C
Corvus Corvax
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This is going to be short and incoherent.
Did a ride from the Chamiso trailhead outside Santa Fe, a lovely
singletrack ridgeline traverse which connects to the Winsor trail.
Solo. Climbed up to the ski area at 10 thousand feet -- the trailhead
is at around eight, with a nine mile climb. Felt like a lot more than a
couple thousand feet. Took me three hours, three and a half, something
like that, to make the climb, all on singletrack. I took along 124
ounces of water. Drank it all, and then some (hooray for the Katadyn!)
Got caught in a hailstorm on the last mile of the return trip. The sky
just opened up, and buckets of pea-sized hail poured out of the sky.
Another reason to wear a helmet, kids. The hail made an amazing sound
as it bounced off my Giro. Total ride time was about five and a half
hours, pretty amazing for eighteen miles, even if you factor in the
lunch break. A sublime nine mile singletrack descent.
I stopped into a pub and had lunch and a beer around 2:30. Picked up a
New York times to read at lunch, and read about the ride the Tour
riders had to do today. 12,600 feet of climbing in something like 102
miles. I started to cry.
CC
Did a ride from the Chamiso trailhead outside Santa Fe, a lovely
singletrack ridgeline traverse which connects to the Winsor trail.
Solo. Climbed up to the ski area at 10 thousand feet -- the trailhead
is at around eight, with a nine mile climb. Felt like a lot more than a
couple thousand feet. Took me three hours, three and a half, something
like that, to make the climb, all on singletrack. I took along 124
ounces of water. Drank it all, and then some (hooray for the Katadyn!)
Got caught in a hailstorm on the last mile of the return trip. The sky
just opened up, and buckets of pea-sized hail poured out of the sky.
Another reason to wear a helmet, kids. The hail made an amazing sound
as it bounced off my Giro. Total ride time was about five and a half
hours, pretty amazing for eighteen miles, even if you factor in the
lunch break. A sublime nine mile singletrack descent.
I stopped into a pub and had lunch and a beer around 2:30. Picked up a
New York times to read at lunch, and read about the ride the Tour
riders had to do today. 12,600 feet of climbing in something like 102
miles. I started to cry.
CC