I just read the Cyclingnews article about Dave's death. I knew Dave from our time on the crew team at Harvard. Thinking back, I have distinct memories of Dave in boats and at Newell -- bespectacled and with long legs and arms that made him out-sized even among other rowers. While Dave and I have followed different paths and we have not kept in touch, the news of his death strikes a chord -- I, too, am a father (two boys, 4 and 7) and a cyclist.
I have been reading some of Dave's blog entries this morning. I don't pretend to know him, but it looks like he led a life of considerable quality (in the Robert-Pirsig/Zen-and-the-Art-of-Motorcycle-Maintenance meaning of the word). While many or our peers struggle to work through a checklist of things we think we should be accomplishing, Dave seems to have reached both a breadth and depth of life that many of us can only aspire to.
I am very sorry for your loss, and I wish you both the best.
Condolences
Lexi & Linnea,
I just read the Cyclingnews article about Dave's death. I knew Dave from our time on the crew team at Harvard. Thinking back, I have distinct memories of Dave in boats and at Newell -- bespectacled and with long legs and arms that made him out-sized even among other rowers. While Dave and I have followed different paths and we have not kept in touch, the news of his death strikes a chord -- I, too, am a father (two boys, 4 and 7) and a cyclist.
I have been reading some of Dave's blog entries this morning. I don't pretend to know him, but it looks like he led a life of considerable quality (in the Robert-Pirsig/Zen-and-the-Art-of-Motorcycle-Maintenance meaning of the word). While many or our peers struggle to work through a checklist of things we think we should be accomplishing, Dave seems to have reached both a breadth and depth of life that many of us can only aspire to.
I am very sorry for your loss, and I wish you both the best.
Sincerely,
Garth Rosengren