{"id":380,"date":"2009-05-12T19:26:16","date_gmt":"2009-05-13T03:26:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/?p=380"},"modified":"2009-05-13T06:34:08","modified_gmt":"2009-05-13T14:34:08","slug":"what-a-tragic-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/?p=380","title":{"rendered":"What a Tragic Loss"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Yesterday I found out that a person I highly admired but had never met in person passed away a few days ago.\u00a0\u00a0 Anthony Sloan\u00a0had\u00a0deep and true passion for the Mountain Bike lifestyle and life in general.\u00a0 He often shared this love\u00a0and his zest for life\u00a0on\u00a0MTBR.com in the passion forum which he epitomizes.\u00a0 His captivating words and stunning pictures were simply inspirational.\u00a0\u00a0 His incredible ability to\u00a0take you along on his\u00a0adventures by way of his\u00a0near-magical photography and storytelling is something I aspire to cultivate.\u00a0 Here is a quote of Anthony from his website<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">I prefer to think that I have put some part of myself on these pages.Through words and images I have tried to share some of the things that touch me.<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><strong>When we were kids, there was a feeling that was so magical that it almost defined childhood. It is hard to describe, but it is a sparkly, exploratory sort of feeling.<br \/>\nA feeling of newness.<br \/>\nWhen we became adults, we left this feeling behind, only to experience it all too rarely and fleetingly.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>This feeling is called &#8220;a sense of wonder&#8221;.<br \/>\n&#8220;rapt attention or astonishment at something awesomely mysterious or new to one&#8217;s experience&#8221;<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Try to have some of that each day.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.anthonysloan.com\/MiddleEast2-07\/jor\/jorIMG_9574.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/cf91e997032a6868a5736dfc8084f07a.jpg?resize=540%2C792\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"792\" imagescaler=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/cf91e997032a6868a5736dfc8084f07a.jpg?resize=540%2C792\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Here is one of my numerous &#8220;favorites&#8221; from his site which is totally unrelated to mountain biking.\u00a0 It is from the Khazneh in the ancient desert city of \u00a0Petra in Jordon.\u00a0 I was there as well in 1996 and took a picture from nearly the same spot Anthony would take a picture from some years latter.\u00a0 Anthony&#8217;s\u00a0version of the experience captured with his photo is\u00a0a benchmark that I strive for.\u00a0\u00a0From the\u00a0same spot with just a slightly different angle,\u00a0some small detail that transforms\u00a0mundane to extraordinary.\u00a0\u00a0<em><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pf1.mountainbikebill.com\/images\/travels\/jordon\/TrvlPetraSiq-3.jpg\"><em><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/2960ca5754640b99ce1963277a6c9d12.jpg?resize=508%2C768\" alt=\"\" width=\"508\" height=\"768\" imagescaler=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/2960ca5754640b99ce1963277a6c9d12.jpg?resize=508%2C768\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">His\u00a0perspective and ability to see what &#8220;could be&#8221;\u00a0from the same spot\u00a0allowed him to convey that sense of wonder that mine missed.\u00a0\u00a0He did this with not only his photography but his words as well. \u00a0The extraordinary is often right there if you know how to see it.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Anthony&#8217;s imagery and words over the years\u00a0has\u00a0often left me and thousands of others in that &#8220;sense of wonder&#8221;.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0A truly great gift to all of us.\u00a0\u00a0 If you have not had the pleasure of enjoying his work you can check out his website that will continue to be maintained by his family.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.anthonysloan.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Anthonysloan.com<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Here is a <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/reviews.mtbr.com\/blog\/rip-anthonys-mtbr-member-yeti-employee-photographer-mountain-biker\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">short write up about him on MTBR <\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\">and a link to some of his articles there.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Here is<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/forums.mtbr.com\/showthread.php?t=517232\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> one of the several active posts <\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\">about him.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Anthony you are missed.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p>\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<!-- Begin Yuzo --><div class='yuzo_related_post style-1'  data-version='5.12.81'><!-- without result --><div class='yuzo_clearfixed yuzo__title yuzo__title'><h3>More Stuff Like This<\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t  <div class=\"relatedthumb \" style=\"width:165px;float:left;overflow:hidden;\">  \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/?p=42\"  >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  <div class=\"yuzo-img-wrap \" style=\"width: 165px;height:130px;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"yuzo-img\" style=\"background:url('http:\/\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/ac34a049712ec0afabdd1b4924dc84e9.jpg') 50% 50% no-repeat;width: 165px;height:130px;margin-bottom: 5px;background-size: cover; 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