Like most other athletes, Lamesa’s Chance Payton still enjoys the thrill of reaching new heights in his endeavors. But when Payton discusses new heights these days he actually is talking about mountain tops. When he was in high school here before graduating in 1992, Payton’s sport was golf. That changed when he went to Texas Tech University. “Some friends of mine in college talked me into going on a 20-mile mountain bike ride one day,” said Payton who worked in a bike shop while in college. “My first impression was that it was going to kill me. After that I knew I was going to ...