With it's minimalist ethos, mountain unicycling is the cycling equivalent of bouldering and an ideal sidekick sport for climbing road trips.   ESPN's E:60 profiles Five Ten athlete Kris Holm riding steep, slippery trails on Vancouver's North Shore in British Columbia, Canada.

If you get a chance check out my new book, The Essential Guide to Mountain and Trials Unicycling. It has stories, instruction, and 250+ beautiful photos of riding all over the world, it's both a how-to guide and a visual showcase of the diversity of this sport. Climber/author/mountain unicyclist John Long wrote the forward. If you've ever wondered what this sport is really all about or are looking for the perfect climbing rest day activity, this book is a great way to find out.The book will be available at unicycle specialty stores worldwide by late April...

It's been a great year with Five Ten's team support (thank you Five Ten!) but this is my first blog post. Just wanted to say hi and introduce myself and my sport.Not sure how many of you know mountain unicycling - picture mountain biking with much simpler equipment. After a decade of growth there are riders worldwide doing everything from long distance XC to freeriding and trials - everything you'd do on a bike, including huge climbs and big descents, but with a minimalist ethos that's perhaps closer to climbing than biking.Here's a filmshort I did recently...