100 Voices from the Little Bighorn Deluxe CD-ROM Bundle Edition by Bruce Brown

Astonisher.com logo

Home * Books * Journalism * Graphic Arts * Video * Store

"Mud Master Mongo" by Guano
"Mt. Rainier from Harstene Island at Sunset" by Bruce Brown
"Old Bike On Wall" by Mongo
Mongo racing at Sun Mt., WA
"Mongo" by Mark Adrianxce
Purple Heart by Mongo
"Black Mountain Spring" by Bruce Brown
"Mongo on Dan's Trail" by Mark Belles
"Mongo on the Ridge Trail" by Mark Belles
"The Big East" by Mongo
"Coyote Print" by Mongo
"Mongo on the Little Rock" by Jason Ploskuniak
Vert Quest
Mongo's World Record Ride Journal
Days: 365 Rides: 220 Total verts climbed: 404,900

May

aa3_050100.jpg (24247 bytes) Ride Journal: Vedder Ridge, WA
Bruce Brown, Mark & Alex Adriance
5/1/2000
bigtree2_050200.jpg (87861 bytes) Ride Journal: Sumas Mt, WA
Bruce Brown
5/2/2000
bb_050300.jpg (20459 bytes) Ride Journal: Galbraith Mt, WA
Bruce Brown, Russ Lambert & Larry Simkins
5/3/2000
mb_050500.jpg (32017 bytes) Ride Journal: Galbraith Mt, WA
Bruce Brown and Mark Belles
5/5/2000
ma2_050700.jpg (25221 bytes) Ride Journal: Sumas Mt, WA
Bruce Brown and Mark Adriance
5/7/2000
flowers1_051000.jpg (74694 bytes) Ride Journal: Galbraith Mt, WA
Bruce Brown
5/10/2000
chuckanut_051000.jpg (50839 bytes) Ride Journal: Galbraith Mt, WA
Bruce Brown
5/14/2000
mb5a_051700.jpg (39954 bytes) Ride Journal: Galbraith Mt, WA
Bruce Brown and Mark Belles
5/17/2000
170a5_052000.jpg (36451 bytes) Ride Journal: Methow Valley, WA
Bruce Brown
5/18-21/2000
bb1_052300.jpg (36746 bytes) Ride Journal: Red Mt, WA
Bruce Brown and Mark Adriance
5/23/2000
rainbow_053000.jpg (32434 bytes) Ride Journal: Galbraith Mt, WA
Bruce Brown and Mark Belles
5/30/2000

June

mb_060200.jpg (42130 bytes) Ride Journal: Blanchard Mt, WA
Bruce Brown, Mark Adriance & Mark Belles
6/2/2000
sb_060300.jpg (69622 bytes) Ride Journal: Heady Rd, WA
Bruce and Shanna Brown, Mark, Janet &
Alex Adriance
6/3/2000
ridge3.jpg (75211 bytes) Ride Journal: Galbraith Mt, WA
Bruce Brown & Steve Hindman
6/6/2000
mb2_060700.jpg (14830 bytes) Ride Journal: Galbraith Mt, WA
Bruce Brown, Mark Belles & Steve Hindman
6/7/2000
mb_060900.jpg (53766 bytes) Ride Journal: Galbraith Mt, WA
Bruce Brown, Mark Belles & Mark Adriance
6/9/2000
flower_061300.jpg (19540 bytes) Ride Journal: Chuckanut Ridge, WA
Bruce Brown and Mark Belles
6/13/2000
mb_061500.jpg (14768 bytes) Ride Journal: Anderson Mt, WA
Bruce Brown and Mark Belles
6/15/2000
nooksack_061900.JPG (22016 bytes) Ride Journal: Sumas Mt, WA
Bruce Brown
6/19/2000
mb1_062000.JPG (54331 bytes) Ride Journal: Galbraith Mt, WA
Bruce Brown and Mark Belles
6/20/2000
herb2_062100.JPG (31025 bytes) Ride Journal: Galbraith Mt, WA
Bruce Brown, Mark Belles & Herb Hogan
6/21/2000
p000023c.jpg (33648 bytes) Ride Journal: Galbraith Mt, WA
Bruce Brown, Mark Belles & Pete Miers
6/27/2000
rl_062800.jpg (57768 bytes) Ride Journal: Galbraith Mt, WA
Bruce Brown, Mark Belles, Russ Lambert, Thad Quinn, Herb Hogan & Jimmy Straatman
6/28/2000
evening_063000.jpg (12481 bytes) Ride Journal: Red Mt and Heady Trails, WA
Bruce Brown and Russ Lambert
6/30/2000

