Mmm, Big Mountain

First time up Big Mountain (in Emigration Canyon) for the year. This has to be one of the best rides in the SLC area.

View from the top (sorry for the crappy iPhone pic, I need a new Point and Shoot camera):

Elevation profile:

Map:

Getting excited about the ToU this August

Referring to that last post...

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B-Cycle

Another company has finally gotten together what looks to be the right amount of money to do what I've wanted to do for quite some time. This one looks like one of the best implementations of this style system outside of some of the ones deployed in Europe. Very well-done B-cycle! Now let's just get it to come to SLC, ask for it here: http://bcycle.com/who_wants_it_more/

Portfolio Pics - Part 5

Hawaiian Sunset

As always, comments welcome!

**Update** I almost forgot to post the EXIF data. Some people have asked for it.
ISO: 200
Exposure time: 1/160 sec
Aperture: f/18
Focal length: 24mm
Exposure Program: Aperture Priority

Portfolio Pics - Part 4

Another one... comments/critique welcome!

This was another one from film so I don't remember the camera settings. Lens was probably 50mm f/1.8 at about f/11 and about 15 sec exposure.

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Healthiest US City? Salt Lake City

Couldn't help but pass this one along. Salt Lake City deserves a big pat on the back for being nominated and chosen as the U.S.'s healthiest city! Ahh, such pride :-)

Men's Healthiest Cities
Women's Healthiest Cities

Published!

I just have to do a bit of bragging about my wife and her new publication! Well, OK, it's not a full book, but it is a photo in a book. We have a few photos on iStockphoto.com to help us earn credits so that we'll buy other images there. (I know, it's a vicious cycle) We've sold a handful here and there to non-descript downloaders and maybe one day I'll spot one somewhere, but the photo below drew a bit more of a personalized crowd. We received a message saying that Greg Witt was including it in his book "60 Hikes Within 60 Miles: Salt Lake City". We were pretty excited. Way to go GinaBina!

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Wife

My wife is awesome.

Portfolio Pics - Part 3

"Lake Mendota a la Mode"