Good one out tonight with Nelson. Lots of poaching as it was probably our last chance and the trails were nice and dry. Up from mine, over 19th, and up the gutser, then up to top of Vic, wondering where we'd head. I suggested across the road here, and so we went up to the shelter then up to the Sugarloaf carpark and onto Cedric's Track, which proved to be quite fun. Over the stile and dropped over the edge, continuing through tech to below the carpark and around this and over the next mound, finding fire engines and vehicles all doing what looked to be a training exercise. Over the road and fence and onto the Traverse next to the pond here, we skadoodled up from here around all the way to the end (top of Huntsbury).
Onto Scott's Knob section of Crater Rim here through the macracarpas and dropping funstyles down to the road, then up the steppy bits and steps, cleaning the top hairpin and climbing onwards up to the next steps where I really needed a rest. Bit of a breather and we got going again, and I'd forgotten how nuggetty it follows from there. Whoop. Back to the fire-os and back over the road and fence to pond and this time the other direction on the Summit Traverse. Cruising into the nor'wester from here and I was eating dust the whole way, whipped up by Nelson and held up for me to breath by the wind.
Down over the cattlestop to Pedalfine, dropping down here, I took the same line as the Sunday and dropped through over the skinny rickety bridge and down onto the 4wd track (which has been severely scraped). Along here again, dropping into Razzas down and through, excellent fun, then climbing back up around to the skidder. Followed the road to below 19th, then below road, and usual lines through to Tawhairanui, lovely flow through here then a good railing bomb down 235 including the final jumps, all dry now, and climbing up to DogParkLowerCarPark for the final monster-bomb down behind the houses and home.
A congenial 10.3 kms with 395 m scrambled.
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