O and Jet and me headed up and parked up top of Worsley's for about 11am and headed up the main drag. Always over estimating his skill level, or under estimating how tech a trail is, and so we climbed and it showed me how tech the main drag actually is. He managed heaps, but quite a few bits caught him out. We just took our time and had a nice easy cruise on up. It also showed me how long it actually is, how normally I just jet on through it, but at his pace, each section seemed really long. Finally made the bottom of the body bag and up the climb to the forest. MMR told me at this point we'd actually only been riding 20mins, but it had been nearly an hour since we left the car!
I led off down into Tommy's. We bombed, jumped, stopped, bombed, jumped, wove and stopped. At one point we stopped and checked out a massive jump sequence off to the left. Got rolling again, debated doing Fight Club, but decided against it and headed off down through the Pylon gap and on down the trails on the left of the Guts track. then, out the bottom, and across to Epitaph and back to the car...
4.4kms and 230m of alt.
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Wednesday, January 27, 2016
Twosdee Knight Worsley chuffing
Nelson collected me outside work just after 5 as usual and as usual the traffic was diabolical, hindering our progress towards Worsley Rd. Up to the top into the misty cloud, drizzle threatening and rain forecast later. Found a park, the place was packed with vehicles (and yet did we see many people in there??? - the place is a sponge!). For a change we headed up the main track, all the way. No rain means it's smoothed out quite nicely, and both of us cleaned the whole way up with maybe one light foot dab each. Good to go. I was struggling with air, and stopped part way to have a puff of some asthma. Takes a while to kick in, so I took it easier from there on up.
At the top of the forest we were surprised by how wet it was under the edge trees. The moving mist was accumulating and dripping on all the trees around the usual meeting point. We got going up the extra climb and it was greeeaasy in here, on account of it being on the edge of the forest, but you could see that just a few metres in it was all dry. All the way up to the top and we dropped into Tommy2's. Bombed on down and the trail was good. Maybe a quarter of the way down we saw a trail off to the left called Sargent Choco. So, figured we'd give it a look. A few metres in and there's a massive gap jump, with no real bunny route round either, so walked this, then another jump further in... One of 'those' tracks... Persevered and there was some super steep stuff, a couple bits Nelson rode that I walked, and some obvious jumpy drops that only someone insane (or indeed wearing fullface, armour, on a big travel bike) would ride. It tapped back into Tommy2's maybe half way down and we rolled to a stop for Nelson to have a snack. I had one too. One rider rode past while we sat there, and we could hear scuffing of other riders off in the distance on Throw The Goat to our right, and on Alices below us. (but considering all the cars, where was everybody?). Rolling again, onwards down, awesome flow on down to the bottom where I think we encountered a few riders...
Into the climb out and up back onto the main track for round two, saying gudday to Nick at the Junction. Climb climb climb and cleaned it all again, including the hardest rocky section with an audience of a couple of guys who weren't cleaning it. In the deepest darkest gorsey section there was a guy with loppers taking off overhanging gorse. Thanks, bro! Cleaned out to the top and there were a bunch of girls including Ann from work on her first ever ride. They headed down and we headed up again. This time dropping into my recent favourite newby, dropping down through the cool canyon and then into the sweet dark fir forest, across the creek, through the meadow over the rocks then across the slope for ages finally joining back into Tommy2's and blitzing it all down again to the bottom, this time finding a fun, fast trail dog and a couple other riders.
Up the climb again and into the Guts climb track up to the cliff top, cleaning it all but suffering endlessly. Here we met up with Ann and the girls again, Nelson took their photo (for them!) and they headed down Waynes and Listerine while we headed on up the Original to the very top, watching riders on the jump that's on the left just before the rocky section, and checking out Wasabi a little further up. Turned around at the top and headed down Tommy's. Pretty greasy on the roots in the first sections, but not bad. Nelson did the big jump and landed with a krunk and a burp. Then we rode back up a ways to a trail I'd spotted off to the left (downhill side) quite near the start. Down this, found some large gap jumps (with bunny lines this time) and quite a lot more country in here. Got to the point where it looked freshly scratched out and unfinished, had a look (down steep rocky droppy into tight corner (nearly to the main track?). But rode off down the older looking trail which eventually took us across to Tommy's again (but with another extension off to the left below). Into Tommy's bomb bomb bomb and then into Fight Club. A new log drop (not very big) just in from the original 'start' of Fight Club and down we fanged. Nelson had a record time down here, I wasn't quite so fast, especially not after the shits were put up me by the losing of a foot on some rough roots... We dropped into the end at the same time as other riders were bombing down the next trail to the exit... Rude little non-hello-saying groms.
Climbed out again, and up the first section of the Guts climb up to the pylon gap where we turned around and dropped into Shortcut to Suva. Picked the right hand line and bombed down this. I'd ridden this ages ago, cleaning the steeeeeep rock rollover part way down this time, bombing down finally to the climbing track again. Climbing this again, out, across the main track and over into the Jumpy (fence gap) track. Once again I didn't do the fence jump, but got good air on some of the lower down jumps, rolled out the end, up to Epitaph and fanged down this to the carpark, where we found Ann and the girls again, having a beer.
Not even 14kms, but 690 m of altitude climbed...
At the top of the forest we were surprised by how wet it was under the edge trees. The moving mist was accumulating and dripping on all the trees around the usual meeting point. We got going up the extra climb and it was greeeaasy in here, on account of it being on the edge of the forest, but you could see that just a few metres in it was all dry. All the way up to the top and we dropped into Tommy2's. Bombed on down and the trail was good. Maybe a quarter of the way down we saw a trail off to the left called Sargent Choco. So, figured we'd give it a look. A few metres in and there's a massive gap jump, with no real bunny route round either, so walked this, then another jump further in... One of 'those' tracks... Persevered and there was some super steep stuff, a couple bits Nelson rode that I walked, and some obvious jumpy drops that only someone insane (or indeed wearing fullface, armour, on a big travel bike) would ride. It tapped back into Tommy2's maybe half way down and we rolled to a stop for Nelson to have a snack. I had one too. One rider rode past while we sat there, and we could hear scuffing of other riders off in the distance on Throw The Goat to our right, and on Alices below us. (but considering all the cars, where was everybody?). Rolling again, onwards down, awesome flow on down to the bottom where I think we encountered a few riders...
