gerblefranklin said:*Did I mention that John Childs has done over 50 miles in one day?!
Can YOU do that? He's also the only one I know outside of a bike shop
who can bleed an HS-33 with his eyes closed. Not to mention, would you
trust anyone but him to do a good job messing with your unicycle? I
know I wouldn't. Not to mention, he's a Republican, and who can
complain about that...😉 *
That's getting better! I like it!
Did I tell ya that I now almost own the climb up to the 'Rat Pac trail'
(http://tinyurl.com/2pdb8)? Well, I do. Well, almost. It was raining
in Seattle today so I headed over to the eastern side of the mountains
where it was dry and sunny (and a bit windy). Rat Pac starts with a
2.75 mile long logging road climb that gains 1280 feet. I made it to
the part of the climb known as "The Wall" which is the steepest part of
the climb. "The Wall" is at about the two mile mark. I made it up "The
Wall" but had to stop because my heart was about to explode. I wish I
had a hear rate monitor so I would know how close I came to killing
myself right there. After that necessary rest stop I made it the rest
of the way up the climb with only a trivial UPD when a piece of gravel
rock rolled under my tire. One of these days I may own that climb for
real and make it all the way up with no stops.
The Rat Pac trail was one of the muni fun rides during the 2002 UNICON.
There was about 30 people on that ride. What a blast. I had to walk
most of the climb back then. Now I'm almost making the entire climb.
Unfortunately I was too chicken to try riding down The Rock. The Rock
is a stunt on the trail where you roll down about a 6 foot cliff of
rock. Every time I ride Rat Pac I think to myself "This time I'm going
to try riding down The Rock". But every time I chicken out. One of
these days I'll do it. It just looks a lot more scary when you're
standing up at the top trying to convince yourself to roll off the
little root drop at the top and roll down the rock. If it was just a
little bit less high I'd be more willing to do it. I'll attach a
picture of Dustin riding down The Rock back in 2002.
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