Sat in the van for 20 minutes at the Frost Rd. spur waiting for the rain the let up a little. Finally, there was a tremendous downpour, and I resolved to simply go on the count of 30. Jumping out and grabbing my bike on 29, I found the rain had stopped. In fact, I was dry most of the climb to the two lookouts. There was even a little gleam of sun, along with rain, snow and hail at the end.

I was so happy to be back and on the bike I climbed everything one gear higher than usual. Also worked on standing more.

Approximately 1300 verts.

Vert Quest 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. Mongo's mountain bike climbing tricks are distilled in Mongo's Over-the-top Guide to Climbing.