Into the climb out and up back onto the main track for round two, saying gudday to Nick at the Junction. Climb climb climb and cleaned it all again, including the hardest rocky section with an audience of a couple of guys who weren't cleaning it. In the deepest darkest gorsey section there was a guy with loppers taking off overhanging gorse. Thanks, bro! Cleaned out to the top and there were a bunch of girls including Ann from work on her first ever ride. They headed down and we headed up again. This time dropping into my recent favourite newby, dropping down through the cool canyon and then into the sweet dark fir forest, across the creek, through the meadow over the rocks then across the slope for ages finally joining back into Tommy2's and blitzing it all down again to the bottom, this time finding a fun, fast trail dog and a couple other riders.
Up the climb again and into the Guts climb track up to the cliff top, cleaning it all but suffering endlessly. Here we met up with Ann and the girls again, Nelson took their photo (for them!) and they headed down Waynes and Listerine while we headed on up the Original to the very top, watching riders on the jump that's on the left just before the rocky section, and checking out Wasabi a little further up. Turned around at the top and headed down Tommy's. Pretty greasy on the roots in the first sections, but not bad. Nelson did the big jump and landed with a krunk and a burp. Then we rode back up a ways to a trail I'd spotted off to the left (downhill side) quite near the start. Down this, found some large gap jumps (with bunny lines this time) and quite a lot more country in here. Got to the point where it looked freshly scratched out and unfinished, had a look (down steep rocky droppy into tight corner (nearly to the main track?). But rode off down the older looking trail which eventually took us across to Tommy's again (but with another extension off to the left below). Into Tommy's bomb bomb bomb and then into Fight Club. A new log drop (not very big) just in from the original 'start' of Fight Club and down we fanged. Nelson had a record time down here, I wasn't quite so fast, especially not after the shits were put up me by the losing of a foot on some rough roots... We dropped into the end at the same time as other riders were bombing down the next trail to the exit... Rude little non-hello-saying groms.
Climbed out again, and up the first section of the Guts climb up to the pylon gap where we turned around and dropped into Shortcut to Suva. Picked the right hand line and bombed down this. I'd ridden this ages ago, cleaning the steeeeeep rock rollover part way down this time, bombing down finally to the climbing track again. Climbing this again, out, across the main track and over into the Jumpy (fence gap) track. Once again I didn't do the fence jump, but got good air on some of the lower down jumps, rolled out the end, up to Epitaph and fanged down this to the carpark, where we found Ann and the girls again, having a beer.
Not even 14kms, but 690 m of altitude climbed...
Tuesday, June 30, 2015
Chooseday night, Mucky Vicar
Crafty brew session at the end of the work day, a farewell and a baby's headwetting, and Nelson joined the fun for a couple of tastings. Then we headed across town for the top of Worsley's Rd - 6.30ish?. Headed up to be greeted with mud in the gutters. Nelson only had his handlebar light. The going was tough with a quarter of a bottle of each of Pernicious Weed, Conehead, HopFed PaleAle, Renaissance MPA, and a VPA, but that soon burned off. At the 'junction' we took a wee singletrack on the west side which led up between the forest and the main track. My intention was that we head down to the climbing trail in that forest, but I blew out and Nelson got ahead and we ended up on the main track again, at the big corner just uphill from the Pylon gap. On up, both cleaning the usual rocky bit, but then further up both of us had one or two wee walks. Greasy ain't the half of it. Bottom of the 'bag and we headed up the access track.
Stopped at the top for a bit and a few rider dudes rolled up. We set off down Tommy's and had a woot of a time, me in the lead on account of Nelson's handlebar-only light. Grip was good, flow was sweet and it was a good roll down, heaps straighter than we remembered (it has been a while (February)) but then it got twisty(ish) again and in and out of the trees, over the yumpies and down down down through lower and further left than I remembered too. Then back round above the pylon, and back up to the entrance to FightClub. Here we decided further up wouldn't hurt (it did tho...), and grunt up the 4wd track we did. To the cliff top and the waxing moon was shining down.
Off down into Wayne's World, tho taking the original trail on the right, then veering right lower down onto the lower section of Wayne's and through down onto Fight Club, which was riding mint. Was expecting mucky slickness lower down but it was all perfect with the roots and rocks and off camber corners all the more washed out and exposed. Out the bottom and up the exit trail to the 'junction'.
Across the main Worsles track to where we'd gone earlier, this time taking a wee singletrack into the forest and up the one in here with all the jumpies. When we got to the pylon clearing we headed down to the 4wd trail down here, and up this; greasy in a couple of the corners, then the longer-than-you-ever-remember grunt on up to the top of Braille. Into this, checking out the jumps for a future time, bypassing the un-rollable ones, enjoying the sweet berms, and heading all the way down the the bottom in the short macracarpa forest. Climby climby back into the tall pines, onto the 4wd track we'd ridden up before, up the couple wee ups and then downs to where we'd come down below the pylons, pushed up this trail to the jumpy trail we'd ridden up earlier, and then it was the last downhill. Rolling round most of these jumps, tho the lower ones are much more rideable. Part way down here Nelson's light cut out, so we put my handlebar light on his, and we finished it off, then down the final paddock track to the carpark about 8.30. Off to Noodle Canteen for a number 3 and whatever # his Teriyaki was....
Stopped at the top for a bit and a few rider dudes rolled up. We set off down Tommy's and had a woot of a time, me in the lead on account of Nelson's handlebar-only light. Grip was good, flow was sweet and it was a good roll down, heaps straighter than we remembered (it has been a while (February)) but then it got twisty(ish) again and in and out of the trees, over the yumpies and down down down through lower and further left than I remembered too. Then back round above the pylon, and back up to the entrance to FightClub. Here we decided further up wouldn't hurt (it did tho...), and grunt up the 4wd track we did. To the cliff top and the waxing moon was shining down.
Off down into Wayne's World, tho taking the original trail on the right, then veering right lower down onto the lower section of Wayne's and through down onto Fight Club, which was riding mint. Was expecting mucky slickness lower down but it was all perfect with the roots and rocks and off camber corners all the more washed out and exposed. Out the bottom and up the exit trail to the 'junction'.
