41 years old.  I have been mountain biking for 12 years and ridden the same aluminum hardtail until this year. I figured that was punishment enough for my sins.  I currently work for Union Pacific Railroad and live in Memphis.  I have served my country in the Army and jumped out of airplanes to protect our freedoms.  I received my MBA from Carnegie Mellon and know how to run a fortune 500 company, if only my boss would get out of my way.  I have lived different parts of the US on my path to mountain biking enlightenment.  24 hours of Moab is one of the things that if I died tomorrow and hadn't done, I would not have lived a full life. 