Remembering Tazul

A year ago today we lost my friend Jim Knee.

Our paths first crossed because of a series of unfortunate circumstances. On a late August afternoon in 2009 I was trail running Section J of the Pacific Crest Trail. At the time, I worked for Microsoft in Redmond, WA and lived in Ellensburg, WA so after clearing my calendar for the week I headed over Snoqualmie pass intending to run a good section of the trail, bivy for an hour or two, then turn around and run back down to my truck. I was pushing ...