Across the main Worsles track to where we'd gone earlier, this time taking a wee singletrack into the forest and up the one in here with all the jumpies. When we got to the pylon clearing we headed down to the 4wd trail down here, and up this; greasy in a couple of the corners, then the longer-than-you-ever-remember grunt on up to the top of Braille. Into this, checking out the jumps for a future time, bypassing the un-rollable ones, enjoying the sweet berms, and heading all the way down the the bottom in the short macracarpa forest. Climby climby back into the tall pines, onto the 4wd track we'd ridden up before, up the couple wee ups and then downs to where we'd come down below the pylons, pushed up this trail to the jumpy trail we'd ridden up earlier, and then it was the last downhill. Rolling round most of these jumps, tho the lower ones are much more rideable. Part way down here Nelson's light cut out, so we put my handlebar light on his, and we finished it off, then down the final paddock track to the carpark about 8.30. Off to Noodle Canteen for a number 3 and whatever # his Teriyaki was....
Saturday, February 28, 2015
Saturday morning Jet in the Forest
Quick one with Jet this morning. Not much time due to things doing, so left home a bit after 9 and were hitting the trail at 9.35, parking up top of Worsleys Rd and heading up the same one Nelson and me took on Tuesday. Jet doing his usual lope along ahead. Beautiful morning, and was thankful for the shade provided once up under the forest. Rode all the way up scoping out where trails off the side were, but getting to the last big corner where the jumpy track crossed. Just looking at it, wondering where to go when a guy on a 29er came up, also only his second time up here too. Chatted a bit then he headed on up and I took off down below the main track following the swoopy jumpy track, with easy lines either side of each jump. Dropped down a ways, using the altitude well, back and forth then sort of petering out after crossing a pylon access track. Followed this down to the pylon thinking there might be another way out of there, but nope, so, back up the pylon access track, seemingly not that long back to the main track I'd left earlier.
From here I headed back down it, and checked out first one trail above it, which ended nowhere, then off another corner another pylon type track down, which I never got to the end of, then back up this, and onwards down the main track, finding a singletrack dropping down, which I followed, finding that when it reached it's bottom it turned around and headed back up, too steep to ride... back to the main track, and down hill a bit then down another singletrack, this time it was promising but didn't really amount to much and headed back across and ending at the intersection below the powerlines. So, all possibilities explored, I headed back off up hill, with roughly 15 minutes to spare. All the way up to the top, saying gudday to these young groms on the jumpy track, then hitting up the main Worsley Drag, straight up the entry to the BeeLines, and straight into Tommy's. Good swoopy blast down this, holding the right hand line most of the way down, then taking it all the way down around the bottom and coming out onto the guts track just above the pylon gap and below Fight Club entrance. Down through the gap, hung a left, kept right and dropped across the guts track and down the old favourite that had the steep droppy bit but doesn't go all the way down anymore, but pops out not far down from the Junction. Up to this, and down the final stretches back to the car. 1 hour's riding all up. A hot and happy dog in the car on the way home.
From here I headed back down it, and checked out first one trail above it, which ended nowhere, then off another corner another pylon type track down, which I never got to the end of, then back up this, and onwards down the main track, finding a singletrack dropping down, which I followed, finding that when it reached it's bottom it turned around and headed back up, too steep to ride... back to the main track, and down hill a bit then down another singletrack, this time it was promising but didn't really amount to much and headed back across and ending at the intersection below the powerlines. So, all possibilities explored, I headed back off up hill, with roughly 15 minutes to spare. All the way up to the top, saying gudday to these young groms on the jumpy track, then hitting up the main Worsley Drag, straight up the entry to the BeeLines, and straight into Tommy's. Good swoopy blast down this, holding the right hand line most of the way down, then taking it all the way down around the bottom and coming out onto the guts track just above the pylon gap and below Fight Club entrance. Down through the gap, hung a left, kept right and dropped across the guts track and down the old favourite that had the steep droppy bit but doesn't go all the way down anymore, but pops out not far down from the Junction. Up to this, and down the final stretches back to the car. 1 hour's riding all up. A hot and happy dog in the car on the way home.
Tuesday, January 20, 2015
Swansong in the woods, Tuesday Worsley
Well, quite a nice wee ride tonight. Met the boyz on the flat approaching Worsley's at 6.20 or so, Andrew and Tony rolling in from their nearby abodes, Steve and Robin in the TFC van, and Wayne, Warren, Pete and me all in our own vehicles. Bikes all onto racks of Wayne and Warren and we drove to nearly the top of the road, riding from there up into the woods to find a sign saying Forest Closed, and Danger Keep Out tape that we promptly decided to ignore, riding up the guts of it all. Andrew had been through in the weekend, so how much could they have done in 2 days? Put up some tape or something??? Yeah, nearly. So, grunty grunty up the guts to the clifftop where a well earned break was had, then onwards up to the top of the forest, and up the steeeep to the top of Debbie Does...
Into here and one or two difficulties for one or two but a great run had. As we came into the darkness of the spruce, and the old stone ruins, I noticed how low the forest was, way more branches than usual kinda in your face. I led the boys up the garden path, peeling left onto the wee exit traverse track, but hell it was overgrown, and they, as usual, gave me stick (pun intended) about "Richard leading the way again". Weird, considering only 2 and a 1/2 months ago it was sweet... Anyway, once out of the dark forest it was alright, and back into the bigger woods and down a short bit of The Original B-Line before hopping over onto Tommy's, where I chose the left hand choice, bombing it down, swoopty woopty through veering very slightly left as far as you can swoop towards the pylon clearing then leading back to the main guts drag.
From here it was decided to have one last swansong on Fight Club, seeing as how it might all be shut up and ruined, so, short climb and then into it. Awesome run, swoopty woopty again, down and down, dusty as all get up, out to the exit climb, only to be greeted with a Closed Keep Out sign and tape. Also a brit Blur TR rider was coming down, and we gave him directions back up, so he was ahead and round the corner there's the bloody big skidder machine and a fair bit of forest already cleared - removing all the windthrow from last year's storm. Met him again at the junction and followed him down the exit trail out, then down the road, again giving directions to Farside.
Past the cars and down the road to Farside. Straight into it and what a wee blast. The brit on Wazza's tail on Pete's tail on my tail. Both Pete and Steve were first timers on this and enjoyed the crap out of it. Finally, down the road to the cars. Ribulet feeling the ride with a bit of an ache. I took the other two shuttle drivers back up while the others very kindly waited, and then Pete and me stopped at Poms for well earned beverages. Yummo.
