Early-ish ride with Nelson. Headed up the road from his, then up the dirt, singletrack to landing strip and gravel. Around across Vernon, meeting many, and through a packed Rapaki-top. The Witch, cleaning bar one dab, and resting at the highpoint. Then down and across the road, onto the Crater Rim 'walkway' just above the road, good tech, then up the road to Castle Rock. Awesome bomb down this, turning around and back up the road from the Bridle Path top.
Up onto the Tors, Nelson cleaning the climb, awesome bomb down this, usual dab over the only bit I ever dab on now, then up onto 'Crater Rim' singletrack again, better in this direction. Across onto the Witch, then decided on heading up the road instead of Vernon due to the beginnings of tiredness. Into the Traverse for a spell, and for a change, we heded down the Lava Flow. Awe.Some.Sauce Nelson took all the ubertech lines, while I doddled down the easier stuff. Good times. Then, we checked out the nice new exit off down to the right. Lots of fun, steeper and steeperer and more and more off camber as you go, one last tricksy rock to pop then into steep exit onto the valley corner of Hidden Valley 'Bonus' link. From here it was up, up, and up, around and into Old Skool for a wicked flow...
Bloody mint. 850 altitudes and over 20 kilomenators
Monday, I went to Poteriteri for a week to get eaten by sandflies and scratched by ferns and lawyers, oh, and to count birds.
Up onto the Tors, Nelson cleaning the climb, awesome bomb down this, usual dab over the only bit I ever dab on now, then up onto 'Crater Rim' singletrack again, better in this direction. Across onto the Witch, then decided on heading up the road instead of Vernon due to the beginnings of tiredness. Into the Traverse for a spell, and for a change, we heded down the Lava Flow. Awe.Some.Sauce Nelson took all the ubertech lines, while I doddled down the easier stuff. Good times. Then, we checked out the nice new exit off down to the right. Lots of fun, steeper and steeperer and more and more off camber as you go, one last tricksy rock to pop then into steep exit onto the valley corner of Hidden Valley 'Bonus' link. From here it was up, up, and up, around and into Old Skool for a wicked flow...
Bloody mint. 850 altitudes and over 20 kilomenators
Monday, I went to Poteriteri for a week to get eaten by sandflies and scratched by ferns and lawyers, oh, and to count birds.
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