The Parks Tour 2012 What is the Parks Tour you ask, well it’s my next adventure and it’s going to be my biggest yet. At over 5000 miles of pedaling alone it will surpass my west coast/PCT adventure from 2007.  It will be all cycling this go around, so no hiking unless we take a day off to explore.  This [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: StarCrossed 2012 returns to Marymoor Park for an Eight-Hour Enduro and Eliminator Shoot Out Seattle, WA – May 11th, 2012 – Low Pressure Promotions, LLC of Seattle, WA released the details for StarCrossed today, with an event date confirmed for Saturday, September 22nd, 2012 at Marymoor Park in Redmond, WA.   The 2012 edition of StarCrossed will take [...]

Mark Your Calendar and Join Us at these Two Upcoming Social Events in May!   We all know the weather in Washington can be finicky this time of year, making it hard to get out on your bike and ride. But since the recent sunny days have got so many of thinking about mountain biking, we’ve decided to plan some [...]

New look!!!   Unless you’re blind, which would be a terrible thing, you probably noticed Adventures of Scatman (AOS) has a new look.  I have wanted to change the theme of my site for a while now.  So I give you, AOS 2.0.  The idea was to clean things up and make it easier for you, the visitor to find [...]

For the past 12 days my friend Jill has been competing in the Arizona Trail Race (AZTR).  There are two distance available to any brave soul who decides to participate, the 300 and the 750.  The 750 starts on the US/Mexico and works its way north to the southern border of Utah.  Along the way it climbs, winds, and traverses [...]

Here is my video from last years Taint Tuff ride.  2012 is coming up fast.  Are you ready for Sick Joke this year?  May 5th, be ready or be left behind???   ———- Scatman Get out there! Powered by adventure, fueled by Feed the Machine, hydrated by nuun, organized by GYST Concept, kept clean by Action Wipes, and built for life like Stanley.

  Sponsored by       A long time ago Backpacker Magazine had a contest of the same name, the “Bag Night Challenge”.  I love the concept of the contest and thought I would do my own.  I waited ten years, that’s enough time, isn’t it?  The idea is simple, track the number of nights you spend outside in your [...]

Death of the Wave… I’ve been riding bikes since I was four.  I’ve been a “cyclist” since I was 17.  You could say I’ve been around the block a few times during those years.  I have raced down hill when you rode a hardtail and only had 3” of front suspension.  It amazes me how as cycling has grown it’s [...]

This past weekend I decided to race my mountain bike.  It was pretty much a spur of the moment decision at 7:30 pm the night before the race.  I haven’t raced my mtb since the Test of Metal last June.  Not only that but I was out until 1 am on a date and had been drinking all night.  When [...]

    Ted E. Canyon Lands Round #1 winner Jill Hueckman sporting her new Outdoor Research Virtouso puffy jacket.  Jill spent 17 nights outside so far this year!   Alec M. Pic: Caught in a blizzard above treeline in the Snowy Range of Wyoming, I set up my bivy in the alcove of an outhouse, and proceeded to get covered [...]