Steamboat Inn - maybe that's where Thom and I will go for a long weekend. Thanks for the idea. The mountain biking is awesome there. And not all of it involves death drops.
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07-27-2006, 04:28 PM #1
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07-27-2006, 04:36 PM #2
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Well, if you go to Steamboat, tell the Van Loans you know the Burkes and the Burkes say hi (the younger ones, anyway).
I'm not big on death drops even when hiking...Sarah
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07-27-2006, 05:16 PM #3
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Death drops - I'm getting better. I rode the appropriately named Farewell Trail on Monday. The downhill portion drops 1,700 ft in a series of switchbacks over 3 miles. The 8" wide trail (labeled advanced on the maps) was either overgrown with manzanita so it was hard to see where you were going or had no undergrowth at all so you could see where you would land (waaaaay down there). I rode by far the great majority of it -- at least until one of the manzanita reached out and tried to shove me over the edge. At the point the mental "death drop" blinders I had on failed. I was able to get back on my bike after a little walk and finish off. From all the descriptions I'd been given by people who know me and my phobias, I rode a huge amount more than anyone predicted.
So, I'm doing better with my mental blinders but sometimes I wonder if a sports pyschologist would help. I've gotten to the point sometimes where I'm shaking with adrenaline over easy stuff others with less skill are zooming over. It's really frustrating.
What is it in our brains that wires us this way? I blame it on my parents mostly but there also must be something hardwired wrong.Frends know gud humors when dey is hear it. ~ Da Crockydiles of ZZE.
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07-27-2006, 06:03 PM #4
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Originally Posted by SadieKate
I think it is called survival instinct.Sarah
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07-27-2006, 06:29 PM #5
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Hey... I'm afraid of the dark and cows.
At least yours is rational.
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07-27-2006, 06:35 PM #6
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Cows?????? Originally Posted by Veronica
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07-27-2006, 06:41 PM #7
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now snap, stop frightening V with dark cows
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07-27-2006, 06:41 PM #8
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My grandparents raised cattle. It was my job as a little kid to move the watering hose from one trough to another. Cows are HUGE when you are 5 years old. I was terrified that they would step on me, bite me or kick me. I still try to avoid getting too close to them when I mountain bike. Why do they let cows graze in the best places to mountain bike?
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07-27-2006, 06:43 PM #9
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You ever walked through a field of farm cows that are no longer used to pedestrians? They think everything should be in a metal 4-wheeled contraption? They don't take kindly to walkers and will chase you. V, I completely understand your cow fear.
Though cows that are used to pedestrians such as Briones? I do the chasing, usually shouting something about getting off the fricken' path, you diarrheic morons!
Did I get "diarrhiec" spelled right?Frends know gud humors when dey is hear it. ~ Da Crockydiles of ZZE.
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07-27-2006, 07:14 PM #10
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Originally Posted by Veronica
Cows???? Like where we get our milk?Sarah
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