Into here and one or two difficulties for one or two but a great run had. As we came into the darkness of the spruce, and the old stone ruins, I noticed how low the forest was, way more branches than usual kinda in your face. I led the boys up the garden path, peeling left onto the wee exit traverse track, but hell it was overgrown, and they, as usual, gave me stick (pun intended) about "Richard leading the way again". Weird, considering only 2 and a 1/2 months ago it was sweet... Anyway, once out of the dark forest it was alright, and back into the bigger woods and down a short bit of The Original B-Line before hopping over onto Tommy's, where I chose the left hand choice, bombing it down, swoopty woopty through veering very slightly left as far as you can swoop towards the pylon clearing then leading back to the main guts drag.
From here it was decided to have one last swansong on Fight Club, seeing as how it might all be shut up and ruined, so, short climb and then into it. Awesome run, swoopty woopty again, down and down, dusty as all get up, out to the exit climb, only to be greeted with a Closed Keep Out sign and tape. Also a brit Blur TR rider was coming down, and we gave him directions back up, so he was ahead and round the corner there's the bloody big skidder machine and a fair bit of forest already cleared - removing all the windthrow from last year's storm. Met him again at the junction and followed him down the exit trail out, then down the road, again giving directions to Farside.
Past the cars and down the road to Farside. Straight into it and what a wee blast. The brit on Wazza's tail on Pete's tail on my tail. Both Pete and Steve were first timers on this and enjoyed the crap out of it. Finally, down the road to the cars. Ribulet feeling the ride with a bit of an ache. I took the other two shuttle drivers back up while the others very kindly waited, and then Pete and me stopped at Poms for well earned beverages. Yummo.
Thursday, October 02, 2014
Thursday evening steeeep Worsley Laps
Chucked the Spot on the back of the Fiat and Jet in the car and we headed for top of Worsleys Rd, parking up dead on 6pm. Carpark was full, and people were even parking further down the road. Figured it was gonna be busy in there. Ahead of me were a couple of guys, and beyond them a couple more. As we got up to the 'guts' track the closest two ahead went in there, while I continued up the main Worsley track. Rough as guts as usual, precariously perching the way up on the ridges. Had to get off in the washed out rocky bit above the 'rest corner', then rode for a while, meeting an XC 29er dude on his way down. Then cleaned pretty much everything else except maybe a couple of wee gulchy spots.
Couple of women talking at the top and I rolled on through and up to the top of B-Line... Arriving at the same time was the two dudes that had gone into the forest ahead of me earlier... One was on a Turner Burner "Nice bike..." Chatted with them for a minute then they headed down and I headed up. All the way up to the top and into the right hand that we called "Hang Loose" in the past. Awesome roll and flow down this, warming up and getting the hang of it again - been a while (since Jan, in fact). Changed a bit since then, cos of the trees blown out. Half way down there's a sign post "Yoda -->". I stopped and walked down it to check out. Nick had told me about this one, and I could see it was not something for us... Near vertical rocks just over the crest, down down down it went... Walked back up to my bike and headed on down Hangloose. Great run, steeeep but manageable. Finally out the bottom and I spotted the gap jump that Nick had told me about at work. NUTS.
Up the access exit track, passing some young folk fixing a chain half way up, and spotted that our old favourite that exited onto this track is no more- trees all over it, but there's others that come out of there... Then headed up the guts track. Grinding away in low, sweating up a storm, huffing and chuffing away... Jet just loping along ahead, happy as anything, sniffing his way around. Spotted a couple of new trail entrances off to the left (leading to the exits I'd spotted below) but continued on up all the way up the guts to the clifftop, where three guys set off ahead of me, then on upwards all the way to the top, meeting another group on the way, the three guys again, and then three more coming down from the top. Headed on up the trail towards Tommys2 and Hangloose, but this time stopped at the top of Debbie's lead in, and had a wee rest, txt exchange with Pete, then headed in.
Debbie's lead in, swoopy swoopy, wend wend back and forth then dropping through and over and avoid that mucky bit then through the clearing and over the tree root and down across the off camber and through the rock ruins, and into the dark dark fir forest that was the original Debbie Does Dallas. Hung a left onto the groms climbing trail and rode this up, zig and zag, then through the rocky clearing and then descending down over the fence, then climbing gently across to my earlier climbing track. Swooped down this a bit, then cut across to Tommy's track and BOMBED down this. Swooping and railing berms and catching air and riding better than for ages. Finished this off and headed across to Fight Club. Had an absolute blast down this, pumping and squirrelling and amping. Finally out the bottom and climbed quite happily up the exit track, feeling better than I had on my first two climbs of the night.
At the Junction I headed across the Worsley main drag and through the fence across to the jumpy track in the trees here. Jumped one or two of the jumps, avoided the bigger ones, and rolled on down to the bottom, then onto the exit roll, faster and faster and faster through the open, broom whipping my hands on the way, finally getting back to the car park at 7.30. Very happy Jet in accompaniment.
Couple of women talking at the top and I rolled on through and up to the top of B-Line... Arriving at the same time was the two dudes that had gone into the forest ahead of me earlier... One was on a Turner Burner "Nice bike..." Chatted with them for a minute then they headed down and I headed up. All the way up to the top and into the right hand that we called "Hang Loose" in the past. Awesome roll and flow down this, warming up and getting the hang of it again - been a while (since Jan, in fact). Changed a bit since then, cos of the trees blown out. Half way down there's a sign post "Yoda -->". I stopped and walked down it to check out. Nick had told me about this one, and I could see it was not something for us... Near vertical rocks just over the crest, down down down it went... Walked back up to my bike and headed on down Hangloose. Great run, steeeep but manageable. Finally out the bottom and I spotted the gap jump that Nick had told me about at work. NUTS.
Up the access exit track, passing some young folk fixing a chain half way up, and spotted that our old favourite that exited onto this track is no more- trees all over it, but there's others that come out of there... Then headed up the guts track. Grinding away in low, sweating up a storm, huffing and chuffing away... Jet just loping along ahead, happy as anything, sniffing his way around. Spotted a couple of new trail entrances off to the left (leading to the exits I'd spotted below) but continued on up all the way up the guts to the clifftop, where three guys set off ahead of me, then on upwards all the way to the top, meeting another group on the way, the three guys again, and then three more coming down from the top. Headed on up the trail towards Tommys2 and Hangloose, but this time stopped at the top of Debbie's lead in, and had a wee rest, txt exchange with Pete, then headed in.
