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[QUOTE="Nestrick, post: 1143474, member: 45162"] Photo 16 ... Some trails were absolutely brutal! We opted out on trying this one ... while it is difficult to assess the steepness of the incline in this photograph, take my word for it, this baby had all the makings of disaster written all over it! The erosion gully in the center was over 5 feet deep about half way up the off camber hillside ... the erosion gully was sloped at greater than 60 degrees ... the center was muddy clay mixed with rocks and then covered with leaves ... and then there was the steep, rock, step ledge … yea, I can picture many of you folks right now ... your tongue is hanging out, your palms are sweating, you'd give it a try ... but patience my friends, we have a whole day ahead of us ... its not nice to break your ride too early in the day Photo 17 ... 2big and Indy taking a break … I had been pushing them pretty hard up to this point and because of my extreme pace on the gravel connector roads they were begging for a rest. The days were sunny and quite comfortable but the forest is quite bland in color this time of year. Photo 18 ... Mile after mile of near perfect riding conditions ... this is a T in the trail about half way up a mountainside that is actively being forested ... the trail leading up to this point looked exceedingly fresh, was very rough, soft and muddy in spots ... at one point we passed a foresting machine. As you can see, when it rains, it gets muddy very quickly ... the conditions go from reasonably good traction to quite slippery because of the clay soil composition common to this area. The trail straight up the mountain in the foreground is my one failure ... it is a series of switchbacks, each flight becoming steeper and more rocky until it finally emerges on the top where the road becomes 'reasonable' again ... or so I am told by Indy and 2big, both of whom easily made the climb and profusely described it as: "GREAT FUN!" I simply ran out of momentum [and courage] about 80% up the hill ... where I came to stop the hillside was so steep I couldn't stand up ... so, I slid off the back of the seat and held on to the bike for support ... together we slid downward, first sideways, then finally in the forward direction ... after three flights of bulldogging I managed to find a spot I could remount and restart my bike and ride the rest of the way back to this exact point. [/QUOTE]
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