Justin Simoni as: THE LONG RANGER

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Justin Simoni as: THE LONG RANGER

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  • Justin Simoni as: THE LONG RANGER

  • WHO IS: The Long Ranger
  • Media
  • [Tour of the Highest Hundred]

Outside: The Gear You Need to Move Fast And Light In the Mountains

Posted on May 21, 2017 at 10:16 am.

Written by justin

Check out this article/product breakdown covered on the Outside Magazine site!

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  • Yeah my Father deserves another drawing. Both of us on one of those human powered hand cars. Like many kids I went through a train phase and it makes sense I would go through a #selfpropelled train phase! One of my first memories in life was actually traveling to one of my Dad's ultra races (or whatever they used to call them) near Washington D.C. back when only incredibly deviant outsiders would run such things. His races would last 24 hours and would be all on the track- every 6 hours or so they'd reverse the running direction. Someone at the finish line would just keep track of how many times across you made it. Part of the reason to run like that was to find a sense of self-trancendence - to surrender yourself; go past the pain; the monotony towards...? He said he'd tune into talk radio on his Walkman. When I think of my long hauls and I get demotivated, I remember it's always just one more step or pedal or move upward. There's always a mystery to unravel just a bit further. There's nothing tangible about that mystery though... just breathe in, blow out. You'll find yourself somewhere- someone, a little different. I always felt like a runty little kid surrounded by my family of titans. I guess I just kept moving.
  • So dark on the trails this afternoon, I thought maybe I should turn a headtorch on? And then BOOM: Hail storm!
  • Happy Father's Day. This is another drawing I did some years ago. I pretty much lost my Family half a lifetime ago, and I got shipped a shoebox of all the family snapshots found in the attic of the house I grew up in that had something to do with me. It was a crazy feeling knowing I could hold in my hands the last relics of my childhood. Halloweens, Christmases, Confirmation, graduations. So I drew some of the photos to meditate on the event and leave my own impression upon the scene. This is of my Father who made a small habit of saving neighborhood creatures. In this case, a juvenile crow. Having raised ducks and chickens and rabbits etc with my 4H siblings (as well as growing up in rural CA? I'm not exactly sure) he had a way with animals. I remember this little guy didn't make it too long, but other saved crows would become almost habitual staples in the yard, not sure if they were wild or domesticated; more chicken or raven. Crowquill pen on paper.
  • #tbt a drawing I made some years ago of my Brother helping me learn how to ride my new bike.
  • "Though the nation is lost, the mountains and rivers remain" -Tu Fu. On the Diamond Step, Longs Peak. #rmnp #longspeak #14ers #mountaineering #boulder @ultimatedirectionusa @lasportivana @honeystinger #hshive #udhydratesme
  • The legend, Peter Bakwin, under the great east face of Longs Peak en route to Lambs Slide/Broadway/Kieners. In 2014, Peter took me up Kieners for my first time - a somewhat traditional rite of passage/mountain runner vetting process taken on by many. I must have passed the sniff test (at least) as we've enjoyed many summits together, since - including a winter conditions climb up a very snowy Broadway and up the Notch Couloir where I found myself on the sharp end. That day ended in a summit snowstorm. Today, summer was definitely established, and we enjoyed sunny, blue skies, with just a slight breeze. . . . #14ers #rmnp #findyourpark #boulder #mountaineering @ultimatedirectionusa @lasportivana
  • Another wonderful day on Longs Peak with perfect weather! @nolanandersonrx wanted to go with us on Saturday, but had to work, so we planned to go again today! He borrowed some gear from @cowboitroy and I guided him up a survey tour of Longs Peak: up Loft and down Keyhole - completely encircling the peak. THIS big guy is Jon. He works at the ranger station at the East Longs Peak trailhead and remembered me from last year's Tour of the Highest Hundred, as well as last weekend. He's always up for some good conversation and it's nice to check in and give some beta on the route. Today we saw an ENORMOUS moose at Jim's Grove with calf! Beautiful creature but we somewhat feared for our lives. . . #rmnp #findyourpark #longspeak #14ers #boulder
  • Trails today were 👌💣💥🔥🔥🔥 @ultimatedirectionusa @lasportivana @honeystinger #boulder #trailrunning
  • Longs Peak rarely dissapoints the senses. Quick hike up Cables after a extended time away w/@cowboitroy and @zach_ryerson . . . @ultimatedirectionusa @honeystinger @lasportivana #rmnp #14ers #boulder
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