Bits and Bobs

I went looking back through my blog here and realized, there's not one picture of Beck. So before you go doubting her existence, here are a few photos of my lovely bride.

That bottle holding trick is really quite handy. Although, long moments of concentration will end sometime with a sudden, wild flaling of her arms, as if she only just realizes what she's doing. Yet, often she'll manage to hold on and relocate the nipple. She'll stare at it briefly and casually go back to eating. Amazing.

Here are a few shots from around our little corner of Daegu.

Autumn deep in concentration.

Spent April 5th in Seoul with a fantastic group of riders. These boys are fast flying Filthies. Was a great day and I can't wait to do it again. Here are a few photos. Enjoy.

No better way to start the day than with 2 litre bottles of Hite (Korean for Budweiser).

How brief the sensation of flying. Good thing Kevin's quick with the camera.

No one would do this, so I gave a demonstration to loosen up first drop anxieties.

Rock garden 101: Don't crash!

I'm Back

Well, almost. I'll be crutching around for a few weeks while my newly opened leg heals up. The surgery was a fantastic success. Started out with a local anesthetic, allowing me to get a real feel for what was going on inside my leg. Literally, I could feel the pounding on the bolts as they drove them from the bone and the stitching up had a certain tingle to it. I wanted to watch but they wouldn't allow it. I think I lost a little too much blood and started shivering violently. Unbeknownst to me, they gave me general and, next thing I know I'm laying in my ward room, facing up, staring into a 4' florecent light. Fortunately, this doctor was on top of his game and noticed that my vastus lateralis muscle, the one on the front, above the knee on the outside, had been severed and needed to be put back together. So now, I should be able to recover to a full 100%. I thought I was just up shit creek, and would have to suffer the next bit of history with limited leg function. But, not so, not so.

Once this leg finishes healing, I’ll be hitting the gym and the mountain hard. I can’t wait to get back up to full speed. Mountain Rehab 101.

Life with little Autumn is everything we'd hoped for and more. Thought I'd share a few things with you all. Please ignore the big harry dork. Enjoy.

BTW, I'm going in for my equipment removal surgery next Tuesday. Should be fun...