Short(ish) mega-loopy up and down in Vic Park tonight. Up some sections a couple times each but seldom down the same way. Fun times and tech-levels increasing for the Stooge too.
Usual climb over 19th, skidder, gutser. Hard work on that, given the long break off the bike, all the Pad Thai, Pad See Ew and Chang beers consumed over the past fortnight. Tried a wee jiggle of an approach just below Brakefree, that didn't really work, but no matter. Up to top and into Thomson's #1 for the flow and back up the road.
Dropped into and around the jumps, flowing all the way down Brake Free and then out the bottom of it (rather than into Sesame) and across back up to top again. Down around the jumps and into Worm climbing to the Traverse to drop down into PedalFine, bailing left off that and climbing back to the track across below the see-saw, first section of Brakefree again, bailing out to drop down the rocks into the Gums, taking my right hander down and out to Skidder again.
Into the middle entrance, dropping into Rad to Razza's, trying out the new line to the right in here, baulking and walking two drops (which shouldn't be a problem next time) and then continuing down below into Brentzone trying to work out how to get down across to the new bit next to Corporate Ladder I found last time. Didn't quite get it right, but now know where to go next time, down this, then back up Corporate Ladder and up the usual around Radzone back to Skidder.
Back up the Gutser just to the Sesame turn-off I (jiggle-)climbed earlier and flowed on through into the Gums to take the left hand line this time, dropping down through here (rutty!) and then all the way below to the road at 19th. Below road from here, flowy flow, coaster to Dogparkcarpark and flowy fun down through here. Took my line to the right to avoid the wet and it's fucking worked its way up into my trail and is mucking that up too! (will have to get up and cut a higher track...). Nice flow from here though, down and out to H'Ell, clamber onto road.
Rather than dropping home from here, I headed back uphill, dropped into the 'To Harry Ell' track, then back up to the climb-exit to the lower Dogpark carpark (by the comms tower) and headed down into Charles' track, tight(!), then out from the halfway point, behind the houses for the hoon home.
Well
wreathed 8.3kms, with 362m scrambled
