Rumon Carter | Found

"When I hear music, I fear no danger. I am invulnerable. I see no foe. I am related to the earliest..."

Wed, 30 May 2012 13:46:14 -0700

“When I hear music, I fear no danger. I am invulnerable. I see no foe. I am related to the...

“It’s not about being the fastest, the strongest or the biggest....

Tue, 29 May 2012 15:42:10 -0700

“It’s not about being the fastest, the strongest or the biggest. It’s about being ourselves.” ~ Kilian Jornet, from the trailer for Summits of My Life. (@sebastienmontaz killing it again.)

“What is it about solitude and nothingness that’s so...

Tue, 15 May 2012 18:44:46 -0700

“What is it about solitude and nothingness that’s so abundant? … What if we didn’t restrict how far we could go? What if we kept pushing ourselves one step at a time?”

~ The Nomad, from Forge Motion Pictures

"TELL me not, in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream!— For the soul is dead that..."

Wed, 09 May 2012 16:36:16 -0700

“TELL me not, in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream!— For the soul is dead...

Tidy little edit, the best part of which may be the reminder, at...

Wed, 09 May 2012 16:31:57 -0700

Tidy little edit, the best part of which may be the reminder, at the end, of a great trip last year…

"The making of a great compilation tape, like breaking up, is hard to do and takes ages longer than..."

Tue, 08 May 2012 22:45:29 -0700

“The making of a great compilation tape, like breaking up, is hard to do and takes ages longer...

Inspiration: Adam Van Koeverden (@vankayak) - “The...

Tue, 08 May 2012 21:48:51 -0700

Inspiration: Adam Van Koeverden (@vankayak) - “The Patriot” - Gives His Everything…for Olympic excellence, for himself, for Canada and - damn, dude, give the rest of us a break! - one helluva ripped body.

“Knock for Knock” (by RAPHA). Found via Steve...

Tue, 08 May 2012 21:32:47 -0700

“Knock for Knock” (by RAPHA). Found via Steve Casimiro at Adventure Journal - he has a write-up about this there to which I’ll add nothing. Other than: Damn.

Not the biggest fan of the (covering) band, nor what Chris...

Sun, 06 May 2012 19:37:04 -0700

Not the biggest fan of the (covering) band, nor what Chris Martin does here but, still, this gets a FuckYeahColdplay from me. #MCA

“In … On the Road … Kerouac had wanted to express ‘the soul that journeys...

Fri, 13 Apr 2012 09:24:13 -0700

“In … On the Road … Kerouac had wanted to express ‘the soul that journeys...

The Sharp End

Fri, 06 Apr 2012 22:12:28 -0700

The Sharp End: “What you pay attention to is what you experience, and what you experience...

"Eloquence is logic on fire."

Sun, 01 Apr 2012 16:02:06 -0700

“Eloquence is logic on fire.” - Lyman Beecher

Damn, @jamesnord, so f’n good. jamesnord: We hadn’t...

Sun, 01 Apr 2012 14:09:20 -0700

Damn, @jamesnord, so f’n good.

jamesnord:

We hadn’t spoken to each other in hours.

It had been pouring rain all day, turning the dirt roads of Battenkill into mud and putting us all into a dark and quiet place. There are times when it’s not fun, the times when you can’t feel your hands, your legs are screaming and you are not anywhere near done. There are moments when saliva mixes with vomit and you try, try not to lose that wheel in front of you, the one that is inching forward, forward, forward away from you.

But what can you do? You shake your hands out to get the blood back in them, you get in the drops and back onto that fucking wheel and you let the suffering of the day knock against you like waves. You do this and most importantly tell yourself, “this is worth it”.

Sometimes people ask me what I think about when I am on the bike for that long and the truth is I don’t know. I guess it depends. On a day like this you think about the pain, you think about your heros and imagine themselves tempering themselves in the rain and the mud. You think about love in the form of your riding partners not making fun of you when you can’t lift your head. Shit, you think about cheeseburgers and girls, anything to take you out of the horror that you are currently living, but then even on the darkest days sometimes you think about how beautiful it is.

You lick your lips, crunching the dirt that was on your face, look down at your quivering legs and laugh because it really is beautiful. You keep your head down and attack one more time because when you think about this ride in 10 years (and you will) you want to remember that you didn’t let the darkness win, if only for a moment you didn’t let it win.

"Great art picks up where nature ends."

Thu, 22 Mar 2012 14:26:10 -0700

“Great art picks up where nature ends.” - Marc Chagall

Banff Meatateria, 1955 - Fred Herzog

Sun, 18 Mar 2012 19:29:36 -0700

Banff Meatateria, 1955 - Fred Herzog

Wow. Just…wow. The Silversun Pickups covering Dylan.

Thu, 15 Mar 2012 00:10:46 -0700

Wow. Just…wow. The Silversun Pickups covering Dylan.

James, with thanks to Lola and Paste

Tue, 13 Mar 2012 17:32:54 -0700

James, with thanks to Lola and Paste

What is sleep when there is Bon Iver? Justin Vernon, Sean Carey,...

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:38:30 -0800

What is sleep when there is Bon Iver? Justin Vernon, Sean Carey, two grand pianos and a room of sonic magic.

Heaven is just a thin blue line

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:01:07 -0800

Heaven is just a thin blue line

Chances are, [I] suck

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:46:56 -0800

Chances are, [I] suck: So how do you become a better photographer when you’re reinforced with...