Debbie's lead in, swoopy swoopy, wend wend back and forth then dropping through and over and avoid that mucky bit then through the clearing and over the tree root and down across the off camber and through the rock ruins, and into the dark dark fir forest that was the original Debbie Does Dallas. Hung a left onto the groms climbing trail and rode this up, zig and zag, then through the rocky clearing and then descending down over the fence, then climbing gently across to my earlier climbing track. Swooped down this a bit, then cut across to Tommy's track and BOMBED down this. Swooping and railing berms and catching air and riding better than for ages. Finished this off and headed across to Fight Club. Had an absolute blast down this, pumping and squirrelling and amping. Finally out the bottom and climbed quite happily up the exit track, feeling better than I had on my first two climbs of the night.
At the Junction I headed across the Worsley main drag and through the fence across to the jumpy track in the trees here. Jumped one or two of the jumps, avoided the bigger ones, and rolled on down to the bottom, then onto the exit roll, faster and faster and faster through the open, broom whipping my hands on the way, finally getting back to the car park at 7.30. Very happy Jet in accompaniment.
Wednesday, September 10, 2014
Wednesday Worsleying
Another week another ride. Rode from work to Nelson's and we negotiated traffic to Worsleys Rd. Parked on the flat alongside the poplars, changed, and rode off up the hill, taking the off road track for the main brunt of the climb. Tricky, hitting the hill, and then bumpy off road trail from cold. Had me wheezing and gasping, and dabbing a couple times. Back on the seal and onwards to the top. Then straight into the dirt track climb. Decided on staying on the old skool, riding the usual ridges and ruts all the way. At the 'rest' corner we checked out a wee track appearing at the fence, walking briefly up it, and then a dude on an old specialized showed up. Asked him where it peeled off but his description could have been anywhere.
Onwards up the rocky section, with varying degrees of success. Sure is a mess in here these days. Lots of bits further up where it's pretty tricky. Finally made the bottom of the Body Bag and up the access track for a well earned rest. All of this to here was done without lights. Quick snack, and we decided to head down and find that new bit of track. Lights on, headed down Tommy's all the while looking for the new track on the left. Quite a ways down we figured we'd missed it further back, but then chose a left hand line (that wasn't at all familiar) and it turned out this was it. Not particularly long, but fun. Over the fence and back into the climb for the second time. Cleaned more, but dabbed other bits this time, and thankfully made the top of the access track eventually.
From here we headed up the access to Tommy's2 and about half way took the left into the lead-in to Debbie Does Dallas. Fanged it down here popping and rolling through past the cool old stone ruins, then into the descending Debbie trail, which, due to tree falls, now peels a hard right and leads down and across a cool wee bridge then upwards briefly, and into a whole new section which is across below Tommys2 (but we couldn't see that from it). Into a sequence of madcore steep bits, a couple of which we walked, and this really cool volcanic dyke rock formation - total wall of rock. More steep stuff and a couple more groovy raw wood bridges (North Shore style of build, but short) then eventually into the very bottom of Tommy's2, out this and into the climb back up around. Nice and dry now, but still slightly soft in places.
At the junction at the top we headed back up the guts track, grannying away, my legs starting to get weaker, all the way up to the cliff top. Into the original 'b'line down from here and then connecting onto Waynes World where it crosses and then off down a new line to the right that showed promise but then turned out to be a total waste of trail by hooking into Fight Club - ripping us off by missing heaps of it. So we walked back up this dumb shortcut and got back into Wayne's and then proceeded on into Fight Club, wafting, floating and launching our way down this, loving every minute of it. Great run bookin' down all of it, including all the lower off camber stuff, and back out onto the climbing return track.This time climbing I was very slow, grinding away, getting especially sucky in the softer stuff, while Nelson jetted off ahead.
Down the exit routes - more sweet sweet rollin', and then down the road, flying, flying and flying, before pulling off to access the Farside track, only to discover three options now. One, to the right, called Utopia which appears to stay above the forest, swooping back and forth in the broom and grass (beside the gorsey track we'd ridden up next to the road), and another one, Short Lucy or something, in the middle, which we didn't see where that went or came out. And Farside, which has had a bit more work done. Was fun and swoopy, and excellent in the dry, and there's an alternative line lower down that peels off and runs parallel all the way to the end (which we didn't try but may next time - it looked a bit easier)... Out the bottom of Farside, big smiles on our dials. Awesome wee trail. Finally, flew down the road into the cold air of the valley bottom and back to the car, about 8, on the way grabbing Nasi Gorengs and beers upon which to feast at my place.
Onwards up the rocky section, with varying degrees of success. Sure is a mess in here these days. Lots of bits further up where it's pretty tricky. Finally made the bottom of the Body Bag and up the access track for a well earned rest. All of this to here was done without lights. Quick snack, and we decided to head down and find that new bit of track. Lights on, headed down Tommy's all the while looking for the new track on the left. Quite a ways down we figured we'd missed it further back, but then chose a left hand line (that wasn't at all familiar) and it turned out this was it. Not particularly long, but fun. Over the fence and back into the climb for the second time. Cleaned more, but dabbed other bits this time, and thankfully made the top of the access track eventually.
From here we headed up the access to Tommy's2 and about half way took the left into the lead-in to Debbie Does Dallas. Fanged it down here popping and rolling through past the cool old stone ruins, then into the descending Debbie trail, which, due to tree falls, now peels a hard right and leads down and across a cool wee bridge then upwards briefly, and into a whole new section which is across below Tommys2 (but we couldn't see that from it). Into a sequence of madcore steep bits, a couple of which we walked, and this really cool volcanic dyke rock formation - total wall of rock. More steep stuff and a couple more groovy raw wood bridges (North Shore style of build, but short) then eventually into the very bottom of Tommy's2, out this and into the climb back up around. Nice and dry now, but still slightly soft in places.
At the junction at the top we headed back up the guts track, grannying away, my legs starting to get weaker, all the way up to the cliff top. Into the original 'b'line down from here and then connecting onto Waynes World where it crosses and then off down a new line to the right that showed promise but then turned out to be a total waste of trail by hooking into Fight Club - ripping us off by missing heaps of it. So we walked back up this dumb shortcut and got back into Wayne's and then proceeded on into Fight Club, wafting, floating and launching our way down this, loving every minute of it. Great run bookin' down all of it, including all the lower off camber stuff, and back out onto the climbing return track.This time climbing I was very slow, grinding away, getting especially sucky in the softer stuff, while Nelson jetted off ahead.
