Mark (above) and Jimmy ace the Bad Rollover at the bottom of Dan's
Trail, while Sketch looks on.
Rode Galbraith with a large and very congenial crew, which included Steve Hindman's brother John, who badly tore up his knee a couple months ago. John was making his second off-road ride since his accident, and is scheduled for a little additional surgery day after tomorrow.
We started at Galbraith Lane and rode to the top (Steve was first to the top, Jimmy was second, John was third, I was fourth), where we rode the upper Tower Trail (the rock face was especially fine), cut over to Wonderland (you come in just above the Big S), then continued down Dan's Trail (where I rode it all, including the Bad Boy rollover at the bottom), and 911 (where I aced the even scarier deep log rollover at the bottom).
We headed into Lost Giants next, where Jimmy took a header off the high catwalk at the
bog crossing. He went one way and his bike went the other. He was fine, but when he
retrieved his bike he discovered his rear wheel had taco'd pretty badly. He banged it on a
tree and worked on it with his spoke wrench for a while, but his ride was essentially
over.
Mark and I continued on, though, climbing to the top of upper Bob's Trail and rippin' it too. Mark led and I followed all the way without stopping or putting a foot down once. I made the shattered cedar in the Graveyard of the Giants again by starting from the right and angling to the left with both power and braking all the way.
Great day on Galbraith: lots of highly technical trail riding, all with a slime factor
of about 7.
Approximately 1800 verts. |
