Rode Galbraith with Seth and Jeff, who I met on the upper Ridge Trail. The nearly caught me from behind coming up the last trench to the fork to the upper Ridge Trail extension. It got my attention because this is my turf, almost nobody can stay with me here, let alone gain on me. So I waited at the trail junction for them. They are both very strong riders (both technically and physically), and I had a great time riding with them.

Approximately 1350 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.