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Originally Posted by Oliver_Wendell_Ramone
Being minimally connected off-board, I didn't even know he was sick. Gut punch for sure. Fuck.
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His Instagram for the last two years has been dedicated to his cancer and more importantly, his utter refusal to let it overwhelm him. Almost every post had a #fucancer tag attached. About a year ago, he got cleared to go back on the trails, and he's been biking and doing what he loves ever since. As recently as January, his numbers from the oncologist were doing really well. It was one of my favorite feeds to follow because it was so full of life and someone doing what he clearly loved. And it was beautiful. He took great photos that really captured the natural beauty around him. And many of the pictures were action shots of the various bike trails he was on. It was hard to reconcile his illness with his absolute love of life. He'd posted in January that his numbers at the oncologist's office were doing great, and I (and I assume everyone else) had assumed that he was otherwise healthy.
I'll miss him a lot, even though we never managed to connect in real life. Once, he was going to come down to Houston for a depo, and we'd have drinks. But it got cancelled, and I never had cause to go up to Minnesota
