Nelson and me met in Taylor's. It was not as cold as expected, but the wind had a little bite in it.
We headed up the new Escape track. Mostly in very good nick, the new benching really helps, but the deep gully is dank and soggy. Gonna need a little boardwalk maybe, or a bridge and some re-direction. Good climb; kept a good pace most of the way, I was feeling better and even breathing better than I'd expect given the lurgy that's sitting in my lungs still. More switchbacks than we'd remembered. Stopped at the road and yarned and watched a couple riders heading down towards Livingston Col. After they'd passed above us (while we rode along the road to the Col) we got on the trail and hung a right, out above the major exposure and along the walking track. Climbed this surprisingly well too, tho just prior to the first hairpin got the better both of us - Nelson via traction, me via lung capacity.
Over the stile and into the descent, steps and besides, me not trusting the grease factor, which had the potential for offness. Good blast tho, and then right across Col, fun tech, to the Breeze Bay track. We climbed this cruising around, it ending sooner than I expected, over the ladder-stile, and out onto the lookout bunker roof. Neither of us jumped from it this night.
I led us into the skinny track, around, very tight, good skillzone, then into the bomb down back to Breeze Col. Then we decided to climb up Godley to above the new entrance to Anaconda, nice climb still feeling good tho my legs were starting to tire. Over the fence and dropped down choosing an interesting way down to the Conda and then Nelson led the way, bomb bomb, bomby bomb. Great run down, tho not the fastest ever, cautiousness getting the better of me on the damp clay surface. No slop, surprisingly.
Long break chatting overlooking the sea here, then into the Tail, for a final blast back to the cars. Good tech.
Felt like further than 9.6 kms, with a reasonable 386 m climbed.
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