Hi Joe,

My name is Tyler Lucas. I just wanted to drop you a line and say thank you for providing us with the opportunity to ride mountain bikes on a multi day tour with minimal impact!! I've made the Telluride to Moab trip 3 times with Patrick Zarrick (he is a professor at my former high school - St. Louis University High). 
After living in Boulder for 4 years, I have been in Crested Butte for the past 3 years, biking in the summer and skiing in the winter. The Telluride to Moab trips helped encourage me to pursue an active mountain lifestyle and career. I now work selling mountain adventures (winter and summer) to large groups. I love where I live and am thankful for the opportunity to get out in the hills for a little high country solitude.

Today, Patrick is probably sitting outside Last Dollar Hut enjoying the sunset (and thunderstorms?) from the top of the pass. I'll be joining him in Durango next week to start the new route (I couldn't swing 2 weeks off). I'm really looking forward to it and can't wait. 
Hope we get to see you and the dogs somewhere in between!

Regards,


Tyler Lucas