Day #: 226 Ride #: 144 Day's verts: 900 Total vertical feet climbed: 257,200
Daily Deal: The late lammented Outland BIkes
Ride Journal: Galbraith Mt., WA
Bruce Brown
8/13/2000

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Adam Loop getting air off the log at the bottom of the trail that comes in across from Banjoland on the Pipeline Rd.

Rode for a while with a group which was headed by a bike designer for the late lammented Outland bikes. He was on a full suspension bike with six inches of rear travel, which another guy called a "chopper." Wonder if he designed Outland's highly regarded but commercially unsuccessful "virtual pivot point" suspension

I beat them all on the climb (their fastest guy was on a Trek hardtail, but he had trouble with loose stuff scattered on the surface), and caught them all on the down, even though I started last.

Approximately 900 verts.

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Cary Clemenson goin' off the drop.

This is an excerpt from Vert Quest, which chronicles The Man Known As Mongo's pursuit of the World Record for climbing on a mountain bike, 404,000 vertical feet, or the vertical equivalent of 13 sea-level-to-summit ascents of Mt. Everest during a 12 month period.


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