July

feather_070300.jpg (42343 bytes) Ride Journal: Galbraith Mt, WA
Bruce Brown
7/3/2000
group2_070600.jpg (48162 bytes) Ride Journal: Galbraith Mt, WA
Bruce Brown, Thad Quinn, Herb Hogan & Tom
7/6/2000
mb_071100.jpg (49948 bytes) Ride Journal: Galbraith Mt, WA
Bruce Brown, Mark Belles, Russ Lambert &
Joe Scherking
7/12/2000
ma_mb_071300.jpg (32351 bytes) Ride Journal: Lummi Island, WA
Bruce Brown, Mark Belles, Mark Adriance & Al Rosen
7/13/2000
bb2_071500.jpg (80541 bytes) Ride Journal: Chuckanut Ridge, WA
Bruce Brown and Mark Adriance
7/15/2000
911_071600.jpg (54823 bytes) Ride Journal: Galbraith Mt, WA
Bruce Brown, Jimmy Straatman, Thad Quinn & John
7/16/2000
mb_log_072100.jpg (32836 bytes) Ride Journal: Upper Dungeness, WA
Bruce Brown, Russ Lambert, Mark Belles &
Endo Bobbo
7/21/2000
rl_072500.jpg (63288 bytes) Ride Journal: Galbraith Mt., WA
Bruce Brown and Russ Lambert
7/25/2000
bad_dudes_073000x.jpg (43655 bytes) Ride Journal: Galbraith Mt., WA
Bruce Brown
7/30/2000

August

humboldt1a.jpg (34354 bytes) Ride Journal: Chuckanut Mt., WA
Bruce Brown and Mark Belles
8/2/2000
mb_sh_080300.jpg (75229 bytes) Ride Journal: Galbraith Mt., WA
Bruce Brown, Steve Hindman & Mark Belles
8/3/2000
mb1_080700.jpg (73632 bytes) Ride Journal: Galbraith Mt., WA
Bruce Brown and Mark Belles
8/7/2000
Ride Journal: Galbraith Mt., WA
Bruce Brown, Steve Hindman & Mark Belles
8/8/2000
rl1_081100.jpg (39168 bytes) Ride Journal: Palisades, Greenwater, WA
Bruce Brown and Russ Lambert
8/11/2000
pipelinerd3_081200.jpg (43429 bytes) Ride Journal: Galbraith Mt., WA
Bruce Brown
8/13/2000
jimmy_breitenstein_081500.jpg (57616 bytes) Ride Journal: Galbraith Mt., WA
Bruce Brown, Mark Belles, Tom DeBari & Jimmy Breitenstein
8/15/2000
galbraith2_081600.jpg (39138 bytes) Ride Journal: Blanchard Mt., WA
Bruce Brown and Mark Belles
8/16/2000
mb_081700.jpg (12466 bytes) Ride Journal: Black Mt., WA
Bruce Brown and Mark Belles
8/17/2000
sh1_082100.jpg (23939 bytes) Ride Journal: Galbraith Mt., WA
Bruce Brown, Steve Hindman & Russ Lambert
8/21/2000
chris_christianson_082200.jpg (64870 bytes) Ride Journal: Galbraith Mt., WA
Bruce Brown, Mark Belles, & Steve Hindman
8/22/2000
fidalgo_082300.jpg (14177 bytes) Ride Journal: Chuckanut Ridge, WA
Bruce Brown, Mark & Missy Belles, et al
8/23/2000
mb5_082900.jpg (49018 bytes) Ride Journal: Galbraith Mt., WA
Bruce Brown and Mark Belles
8/29/2000
bike_081100.jpg (24257 bytes) Ride Journal: Galbraith Mt., WA
Bruce Brown, Mark Belles, Steve Hindman, Tom DeBari & Jason Ploskunak
8/30/2000
mb_sh2_0831000.jpg (36271 bytes) Ride Journal: Chuckanut Ridge, WA
Bruce Brown, Mark Belles & Steve Hindman
8/31/2000