Down the exit routes - more sweet sweet rollin', and then down the road, flying, flying and flying, before pulling off to access the Farside track, only to discover three options now. One, to the right, called Utopia which appears to stay above the forest, swooping back and forth in the broom and grass (beside the gorsey track we'd ridden up next to the road), and another one, Short Lucy or something, in the middle, which we didn't see where that went or came out. And Farside, which has had a bit more work done. Was fun and swoopy, and excellent in the dry, and there's an alternative line lower down that peels off and runs parallel all the way to the end (which we didn't try but may next time - it looked a bit easier)... Out the bottom of Farside, big smiles on our dials. Awesome wee trail. Finally, flew down the road into the cold air of the valley bottom and back to the car, about 8, on the way grabbing Nasi Gorengs and beers upon which to feast at my place.
Thursday, August 07, 2014
Thursday night Muckvicars Vol 4
Rode over to Nelson's work and we cruised to the top of Worsley's Rd and got riding up the dirt around 5.40. More wet patches than we'd expected... guess not a helluva lot of drying has gone on of late. Anyway, climbing wasn't bad around the main track then into the forest and up the Guts steep little mother trail. Managed to keep my lungs inside me all the way up here. From the cliff top through had some pretty greasy bits, and it was just starting to get too dark in the forest here. At the rocky pretty much unrideable bit we turned the lights on and continued on up to the top.
We rested here a bit, then some irish dude turned up, and headed back down, and we headed up the access to Tommy's2 track. Part way up we found a trail leading off to the left, so checked it out. Headed down and rolled through the edge of the water tank clearing then back into the forest, past two old stone ruins (wtf?) and then into the douglas fir of Debbie Does Dallas, but instead of wending downwards, suddenly it switchbacked round and upwards, through some terrain we'd never seen and suddenly we're on the main original track, up hill from the clifftop, but below the tricky rock garden. So, wondering where the hell Debbie had gone, we headed back down this new track, finding where Debbie crossed it, and walked down her a bit to see what she was like, but deciding not to risk the tree falls that might be further down riding, so walked back up to the bikes, and proceeded to ride back up it. I walked lots, Nelson rode lots, on upwards all the way back up to the top Tommy's2/Hangloose access track.
Up to top of this, one or two greasy bits on the way, and found the lead in to Mr Sutcliffe's new steep track, probably best left til summer, and so we chose Tommy's2, and it was a hoot. Traction was pretty good, not much slippage. Steepness was awesome, and it was rideable pretty much the whole way down. Only one or two wet slops. Out the bottom, down a newer drier line, and onto the climbing exit track. Good for a start, but sloppier as we climbed, til the last stretch which was horrendous. Got to the top of it and decided we didn't wanna climb back out of there, which ruled out Fight Club, so we went back up the guts track all the way again, this time my legs were hurtin' bad all the way, even walked a bit before the cliff top.
At the top it was into Tommy's and down down down. Some sections of flow, but lots of stopping and starting, and second guessing what was where and which to choose. Rolled out the bottom on a cool new section to the pylon clearing and then into the forest on the left, swooping back and forth down here to the final section, ripping down it nicely, a couple of new lines in here, then past the tank and swooping through the bottom section, done, back to the car before 8.
We rested here a bit, then some irish dude turned up, and headed back down, and we headed up the access to Tommy's2 track. Part way up we found a trail leading off to the left, so checked it out. Headed down and rolled through the edge of the water tank clearing then back into the forest, past two old stone ruins (wtf?) and then into the douglas fir of Debbie Does Dallas, but instead of wending downwards, suddenly it switchbacked round and upwards, through some terrain we'd never seen and suddenly we're on the main original track, up hill from the clifftop, but below the tricky rock garden. So, wondering where the hell Debbie had gone, we headed back down this new track, finding where Debbie crossed it, and walked down her a bit to see what she was like, but deciding not to risk the tree falls that might be further down riding, so walked back up to the bikes, and proceeded to ride back up it. I walked lots, Nelson rode lots, on upwards all the way back up to the top Tommy's2/Hangloose access track.
Up to top of this, one or two greasy bits on the way, and found the lead in to Mr Sutcliffe's new steep track, probably best left til summer, and so we chose Tommy's2, and it was a hoot. Traction was pretty good, not much slippage. Steepness was awesome, and it was rideable pretty much the whole way down. Only one or two wet slops. Out the bottom, down a newer drier line, and onto the climbing exit track. Good for a start, but sloppier as we climbed, til the last stretch which was horrendous. Got to the top of it and decided we didn't wanna climb back out of there, which ruled out Fight Club, so we went back up the guts track all the way again, this time my legs were hurtin' bad all the way, even walked a bit before the cliff top.
At the top it was into Tommy's and down down down. Some sections of flow, but lots of stopping and starting, and second guessing what was where and which to choose. Rolled out the bottom on a cool new section to the pylon clearing and then into the forest on the left, swooping back and forth down here to the final section, ripping down it nicely, a couple of new lines in here, then past the tank and swooping through the bottom section, done, back to the car before 8.
Thursday, May 15, 2014
Thursday night, Muckvicars round 2
Bit of a muckfest once again tonight. Nelson picked me up as per- on Moorhouse and we jammed across to Worsley's Rd, parking up top along with several other cars all turned up about the same time as us. A dude (who works on the tracks in there) came down as we were readying ourselves, no lights, getting pretty dark. Sounded pretty bleak up there.
BFe sporting it's new gears and brakes, we headed off up, my new 'granny' not so bad, but making a bit of noise once the going got tough. Headed into the forest just up round the first couple corners. We decided here the the noise required the spacers in the BB swapped around a bit to get the front ring over a bit. Nothing to be done but ride, or walk to rest it. Trees all cut and cleared, rode on up through the middle guts and out to the top of the cliff, then on up the original, all cleared and cut nicely.
At the top we turned and headed down Tommy's. Pretty slick, but not too bad. Half way down we tucked right and back up onto the 'original', out to the cliff top and into Waynes World. A couple of tipped trees, lifted root balls, made the usual entry cues different and we nearly missed it. Anyway, good descent all the way down to Fight Club. Most of the top of this was good to go, too. We stopped and re-routed a bypass of a wet gulch, but then further down it just got slicker and sicker, greasing and squirrelling all the way. Then, where it used to get steep and gnarly, it got horrendous. no grip. tires totally caked, and then water running down the track, rutting it. We stopped, found a grubber conveniently perched behind a tree, and proceeded to cut a drain across the track. This should dry it out and un-rut it, until the first riders took it out. Bottom few corners, for me, were totally unrideable and i walked on out the bottom into the total quagmire, tweaking my shoulder somehow in the process.
