year-after-a-spinal-cord-injury

ALTA, Utah (ABC 4 News)

Triumph over...

So my friend hit up Vail marketing folks to see if she could shoot a bit for the news of me bunnysloping at PCMR but they told her to get lost. I'm no PR pro, but that's hilarious to turn down a...

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It feels like my legs were bolted on from Pinocchio and my brain is the puppet master: left, right, left, right. But walking without...

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Its been 11 months since my spine injury and probably about a year since I last rode a mountain bike. I dont have the right ankle control to keep that foot positioned on a pedal and I was...

Thanks for the vibes Barron and VT-F. Shoot Baron, sounds like your winter was almost as much of a bummer as mine! Your right that not being able to go do stuff brings up lots of fond memories of...

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A couple years ago I donated this woodblock print to a fundraiser for the Utah Avalanche Center. So it feels like a Twilight Zone twist that the UAC is hosting a...

Thanks TahoeJ. There arent many of my own photos that I like to look at as repeatedly as the job requires, but that one appeals to me too.
Here's some "walking" from today. Big improvements from a...

Here's the full video piece that YourMomJustCalled put together: ...

Thanks man.

I told my mom that I bet she never thought she'd get to watch me learn to walk twice.
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thanks! yeah, the hut didnt have guest book yet so I drew a picture of it on scrap lumbar from it's construction and we signed the back. Backcountry Magazine ran a pic of it for the opening of an...

When I flew to Patagonia in late November, I thought that I'd be home for New Years Eve, but it turns out this expedition is going to last a lot longer than that.

On December 1, 2014 a...

Thanks Leftyt, that's very kind and I appreciate it. With my parents, plus a bunch of relatives, plus old friends all living here, I've been well provided for. If you happen to be driving by Drake...

Bahaha! If BBBW nurses, and/or sounding were my bag, I'd have been in freakin freak heaven. For better or worse, having tubes shoved down my urethra just doesn't jingle my bells. Probably for the...

My dad wrote an update about my injury, recovery, and some of the people who have made this hospital stay bearable. Here's that facebook post.

I am 0% health care expert, so I have no advice about what health care package that someone should have. If you're planning to get hurt, get a really good one, I guess.

I'm not sure what's offered as far as in-country Chilean insurance goes. GEOS offeres global SAR, med, evac insurance for like $130/year, but I think there's an elevation limit (below 5000m or...

No, I didnt have standard US Healthcare when I had the accident. I did have Global Rescue coverage for the three of us that included SAR, medical, and evac insurance. That's what paid for my hospital...

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Jim is continuing his post-op recovery in ICU. He had a comparatively quiet day given the events of the last nine days. He is in good spirits overall, but...

I keep writing updates in the TGR app only to have them disappear when I click out of the app. Not sure if it's a dev flaw or if I suck at phone posting. So in lieu of rewriting a 3rd time, here's...

Thanks mags! Ben and I were out flying traction kites the other evening after a long, frustrating day dealing with permit bureaucracy. A big gust came along and lofted me. I was clipped into the 4m...