September

mimi_090400x.jpg (60675 bytes) Ride Journal: Galbraith Mt., WA
Bruce Brown
9/4/2000
sh2_090600.jpg (66430 bytes) Ride Journal: Galbraith Mt., WA
Bruce Brown, Steve Hindman & Mark Belles
9/6/2000
bay.jpg (11861 bytes) Ride Journal: Chuckanut Mt., WA
Bruce Brown, Mark Adriance, Mark Belles,
Steve Hindman & Al Rosen
9/8/2000
ma_091100.jpg (25020 bytes) Ride Journal: Vedder Ridge, WA
Bruce Brown and Mark Adriance
9/11/2000
bb1_091300.jpg (65784 bytes) Ride Journal: Galbraith Mt., WA
Bruce Brown and Mark Belles
9/13/2000
Ride Journal: Galbraith Mt., WA
Bruce Brown, Mark Belles & Mark Adriance
9/15/2000
moon.jpg (39121 bytes) Ride Journal: Galbraith Mt., WA
Bruce Brown
9/19/2000
jason_400_092000.jpg (62389 bytes) Ride Journal: Galbraith Mt., WA
Bruce Brown, Jimmy Breitenstein, Jason Ploskunak & Tom DeBari
9/20/2000
bb_crop_400pix_092200.jpg (66065 bytes) Ride Journal: Galbraith Mt., WA
Bruce Brown and Mark Belles
9/22/2000
sh_400pix_092400.jpg (42848 bytes) Ride Journal: Galbraith Mt., WA
Bruce Brown and Steve Hindman
9/24/2000
fragrance_092600.jpg (71962 bytes) Ride Journal: Chuckanut Ridge, WA
Bruce Brown and Mark Belles
9/26/2000
mb_092700.jpg (51584 bytes) Ride Journal: Galbraith Mt., WA
Bruce Brown and Mark Belles
9/27/2000

October

bb_100700_smallcrop.jpg (18564 bytes) Ride Journal: Eastern Washington Adventure
Bruce Brown, Mark Adriance, Mark Belles, Steve Hindman, Zippy Lane, Mike Fleenor, Scott Fleenor, Cathy Crouch, Missy Belles & Andy Nelson
10/2-7/2000
rl_101100.jpg (33746 bytes) Ride Journal: Galbraith Mt. & Lake Padden, WA
Bruce Brown, Steve Hindman, Mark Belles, Jimmy Breitenstein, Jason Ploskuniak & Russ Lambert
10/11/2000
dan_lunden_hoona_101100.jpg (39175 bytes) Ride Journal: Galbraith Mt., WA
Bruce Brown, Mark Belles & Tom DeBari
10/12/2000
still_102000.jpg (31095 bytes) Ride Journal: Galbraith Mt., WA
Bruce Brown
10/16/2000
nelsons_102600.jpg (14358 bytes) Ride Journal: Chuckanut Mt., WA
Bruce Brown, Mark Belles & Mark Adriance
10/27/2000