Climbing access track was okay, buncha trees down across it just through the gate where it gets steeper, these had been cut and a way cleared. Further up, near where the old exit was, the crack turned gulch has become some major tunnel erosion, just about creating a neat wee natural arch bridge. more trees across the track above here too, a way cleared.
At the junction we decided to head down and out, meandering around a bit between old and new, down past the tank and it's all opened up in there again. Then we decided to find the new track i'd heard about (possibly across the other side?). Found it, followed it up, and up, and up, and eventually found the top, and where to access it from next time. Then rode it down. Some of the jumps would be fine, except for the hip jump over the fence - but in the grease and slick, I bypassed pretty much all of them. Got to the bottom and followed the trail (singletrack on farm track) out and ended up right at the car. Nice. Done by 8.15,
Brakes, when i used them as opposed to the mud just slowing me down, were very sensitive - gonna be serious stoppers. Major difference to the oldies. Gear system? once the BB spacers are moved, the grinding should lessen. The shifting was crisp and clear and the ratios weren't that bad!
BFe sporting it's new gears and brakes, we headed off up, my new 'granny' not so bad, but making a bit of noise once the going got tough. Headed into the forest just up round the first couple corners. We decided here the the noise required the spacers in the BB swapped around a bit to get the front ring over a bit. Nothing to be done but ride, or walk to rest it. Trees all cut and cleared, rode on up through the middle guts and out to the top of the cliff, then on up the original, all cleared and cut nicely.
At the top we turned and headed down Tommy's. Pretty slick, but not too bad. Half way down we tucked right and back up onto the 'original', out to the cliff top and into Waynes World. A couple of tipped trees, lifted root balls, made the usual entry cues different and we nearly missed it. Anyway, good descent all the way down to Fight Club. Most of the top of this was good to go, too. We stopped and re-routed a bypass of a wet gulch, but then further down it just got slicker and sicker, greasing and squirrelling all the way. Then, where it used to get steep and gnarly, it got horrendous. no grip. tires totally caked, and then water running down the track, rutting it. We stopped, found a grubber conveniently perched behind a tree, and proceeded to cut a drain across the track. This should dry it out and un-rut it, until the first riders took it out. Bottom few corners, for me, were totally unrideable and i walked on out the bottom into the total quagmire, tweaking my shoulder somehow in the process.
Climbing access track was okay, buncha trees down across it just through the gate where it gets steeper, these had been cut and a way cleared. Further up, near where the old exit was, the crack turned gulch has become some major tunnel erosion, just about creating a neat wee natural arch bridge. more trees across the track above here too, a way cleared.
At the junction we decided to head down and out, meandering around a bit between old and new, down past the tank and it's all opened up in there again. Then we decided to find the new track i'd heard about (possibly across the other side?). Found it, followed it up, and up, and up, and eventually found the top, and where to access it from next time. Then rode it down. Some of the jumps would be fine, except for the hip jump over the fence - but in the grease and slick, I bypassed pretty much all of them. Got to the bottom and followed the trail (singletrack on farm track) out and ended up right at the car. Nice. Done by 8.15,
Brakes, when i used them as opposed to the mud just slowing me down, were very sensitive - gonna be serious stoppers. Major difference to the oldies. Gear system? once the BB spacers are moved, the grinding should lessen. The shifting was crisp and clear and the ratios weren't that bad!
Thursday, May 01, 2014
O for finally, Thursday, post storms Muckvicker's - half None
Finally a couple fine days made it possible to get out on the bikes. Nelson came to my place and I fixed my flat from the Little Ak tire swap puncture (swapped front to rear, Conti didn't mount right, swapped them back and got a hole in front tube...), then we headed for top of Worsley Rd. LOTS of water running out of the hillsides across the road on the way up. But, once on the dirt, not so bad. The usual streams of water in all the ruts on the way up, but before the first corner it was oooozing, so we headed into the trees and found a highline track we'd never seen before. Heaps of tree damage in here, but not a patch on what we were to find further up. Someone has been in there with chainsaws, tidying here and there, but lots is too big to deal to... Very quickly we arrived at The Junction, where we headed up the former streambed that is The Guts track. Not long later and I was wheezing away, unable to breathe on account of this fucking cold I've got presently. Walking a little before the pylon gap, through the several trees down across the track, which have been cleared away already.
Above the pylon gap, more trees down, this time, not cleared. around some, over others, then onwards and up to the Clifftop. On up the Original B-Line, a tree here, detour, another tree there, through that one, another tree and detour. Then up the rocky bit to where Debby's bits start, but no going down there, waaay too wet - would've been worse than my first time. On over and up, another tree, detour, onto a random small singletrack and suddenly, the top. Off down to the Body Bag. Oh, boy. the ruts. the water, but rideable line pretty much the whole way, except for the quagmire puddle half way up. On up, my virus-lungs getting the better of me, wheezing my way on foot (from further up than last time) to the top.
Figured, the Nun is meant to be 'all weather', what with it's majorly rocked-up surface, so, headed on up to give it a look. Surprise surprise, it was fine. Evidence of maybe 2 or 3 other riders through, and no damage resulting. Only one type of surface was greasy, when the dirt looked kinda grey. Yellowish brown was sweet, and rocks were sweet, but the grey stuff... slickly. Thankfully, not too much of it. Anyway, not a very high speed descent, but fun, and bailed out at the halfway carpark (which you couldn't park a car on, as it's storage for slip-muck from up the road).
Up the road, back to top of Worsley's and down. Half way down and Nelson stops dead, wheels up nearly to their hubs in the quagmire puddle half way. It really was like jelly. And very deep. Got the bike out, and kinda tried to put some drainage in, but not likely working. And onwards down. Then, right-hander up to the B-line zone. This time, taking Tommy's left hander and cruising down. One tree, managed to snap a few branches out of the way. Another tree, lift over... then on down into the carnage around the top of Fight Club. Decided against attempting it, and had a look around just above the pylon gap, then across this, and more looking around, then down to the track and in to the left, this time exploring a bit more on that side of the Guts track. Eventually, out and down the way we'd come up, then past the tank and back into the forest, detouring around a fallen tree, then detouring out of the forest and back in for the final branchlet and cone infested lower last bits of trail..
All up, some good riding, and not really that dirty. Once again, the little mudguard worked a treat - nothing in my eyes, and stanchions all nice and clean..
