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Mike Vandeman
Guest
Knowing that mountain bikers refuse to obey its rule about not riding in wet
conditions, IMBA changed it to "3. Say No To Mud. Riding a muddy trail can cause
unnecessary trail widening and erosion that may lead to long-lasting damage."
This is undoubtedly because people from rainy areas like Washington State simply
REFUSE to stay off the trails when they are wet. IMBA is implying that only one
type of soil is damaged when ridden wet, which is obviously FALSE.
From: "bob hollander" <[email protected]>
Date: Sun, 30 May 2004 20:41:20 -0700
Subject: Sunday @ Skookum
Bad day at Black Rock-that's putting it mildly. Today was a really tough
ride, got to give lot's of credit to all the riders-they earned every bit.
Trail conditions were slippery, soggy and we really rocked and rolled the
whole way up Skookum. Young Isaac gets stronger and stronger on every
ride-he stayed on my back wheel until I had to let him go by-I couldn't keep
up the pace. oh well, back to turtle training for me
We had one injury on the ride and a lot of bruised egos. Derek C. slipped on
one of the switchbacks coming down to the buck creek parking lot. Evidently
Derek fell and punched a hole on the inside of his leg with the brake lever.
One of the riders helped Derek up to the road and another rider stopped in a
pick up and took Derek back to the other end of Skookum to meet up with his
brother Eric; Eric took Derek to the hospital in Enumclaw. By the way, Derek
is an excellent rider-it was just a freak accident.
I stopped at the hospital in Enumclaw to see how Derek was doing and they
were getting ready to stitch him up. There were no complications-Derek was
lucky.
As for the bruised Egos, I think they'll heal pretty fast. Some of the
comments I heard on the trail today were; THIS SUCKS! Boy, if I go any
slower, I'll fall over! April said, " I think I bit off more than I could
chew." I told April that was exactly how I was feeling and to tell you the
truth, I walked away from this ride feeling a bit small-Skookum Flats ate me
for lunch!
We had two people on this ride who were very new to trail riding and both of
them did fantastic-you two did as well as anyone else on the ride and all of
you did really well. Today was one of the most challenging rides I've been
on to date. Thanks to everyone on the ride-you guys/gals rock.
bob h
===
I am working on creating wildlife habitat that is off-limits to
humans ("pure habitat"). Want to help? (I spent the previous 8
years fighting auto dependence and road construction.)
http://home.pacbell.net/mjvande
conditions, IMBA changed it to "3. Say No To Mud. Riding a muddy trail can cause
unnecessary trail widening and erosion that may lead to long-lasting damage."
This is undoubtedly because people from rainy areas like Washington State simply
REFUSE to stay off the trails when they are wet. IMBA is implying that only one
type of soil is damaged when ridden wet, which is obviously FALSE.
From: "bob hollander" <[email protected]>
Date: Sun, 30 May 2004 20:41:20 -0700
Subject: Sunday @ Skookum
Bad day at Black Rock-that's putting it mildly. Today was a really tough
ride, got to give lot's of credit to all the riders-they earned every bit.
Trail conditions were slippery, soggy and we really rocked and rolled the
whole way up Skookum. Young Isaac gets stronger and stronger on every
ride-he stayed on my back wheel until I had to let him go by-I couldn't keep
up the pace. oh well, back to turtle training for me
We had one injury on the ride and a lot of bruised egos. Derek C. slipped on
one of the switchbacks coming down to the buck creek parking lot. Evidently
Derek fell and punched a hole on the inside of his leg with the brake lever.
One of the riders helped Derek up to the road and another rider stopped in a
pick up and took Derek back to the other end of Skookum to meet up with his
brother Eric; Eric took Derek to the hospital in Enumclaw. By the way, Derek
is an excellent rider-it was just a freak accident.
I stopped at the hospital in Enumclaw to see how Derek was doing and they
were getting ready to stitch him up. There were no complications-Derek was
lucky.
As for the bruised Egos, I think they'll heal pretty fast. Some of the
comments I heard on the trail today were; THIS SUCKS! Boy, if I go any
slower, I'll fall over! April said, " I think I bit off more than I could
chew." I told April that was exactly how I was feeling and to tell you the
truth, I walked away from this ride feeling a bit small-Skookum Flats ate me
for lunch!
We had two people on this ride who were very new to trail riding and both of
them did fantastic-you two did as well as anyone else on the ride and all of
you did really well. Today was one of the most challenging rides I've been
on to date. Thanks to everyone on the ride-you guys/gals rock.
bob h
===
I am working on creating wildlife habitat that is off-limits to
humans ("pure habitat"). Want to help? (I spent the previous 8
years fighting auto dependence and road construction.)
http://home.pacbell.net/mjvande