November

bb2_110100.jpg (86728 bytes) Ride Journal: Galbraith Mt., WA
Bruce Brown and Mark Belles
11/1/2000
mb1_110700.jpg (57738 bytes) Ride Journal: Galbraith Mt., WA
Bruce Brown, Mark Belles, Steve Hindman, Jimmy Breitenstein, John Hindman & Tom DeBari
11/7/2000
fairhaven_111000.jpg (55740 bytes) Ride Journal: Chuckanut Mt., WA
Bruce Brown and Mark Belles
11/9/2000
ma_111100.jpg (21372 bytes) Ride Journal: Mt. Constitutrion, WA
Bruce Brown and Mark Adriance
11/11/2000
jimmyb_111600.jpg (42978 bytes) Ride Journal: Galbraith Mt., WA
Bruce Brown and Jimmy Breitenstein
11/16/2000
nooksack_111700.jpg (46383 bytes) Ride Journal: Glacier, WA
Bruce Brown, Mark Adriance & Jason Ploskuniak
11/17/2000
miranda3_112300.jpg (70253 bytes) Ride Journal: Galbraith Mt., WA
Bruce Brown
11/23/2000

December

bb_nicene.jpg (65781 bytes) Ride Journal: Died and Went to California
Bruce Brown and Russ Lambert
12/1-9/2000
mb_121200_lowerbobs.jpg (42198 bytes) Ride Journal: Galbraith Mt., WA
Bruce Brown, Mark Belles, Russ Lambert
& Endo Bobbo
12/12/2000
Ride Journal: Galbraith Mt., WA
Bruce Brown and Mark Belles
12/14/2000
kelly_grayum_122100.jpg (29477 bytes) Ride Journal: Galbraith Mt., WA
Bruce Brown, Mark Belles & Kelly Grayum
12/22/2000
400k2_122400.jpg (57444 bytes) Ride Journal: Vedder Ridge & Sumas Mt., WA
Bruce Brown
12/24/2000
shanna_alexa_122800.jpg (20998 bytes) Ride Journal: Harrison Hot Springs, BC
Bruce Brown, Shanna Brown & Alexa Lewis
12/26-28/2000
bb_123000.jpg (30442 bytes) Ride Journal: Vedder Ridge, WA
Bruce Brown and Mark Adriance
12/30/2000
Vert Quest -- excerpts from Mongo's World Record Journal by Bruce Brown
Days: 365 Rides: 220 Total vertical feet climbed: 404,900
January 2000 - "South Pass Mist" by Bruce Brown
January
February 2000 - "Bo" by Mongo
February
March 2000 - "The Big East" by Mongo
March
April 2000 - "Mark on Dan's Trail" by Mongo
April
May 2000 - "Flowers by the Back Porch" by Bruce Brown
May
June 2000 - "Herb at the Big Gnarly" by Mongo
June
July 2000 - "Woof" by Mongo
July
August 2000 - "Lake Samish" by Mongo
August
September 2000 - "Babe" by Mongo
September
October 2000 - "Still Life with Helmet" by Bruce Brown
October
November 2000 - "Mongo on the Family Fun Center" by Mark Adriance
November
December 2000 - "Guano on the Coast" by Mongo
December
* Click here for the full list of Bruce Brown's Vert Quest journal entries.

Vert Quest chronicles "The Man Known As Mongo's" pursuit of the World Record for climbing on a mountain bike, 404,000 vertical feet, or the vertical equivalent of 13 sea-level-to-summit ascents of Mt. Everest during a 12 month period. Mongo's mountain bike climbing tricks are distilled in Mongo's Over-the-top Guide to Climbing.

Mongo's Guide to Climbing by Bruce Brown


© Copyright 1973 - 2020 by Bruce Brown and BF Communications Inc.

Astonisher and Astonisher.com
are trademarks of BF Communications Inc.

BF Communications Inc.
P.O. Box 393
Sumas, WA 98295 USA
(360) 927-3234

Website by Running Dog