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one thing about late spring skiing on corn snow is that it is over by noon, leaving quite a bit of daylight in which to busy one’s self…
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01
Jun
Cornwhores version 1.2
19
May
Cornwhores
one thing about late spring skiing on corn snow is that it is over by noon. that leaves a lot of daylight to busy one self until the next sunrise…
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i spent last Saturday on reconnaissance, hoping to ride or at least confirm location and access to bits of trail that will provide a “western passage” around Desolation Wilderness. Continue reading ‘Suffer Solstice Reconnaissance’
06
May
back up your backup
quick public service announcement here: the Beers, Tears, & Fears mtb enduro is coming up about a month. anyone onboard with a rally out to Ely, NV for some grass roots bike racing? roll out Thursday evening, bivy near the tubs in Big Smokey Valley, home by Sunday afternoon? sleeping in a park in downtown w/i stumbling distance from the pubs is always fun! besides, there are the Egan Range trails and the new Cave Lk trail to check out.
J.r.
25
Apr
a day in the life?
Keystone Canyon trailhead departure at 0730 or 0800, this time we had a “harmonic convergence” of just 3 single speeds. Climbing the local hill (if you call Peavine a hill, it’s about a 4,000′ climb from the house to the summits), a nice 2 hour+ effort from the house.
winds were calm, air was cool, sun was warm - amazingly nice for the top of Peavine in April. i’ve been freezin ass cold up there in midsummer! Continue reading ‘a day in the life?’
28
Mar
North Yuba Trail buzz
i’m gettin fired up to do a nice longish trail ride on the Yuba trails in a week or so. may bring skis and/or some climbing gear. spring conditions are up on us- it’s multisport season!
25
Mar
when pigs float
i’m testing a hypothesis, that at the proper scale, and in a high enough ABV solution of Imperial Stout… um, or was that about flying? well, if Scraps hangs out in that beverage long enough, she’ll be hi as a kite!
i hear there’s a village called “Hell” in Norway too. that just may have to be my next myth busting expedition.
i spent a short part of this evening watching a young woman sing a gypsys’ song about stabbing a crossed lover and another gal sing a custom version of a Janis Joplin song, “Lord won’t you buy me a new cadiallac,” acapella. pretty enjoyable.
still havin’ fun,
Japhy rider
a cowboy, a gangster, and Chuck Norris were sitting around camp shit talking about who was tougher.
the cowboy says, “this bull was raising hell, stampeding right for me. i grabbed it by the horns, wrestled it to the ground, and slit it’s throat.”
“thas nothin,” the gansta says. “some punkass tried to run me down in the street. i dodged the fender, grabbed the wheel, an ran a shiv through his throat.”
Chuck Norris stood there, stirring the campfire coals with his dick, didn’t say anything.
just a quick pic from riding Sunday with Nooner on the Hall Ranch - Fiddle Ck Ridge- N Yuba Trails. all in all, about 17 miles with just a bit of highway between trailheads. the rest was out of the saddle standing climbing in direct sun with bugs trying their best to enter my lungs, carrying, flying downhill, surprise! switchbacks, and gnarly up down up down exposure of the NYT.
did i mention it was warm? most trails were littered with loose rock and other F.O.D., exposed, and much of it very tight single track. the ride had a palatable feeling of adventure!
most notable, the trails were absolutely empty. didn’t even see the easter bunny!
did i mention it was warm?
can’t wait to do it again either, maybe an out and back the Saturday of the Banff Film Festival viewings at the Yuba Theater. any takers? drive out Friday night, maybe catch those movies too. roll home Sunday? what say, anyone for a whatthefuck out and back ride from Rocky Rest C.G., up the N. Yuba Trail to Hall’s Ranch and down Fiddle Ck Ridge, then sort of backtracking by going to the north end of the Hall Ranch Trail, climbing that back to Fiddle Ck Ridge and descending the way we’d come? I’d say 8ish hours, lots of fun.
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