On my way out to the Squito lot I get a call from B
requesting me to shuttle a rider. So I
picked up Nocar and we met the other 4 riders (Newb, B, Councilman, No Handle)
at the Lot. The temperature was nice out
(mid to low 40s) but I still brought my ski jacket and full fingered gloves. Newb took us out the back door to B’s chin.
We climbed horsetail, crossed MET to the 2nd Dam. Then we took 8 out to Palins, dropped Palin’s, made a sharp
left on the bottom for a steep climb up back to 8. B managed to power up the steep climb, nearly
blowing apart his heart, while the rest of us walked up. We continued around 8 CCW. There a fallen tree across part of the 8 and
some large branches caused me to unclip and walk. We then climbed Redneck Rising. The bottom was full of mud and lakes of dirty
water across the trail. I slipped on the
trail and was immediately dropped from the group of riders but re-grouped at
MET. We dropped the Left lip and
continued CCW around the lake. About half
way around the lake we took the pavement back as it was already after 9:30PM
and we wanted tacos. There was no way
that we’d get tacos if we continued to ride to Qualifier and then down
powerline as Newb wanted to. The rain
started coming down as we arrived back at the Lot. Other
than B tinkering with his stem bolts, no mechanicals occurred. At taco session, Captain got an order of
tacos even though he wasn’t present. We
told them to put it on his tab and No Handle enjoyed that order. I remember hearing, “now that’s blog worthy”
over taco session so if you remember what was said, please enlighten us. On the way back down the hill it was
extremely foggy with visibility less than 20 feet at times. I managed to get Nocar down the hill with
Safety Style.
Departed: 6:58PM
Distance: 18.7 miles
Total duration: 2hr 49 minutes
GPS says 4,600 feet climbing
Above: Councilman showing off the real way to sauce tacos
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