Justin Simoni » Bikepacking
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Bikepacker, fastpacker, climber, and writer, based in Colorado. THE LONG RANGER is Justin Simoni - the character he performs as when pursuing his personal Trinity of Mountain Arts: trail running, mountain biking, and mountaineering.
Justin Simoni
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(There is talk of bodily functions — my bodily functions — in this post. If you do not want to read about that, kindly skip over this post. — JS) I’ve often been in the situation where after a long hot day, I feel particularly dehydrated. I’ll stand on a bathroom weight scale morbidly curious, Continue reading ..read more
Justin Simoni
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You’ve probably heard of the fictional character called the Lone Ranger, but what about the Long Ranger? Meet Justin Simoni, aka the Long Ranger. I heard about Justin back when I was going to school in Boulder, Colorado. I put his name in Google and instead of a running blog, I found his art website. Continue reading ..read more
Justin Simoni
2M ago
My trips into the Sangre de Cristo Mountains to traverse over from Salida to the start of Lake Como Road are some of my all time favorite projects. The terrain is nothing short of some of the most difficult I’ve found in Colorado, but the route in total has also been some of the most Continue reading ..read more
Run to the Xodus Vest by Ultimate Direction! What is it, tour the vest, my thoughts, example loadout
Justin Simoni
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Justin Simoni
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Monday “Rest” Rest is a difficult word for me to use for today as it was actually a 14+ hour work day, without any time to really train in any effective way. Tuesday Bouldering, 1 hour I was also going to do some sort of spinning, but I forgot my phone to watch something, so Continue reading ..read more
Justin Simoni
4M ago
Starting and finishing a summit of Mount Massive adds 26 miles to the 14 1/2 miles East Slopes route of Mount Massive, a perfect challenge for THE LONG RANGER – and in Winter to boot! No traffic once on the trail made the going a tough, slow: slog ..read more
Justin Simoni
4M ago
Monday Flat Run Got a coffee and then visited the Sport Recycler. From the house, there’s some good options to get some flat miles, including around my old stomping grounds near Yarmouth and points North. I’ve been trying to up the weekly mileage a bit, as I feel that’s a weakness of mine: I can Continue reading ..read more