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05-01-2007, 06:58 PM #1
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"My predominant feeling is one of gratitude. I have loved and been loved;I have been given much and I have given something in return...Above all, I have been a sentient being, a thinking animal, on this beautiful planet, and that in itself has been an enormous privilege and an adventure." O. Sacks
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05-01-2007, 07:31 PM #2
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I'm suitably impressed....
Guess I can't complain about my measly 13 miles of headwinds tonight. LOL!
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05-01-2007, 07:51 PM #3
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MP,
I rode ten miles this weekend......
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05-01-2007, 08:19 PM #4
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What a great report Sarah !
It's fun reading your descriptions of my stomping grounds.
We need to do a group ride out there again, Palomares is really nice if you haven't already ridden 180 miles and climbed about umpteen zillion feet in a blast furnace
And the descent is a lot of fun in broad daylight when your teeth aren't chattering.
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05-01-2007, 08:25 PM #5
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Here are reports from some ACTC riders. Misery sure loves company !
http://www.actc.org/stories/2007/DMD.htm
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05-01-2007, 09:05 PM #6
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Well, I'll take you up on that and we can ride there sometime so I can actually SEE where I am going. It was like riding into a cave - huge (seemingly) mountains on either side and going into the darkness that seemed to have no end at all.
Originally Posted by jobob
What a great report Sarah !
It's fun reading your descriptions of my stomping grounds.
We need to do a group ride out there again, Palomares is really nice if you haven't already ridden 180 miles and climbed about umpteen zillion feet in a blast furnace And the descent is a lot of fun in broad daylight when your teeth aren't chattering.Sarah
When it's easy, ride hard; when it's hard, ride easy.
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05-01-2007, 09:09 PM #7
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That had to have been so creepy !
Have you every ridden out that way before?
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05-02-2007, 03:54 AM #8
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Cool
Holy Moly!
MP-YOu're one amazing chickie..
Wow is all I can say! I'm just trying to put in perspective of the Australian terrain..Man do i ever live in a flat country..
What's your next adventure?
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05-02-2007, 06:18 AM #9
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No, Jo, I hadn't really. I think we did Calaveras the other direction for Mt. H challenge 2 years ago. but I had never ridden Palomares, Niles, Norris. creepy is right. Originally Posted by jobob
CC - next adventure? something tame! I have pretty much decided not to do the 600k I was planning for the end of the month. the DH gets worried with me out all night. and I don't "need" to do it. I have several more double centures planned, and of course the Death Ride.
I am mostly super happy to be back on the bike (I was off the bike 6 months last year for medical reasons and had no idea what my form would be when I started riding again. turns out being forced off the bike was a good thing in the long run as I have a renewed motivation.)Sarah
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05-01-2007, 08:08 PM #10
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MP you are amazing.
I read the report out to my DH and he was impressed with both your cycling and writing skills. We enjoyed your report more than the stuff we read in Bicycling magazine.
Well done you crazy mountain goat.
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