Above the pylon gap, more trees down, this time, not cleared. around some, over others, then onwards and up to the Clifftop. On up the Original B-Line, a tree here, detour, another tree there, through that one, another tree and detour. Then up the rocky bit to where Debby's bits start, but no going down there, waaay too wet - would've been worse than my first time. On over and up, another tree, detour, onto a random small singletrack and suddenly, the top. Off down to the Body Bag. Oh, boy. the ruts. the water, but rideable line pretty much the whole way, except for the quagmire puddle half way up. On up, my virus-lungs getting the better of me, wheezing my way on foot (from further up than last time) to the top.
Figured, the Nun is meant to be 'all weather', what with it's majorly rocked-up surface, so, headed on up to give it a look. Surprise surprise, it was fine. Evidence of maybe 2 or 3 other riders through, and no damage resulting. Only one type of surface was greasy, when the dirt looked kinda grey. Yellowish brown was sweet, and rocks were sweet, but the grey stuff... slickly. Thankfully, not too much of it. Anyway, not a very high speed descent, but fun, and bailed out at the halfway carpark (which you couldn't park a car on, as it's storage for slip-muck from up the road).
Up the road, back to top of Worsley's and down. Half way down and Nelson stops dead, wheels up nearly to their hubs in the quagmire puddle half way. It really was like jelly. And very deep. Got the bike out, and kinda tried to put some drainage in, but not likely working. And onwards down. Then, right-hander up to the B-line zone. This time, taking Tommy's left hander and cruising down. One tree, managed to snap a few branches out of the way. Another tree, lift over... then on down into the carnage around the top of Fight Club. Decided against attempting it, and had a look around just above the pylon gap, then across this, and more looking around, then down to the track and in to the left, this time exploring a bit more on that side of the Guts track. Eventually, out and down the way we'd come up, then past the tank and back into the forest, detouring around a fallen tree, then detouring out of the forest and back in for the final branchlet and cone infested lower last bits of trail..
All up, some good riding, and not really that dirty. Once again, the little mudguard worked a treat - nothing in my eyes, and stanchions all nice and clean..
Friday, February 21, 2014
Thursday near repeat of last
Had a thing after work, so didnt make it home til about 6, Nelson ringing me as i approached my gate saying him and Craig were already up at the carpark top of Worsley's Rd. Got sorted, in the car and on the road by about 6.25, making the top of the hill at 6.45, flicking a txt to Nelson saying, Starting Riding Now, and 5 minutes later he replied saying meet us at top of Dave's, probably right when i was riding past them there, but i didnt hear it so cleaned my way up, passing a couple girls struggling in the rocky bits, Jet loping along ahead, and making the bottom of the Body Bag at 7pm. Bit of a breather and Mr Sutcliffe turns up from the B-Line zone, saying "have ya seen a couple of girls?" Bit of a chat, and I took off only to stop to take a call from Nelson saying "where are ya?", and Nick rode past off up for another lap before the girls made it up. I said to Nelson I'd meet them at the start of Fight Club, so i took the original Tommy's down, flowing and jumping quite good near the top, but then totally muppetising myself in the techy rock section (veered Right), and then finding some weird new lines off on the left.
Hooked up with Nelson and Craig, and we headed up the internal 4wd track, them leaving me behind in no time. Up to the cliff-top, then on up the Original to the entrance to Debbie Does Dallas. I led off into here and boy was it nice compared to last week. No grease, and lotsa grip and fun. Brilliant trail down. Got to the point where I peeled left on the sidling track last week, and tried out the continuation down this time. A few swoopy corners, some steep stuff, then round onto a wee narrow North Shore boardwalk over a log which none of us were game to balance on. Continued on across the slope, up and down, sweet rollers, then a steep drop leading into a rugged chute, which i baulked on, Nelson rode, and Craig baulked on too. Not far from here was the end. Into the climb, once again Craig and Nelson leaving me behind, and we met up at the Junction. Craig had had enough so bailed home, and Nelson and me continued back up the guts track to the top of Waynes World, watching Nick and then the girls rolling through that as we were climbing.
Into the descent, Waynes World, Party On, Excellent. Fanged on down, into Fight Club and rolling and popping, one of Nick's girl's brakes squealing away behind us, then disappearing. Fight Club is riding nicely, except for one horrible loose dry bit under a tree where it veers to avoid a windfall from storms past. The greasiest section of last week was fast and smooth, tho more rutted out now than the past. Back into the bottom and back into the climb, the young dude on a burly Santa Cruz who passed me last week, and had passed us earlier, passed us again, and Nelson took off to sit on his tail for the climb. I plodded on up, tho faster than the last round, pushing it for strength building, and from the Junction it was about 7.45 and the sun was lower and we figured another round, or Dave's, would have been getting pretty dark, so, we bailed out the lower trails and back to the cars.
Hooked up with Nelson and Craig, and we headed up the internal 4wd track, them leaving me behind in no time. Up to the cliff-top, then on up the Original to the entrance to Debbie Does Dallas. I led off into here and boy was it nice compared to last week. No grease, and lotsa grip and fun. Brilliant trail down. Got to the point where I peeled left on the sidling track last week, and tried out the continuation down this time. A few swoopy corners, some steep stuff, then round onto a wee narrow North Shore boardwalk over a log which none of us were game to balance on. Continued on across the slope, up and down, sweet rollers, then a steep drop leading into a rugged chute, which i baulked on, Nelson rode, and Craig baulked on too. Not far from here was the end. Into the climb, once again Craig and Nelson leaving me behind, and we met up at the Junction. Craig had had enough so bailed home, and Nelson and me continued back up the guts track to the top of Waynes World, watching Nick and then the girls rolling through that as we were climbing.
Into the descent, Waynes World, Party On, Excellent. Fanged on down, into Fight Club and rolling and popping, one of Nick's girl's brakes squealing away behind us, then disappearing. Fight Club is riding nicely, except for one horrible loose dry bit under a tree where it veers to avoid a windfall from storms past. The greasiest section of last week was fast and smooth, tho more rutted out now than the past. Back into the bottom and back into the climb, the young dude on a burly Santa Cruz who passed me last week, and had passed us earlier, passed us again, and Nelson took off to sit on his tail for the climb. I plodded on up, tho faster than the last round, pushing it for strength building, and from the Junction it was about 7.45 and the sun was lower and we figured another round, or Dave's, would have been getting pretty dark, so, we bailed out the lower trails and back to the cars.
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