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03-18-2012 - Case Mountain CT
Former AZer Trev was in the area visiting family for the weekend and wanted to do a good old play ride on the rocks at Case. Tried to get all the usual players, but with the short notice it was only me, Trev and Murph (trials dude). It was the typical play ride route on all the same old stunts so I won’t waste time posting any vid. Go back and watch the countless other Case Mt vids we have posted. It was pretty much the same ride…..with one, I mean two exceptions.
Ever since my first encounter with the trials guys at Case almost 4 years ago (Bvibert was also there that day) there has been one particular scary hunk of rock they call Everest that has haunted me. It has been on my to-do-list ever since that day. A couple years later after Trev’s first play ride at Case with us it also haunted him.. The approach is a steep 5 foot up to a sharp point / peak, followed by a very steep 25 foot roller to a sketchy run out. Trev and I would get to that section of trail, hit the drop before Everest and then wuss out as we approached the peak of Everest. Not so on this ride. It might have taken a good 30 to 40 minutes and about 30 failed attempts each. But finally Trev nailed it, and two attempts later I finally cleared it from my to-do-list. The funny thing is it wasn’t nearly as bad as I had built it up to be for the last 4 years. We do have vid of both of us riding Everest, but the angle it was taken at doesn’t make it look very impressive, almost embarrassing.
04-07-2012 – Batchelor Street MA
Ended up riding Batchelor Street with my buddy Murph. He doesn't ride there much and when he does it with me and he has only seen a small sampling of the trails. I decided to mix things up today and did one of the old school loops that I have never done with Murph. I added in a couple of twists to the old loop to make sure we hit a bunch of the more rocky technical trails. The down side I didn’t remember was that the old school loop is very clmiby, and all my additions were also very climby. Made for one hell of a ride.
Ended up riding IMBA to Swamp trail to Jacobs Ladder to T Rex to Lizard King to Unsolved Mysteries to Technical trail to Viper. Climbed up the jeep road to hit Twister to Lost and Found to Missing Persons to Far Side back to the truck.
Ride stats
8.85 miles
1560 feet of climbing accord to Murph’s GPS
3.5 miles into the ride we were in need of a short break and snack. And by we I mean me. Murph checked his GPS and we already climbed 750 feet...ouch!
I had a really sweet OTB about 3 miles in to the ride on Jacobs Ladder and whacked the crap out of my left wrist / hand on a rock. It wasn't too bad for the remainder of the ride but it's killing me now. No rides for a couple of days.
BTW – after that ride Murph had a quick lunch and then went out and did a quick 40 on the road bike.
Former AZer Trev was in the area visiting family for the weekend and wanted to do a good old play ride on the rocks at Case. Tried to get all the usual players, but with the short notice it was only me, Trev and Murph (trials dude). It was the typical play ride route on all the same old stunts so I won’t waste time posting any vid. Go back and watch the countless other Case Mt vids we have posted. It was pretty much the same ride…..with one, I mean two exceptions.
Ever since my first encounter with the trials guys at Case almost 4 years ago (Bvibert was also there that day) there has been one particular scary hunk of rock they call Everest that has haunted me. It has been on my to-do-list ever since that day. A couple years later after Trev’s first play ride at Case with us it also haunted him.. The approach is a steep 5 foot up to a sharp point / peak, followed by a very steep 25 foot roller to a sketchy run out. Trev and I would get to that section of trail, hit the drop before Everest and then wuss out as we approached the peak of Everest. Not so on this ride. It might have taken a good 30 to 40 minutes and about 30 failed attempts each. But finally Trev nailed it, and two attempts later I finally cleared it from my to-do-list. The funny thing is it wasn’t nearly as bad as I had built it up to be for the last 4 years. We do have vid of both of us riding Everest, but the angle it was taken at doesn’t make it look very impressive, almost embarrassing.
04-07-2012 – Batchelor Street MA
Ended up riding Batchelor Street with my buddy Murph. He doesn't ride there much and when he does it with me and he has only seen a small sampling of the trails. I decided to mix things up today and did one of the old school loops that I have never done with Murph. I added in a couple of twists to the old loop to make sure we hit a bunch of the more rocky technical trails. The down side I didn’t remember was that the old school loop is very clmiby, and all my additions were also very climby. Made for one hell of a ride.
Ended up riding IMBA to Swamp trail to Jacobs Ladder to T Rex to Lizard King to Unsolved Mysteries to Technical trail to Viper. Climbed up the jeep road to hit Twister to Lost and Found to Missing Persons to Far Side back to the truck.
Ride stats
8.85 miles
1560 feet of climbing accord to Murph’s GPS
3.5 miles into the ride we were in need of a short break and snack. And by we I mean me. Murph checked his GPS and we already climbed 750 feet...ouch!
I had a really sweet OTB about 3 miles in to the ride on Jacobs Ladder and whacked the crap out of my left wrist / hand on a rock. It wasn't too bad for the remainder of the ride but it's killing me now. No rides for a couple of days.
BTW – after that ride Murph had a quick lunch and then went out and did a quick 40 on the road bike.