Sunday and it's JAR (Jersey Action Rider) day. Todays trip takes us west of Philadelphia to French Creek State Park. One of the few state parks in PA that allow MTB's. The park is located just 20 miles below Blue Marsh (an IMBA epic ride) and features some nasty long rocky climbs and equally nasty rocky downhills with a little smooth woods stuff in between (not much). We start of the ride in typical JAR fashion with the grueling long steep climb. Lots of rocky goodness here (I didn't get a lot of photos but the video should be good). After reaching the top we head out of the turtle trail. Many rocks abound but it is relatively flat until we come to a log crossing the trail at shoulder height. I'm short, I'll go under. Just as I prepare to dismount I feel this very warm tingling sensation in my right ankle, then the left, and then my knee. By now I am starting to yell, ow ow ow! Then I look down and a swarm of bees have decided they don't like me. I drop the bike (on my leg giving me a nice tatoo) and begin to run through the woods acting like Homer Simpson in the Yeti costume. All totaled I had about 7 or 8 bee stings. The thing was I had never been stung in my life so we didn't know if I was allergic. I will say it was quite painful, but my throat didn't close up. My nerves were shot at this point and my heart rate would not go back down. I spent the next 15 miles struggling over rocks and going very fast by downed logs just in case. We finally take a break and mill around.
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I take a longer break than most and capture this sweet blissfull singletrack.
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At that point I've gained my composure and we bomb down the next 3 miles of DH to the parking lot.
what no pics of you leg?? you should have taken a pic of that. Nice shots other wise 🙂
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Sunday and it's JAR (Jersey Action Rider) day. Todays trip takes us west of Philadelphia to French Creek State Park. One of the few state parks in PA that allow MTB's. The park is located just 20 miles below Blue Marsh (an IMBA epic ride) and features some nasty long rocky climbs and equally nasty rocky downhills with a little smooth woods stuff in between (not much). We start of the ride in typical JAR fashion with the grueling long steep climb. Lots of rocky goodness here (I didn't Tet a lot of photos but the video should be good). After reaching the top we head out of the turtle trail. Many rocks abound but it is relatively flat until we come to a log crossing the trail at shoulder height. I'm short, I'll go under. Just as I prepare to dismount I feel this very warm tingling sensation in my right ankle, then the left, and then my knee. By now I am starting to yell, ow ow ow! Then I look down and a swarm of bees have decided they don't like me. I drop the bike (on my leg giving me a nice tatoo) and begin to run through the woods acting like Homer Simpson in the Yeti costume. All totaled I had about 7 or 8 bee stings. The thing was I had never been stung in my life so we didn't know if I was allergic. I will say it was quite painful, but my throat didn't close up. My nerves were shot at this point and my heart rate would not go back down. I spent the next 15 miles struggling over rocks and going very fast by downed logs just in case. We finally take a break and mill around.
www.pchospital.net/img_1149.jpg
I take a longer break than most and capture this sweet blissfull singletrack.
www.pchospital.net/img_1152.jpg
At that point I've gained my composure and we bomb down the next 3 miles of DH to the parking lot.
All totaled I had about 7 or 8 bee stings. The thing was I had never been stung in my life so we didn't know if I was allergic. I will say it was quite painful, but my throat didn't close up.
I'm torn between saying, "Damn, that's some rotten luck!" and "You lucky [censored], this is the *first* time you've ever been stung by a bee????"
