Met Steve, Wazza and Nelson (on his xc whippet) at the bottom of Ramahana. Steve wasn't feeling up to the climb so he headed on around to the Park, whereas us three remainders headed up the hill. Was hot and we were all in our black pfmtbc tees - good choice. Made the top, and blatted around the Traverse, chatting with various peeps at various points. Blat through the Thompsons, and across onto Old Dyers for a charging scream down this. Noted that 3rd Base was Closed... Decided on Loess Rider for a change, and had a great run down this, finding Steve at the bottom (having expected us about 15 minutes earlier (the time we'd spent yakking)). Nelson headed home to collect his DH bike (not wanting to ride anything interesting on his noodly whippet), and so the other three of us headed up the lift.
Into Yeah Gnar, good bomb down here, then Possum, pop pop pop. And into Handle the Jandal for a good floaty waft down all the jumps. At the bottom Nelson was still a wee ways away, so we headed in for coffee (tea etc) and when we'd done he'd arrived. The other two boys decided they were done, and headed home. Nelson and me took the lift. Into Summit Connector, lower GnarlyNun and it's fun rocks, then lower Nun, followed by Choirb, stopping at the now open 3rd Base. I checked out the squirrel catcher. Followed Nelson in and cleared it no problem, then the fun began Awesome trail, exactly my kind (tho I skipped on the harder features). Some pretty sketchy greasy spots in the steeps under darkness and wetness of the firs and eventually we made it out the bottom intact. Fun times.
Decided I was done, and needed to get home, so rode back to Nelson's car, and I continued on down the road and around the streets and riverbanks to my car on Buxton.
Quite a big ride, leaving me pretty toasted. total of 33.5 kms, with 1369 altitudinal descent. (minus the 2 uplifts giving me total 30kms ridden, and a naturally aspirated gain of 590m).
Into Yeah Gnar, good bomb down here, then Possum, pop pop pop. And into Handle the Jandal for a good floaty waft down all the jumps. At the bottom Nelson was still a wee ways away, so we headed in for coffee (tea etc) and when we'd done he'd arrived. The other two boys decided they were done, and headed home. Nelson and me took the lift. Into Summit Connector, lower GnarlyNun and it's fun rocks, then lower Nun, followed by Choirb, stopping at the now open 3rd Base. I checked out the squirrel catcher. Followed Nelson in and cleared it no problem, then the fun began Awesome trail, exactly my kind (tho I skipped on the harder features). Some pretty sketchy greasy spots in the steeps under darkness and wetness of the firs and eventually we made it out the bottom intact. Fun times.
Decided I was done, and needed to get home, so rode back to Nelson's car, and I continued on down the road and around the streets and riverbanks to my car on Buxton.
Quite a big ride, leaving me pretty toasted. total of 33.5 kms, with 1369 altitudinal descent. (minus the 2 uplifts giving me total 30kms ridden, and a naturally aspirated gain of 590m).
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