Thanks for the pics- amazing what we all see on our rides and don't always take a moment to share with others! Loved the flowers and sculpture and views.

Congrats to both of you. Caligirl- 9% at the end? Killer to say the least! Double metric too. Done a couple of those, but not the kind of climbing you did. That's on my list- maybe next year I'll try one up here.

Sorry about your friend, glad she doesn't have anything broken. Sprains can be pretty painful and may take longer than a week to heal. Not fun. What were the mechanicals that she had and could they have been avoided????