Awesome ride today, with Tra'y on the Electric Cooker and me on the Stooge. We were the only car to park at the Mokihinui end of the Old Ghost Rd, and in we rode.
Initial climb followed by instant bliss. "This is the best thing in the world!" I holla'd back to her. So nice. Then, onto the end of the road, down to the gate and onto the trail proper. It was beautiful and spectacular and the weather held and the river roared, or was eerily quiet. It all felt so good. Even the climbing wasn't terrible. Not horribly tech. Speedbomb loved it; it carries momentum so well, rolls over everything so nicely. Couple hours to the Specimen Hut, so many good views of the river, roaring or quiet and sedate, quite varied. Steep drop offs, in places, and Tra'y had a few scary moments. She ended up with some quite juicy bruises from nooby mistakes.
Managed to get all the way to Forks Hut. Ostensibly 20kms in (but our total of 37 might beg to differ slightly). 1226 m climbed tho, so that's quite something given the lowest point was 22 m and the highest was 188 m. Long tho, Started at 8.30, 11 at the Forks Hut, 11.15 departure, 1.55 back at the car. 2.5 hrs each way, pretty much...
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