I'll give this a shot but hopefully some others will chime in with better details and peoples names. I suck at remebering names.
Met up with Mr.Evil, Greg and o3Jeff at 9:00. we waited a few minutes for any straglers and some crankfire (i assume they were) showed up. Rueler was with them and they headed out and so did we. Greg and Tim took us in and immediately started to climb. anyway, we found a downhill with 4 hits, or was it 3? we all took turns hitting those for a while and then headed into the great unkown. meaning we were lost for about the next 30 minutes just backtracking and going nowhere. I could tell greg wasnt into it as he wasnt feeling well. sorry man, i know you wanted to go with the crankfire guys. finally we found those guys coming up the trail and we hooked up with them for a while. one of them, Duffy, i believe, did this amazing rock/wall ride thing. just sick. they also rode the most sketchy double fall line rock infested ridge i've ever seen. One guy bailed but got back up and cleaned it.
After that, Greg had to bail but everyone else continued on. These guys were clearing uphills like nothing, just sick technical stuff. Finally we stopped at some really big rock roller type thing. Being stupid is a strong point of mine so i decided to try it too. Almost wiped on the approach but pulled it off. I almost had to change my underwear. Not sure where it ranks, but dayum it seemed big and steep to me. Next came this run of hits on a downhill that just looked so tasty. first hit was a pretty big gap jump, then a couple of ramps, a berm and a small gap jump at the bottom. The guy with the single speed and yellow shirt went first (forget his name i suck at that) and just went down smooth as nothing. I said wtf and went for it too. Hit the first big gapper clean, nailed one of the ramps and then just wiped out on the berm. :roll: total gaper move. got back up hit the berm and cleared the bottom gap but promptly washed out on the landing. At this point, the yellow shirt dude said "Look, i dont really tell people what to do but maybe you should dial it back a little" Yeah not bad advice at that point.
From there we hit something called the tower of power which was just as fun as a roller coaster. downhill flowy and lots of little ramps. Duffy hit this 7 or 8 foot drop which just blew my mind. it was between to trees and had a very sketchy landing. just sick sick sick. From there, with the yellow shirt guys advice fresh in my mind, we came across two more gap jumps. one that wasnt too big but had a HUGE gap between take off and landing. Duffy, no problem. Yellow shirt guy, no problem. Again, i forget names but the someone else tried and didnt clear the lip. Pretty ugly crash but nothing seemed broken. After that was a large gap but in reality much more doable. That one is eating at me for not doing but again, i felt like i had pushed my luck and wasnt about to find its limit. the other two guys killed that one.
after that, some more single track goodness till we came to a long dowhill under the powerlines. A monster road gap was cleaned by duffy. the rest of us just passed on that and hit the long uphill kicker at the bottom.
all in all a great ride for me. Rueler and those guys are some incredibly talented riders. Tim was pushing himself and i was writing checks my skills cant cash. not a good idea.
good seeing everyone again, Jeff and Tim must be dying right now. They rode from 7 till after 12 oclock.
Met up with Mr.Evil, Greg and o3Jeff at 9:00. we waited a few minutes for any straglers and some crankfire (i assume they were) showed up. Rueler was with them and they headed out and so did we. Greg and Tim took us in and immediately started to climb. anyway, we found a downhill with 4 hits, or was it 3? we all took turns hitting those for a while and then headed into the great unkown. meaning we were lost for about the next 30 minutes just backtracking and going nowhere. I could tell greg wasnt into it as he wasnt feeling well. sorry man, i know you wanted to go with the crankfire guys. finally we found those guys coming up the trail and we hooked up with them for a while. one of them, Duffy, i believe, did this amazing rock/wall ride thing. just sick. they also rode the most sketchy double fall line rock infested ridge i've ever seen. One guy bailed but got back up and cleaned it.
After that, Greg had to bail but everyone else continued on. These guys were clearing uphills like nothing, just sick technical stuff. Finally we stopped at some really big rock roller type thing. Being stupid is a strong point of mine so i decided to try it too. Almost wiped on the approach but pulled it off. I almost had to change my underwear. Not sure where it ranks, but dayum it seemed big and steep to me. Next came this run of hits on a downhill that just looked so tasty. first hit was a pretty big gap jump, then a couple of ramps, a berm and a small gap jump at the bottom. The guy with the single speed and yellow shirt went first (forget his name i suck at that) and just went down smooth as nothing. I said wtf and went for it too. Hit the first big gapper clean, nailed one of the ramps and then just wiped out on the berm. :roll: total gaper move. got back up hit the berm and cleared the bottom gap but promptly washed out on the landing. At this point, the yellow shirt dude said "Look, i dont really tell people what to do but maybe you should dial it back a little" Yeah not bad advice at that point.
From there we hit something called the tower of power which was just as fun as a roller coaster. downhill flowy and lots of little ramps. Duffy hit this 7 or 8 foot drop which just blew my mind. it was between to trees and had a very sketchy landing. just sick sick sick. From there, with the yellow shirt guys advice fresh in my mind, we came across two more gap jumps. one that wasnt too big but had a HUGE gap between take off and landing. Duffy, no problem. Yellow shirt guy, no problem. Again, i forget names but the someone else tried and didnt clear the lip. Pretty ugly crash but nothing seemed broken. After that was a large gap but in reality much more doable. That one is eating at me for not doing but again, i felt like i had pushed my luck and wasnt about to find its limit. the other two guys killed that one.
after that, some more single track goodness till we came to a long dowhill under the powerlines. A monster road gap was cleaned by duffy. the rest of us just passed on that and hit the long uphill kicker at the bottom.
all in all a great ride for me. Rueler and those guys are some incredibly talented riders. Tim was pushing himself and i was writing checks my skills cant cash. not a good idea.
good seeing everyone again, Jeff and Tim must be dying right now. They rode from 7 till after 12 oclock.