Went on my first brevet of the year with Sigman. A hilly ride on roads that are all familiar to us, which was a nice change. Starting at Fremont BART and ending at the bottom of Tunnel Rd. I knew I'd like this ride and we had a great ride. Sigman called it a "sufferfest" but that's cuz he was on his heavier bike (I was going to take my Kona, but the rear tire blew out 10 min before Sigman picked me up... I took that as a sign) and he hadn't been riding in a while. We also didn't bring lights, so we knew we had to ride fast... which we did. From the Junction we rode with Donini, who was a very strong rider and I found out later that she's an Olympic gold medalist (in fencing). Anyway, we finished the ride with plenty of daylight... and only like 40 min behind Bill (who we lost on our way up Mt. Hamilton).
What's in the pill box?
Struggling up Ham...
The observatory... shhhh... researchers are asleep!
Snow! Kinda...
At the Junction. A tree had fallen on a water line, so they shut down soon afterwards. We got a drink and some chips here.
I rode straight to Farm Burger from the finish, where these munchkins were happily eating while Elena and Kimbo were getting ready to go to Banff Film Fest. I went home, put the kids down, worked on my bikes (fixed about 5 flat tires, lubed up 4 bikes, cleaned up my Ti, and adjusted a few thing)... then crashed.
A beautiful day... wish I had my nicer camera with me
Had an amazing one 24 hr outing up Trimmer with Barrett. We 1-11ed the 11s on Trimmer, doing 3 laps and going for a "Lemurian day" (a 7k day). The white room was firing up both nostrils all day long. The snow felt like Utah and this was quite the blower day. We were debating where to go and Trimmer was a great choice. We didn't get a super early start (9 am?) which was a great call... as I had arrived at B's place in Hangtown around 1:30 am after going to Banff Film Fest at the UC Theatre. Also, a pair of local guys arrived at the trailhead at the same time and broke trail for us for about 90% of the way (they were cruisin'!) and we also used their down tracks to skin up, which helped quite a bit. On the steep traverses it was full on pole deep!
(shouts out to Smitty for hoooking it up with the upgrade from standing room -> VIP)
Booker getting his morning exercise.
Thanx guys for breaking trail!
Droppin!
Summit pic
The other crew's tracks.
on top of the world... at this point I remember thinking, "there is no where else I'd rather be"
Switchbackin'
Another print worthy pic...
Here's the 11s. We doubled the looker's right, and did one on the left once. The left one is a bit more consistent, but they are both pretty damn good...
Playing with hyperlapse some more. On our cold, wet descent down Diablo. Coming out of the clouds was pretty cool. Should've wiped down my lenses more often. Also, have you checked out Relive? It's a pretty sweet free service if you use Strava.
Just finished reading "It's All About the Bike" - Rob Penn. Which is a really cool book on bikes. If you like bikes, and Bill Bryson-esque writing, you should pick it up.
Had an amazing trip out to Virgina Lakes yurt with a great crew! Kimbo and I got to go as we had the Chases and Souzas watching our kids. Blue bird weekend after 2 weeks of non-stop stormin'
Big shout out to High Sierra Snowcat, who just opened up their second yurt BTW.
On our way up we crashed as Haus von FAT on Fri. When we arrived everyone was passed out in the living room looking like this.
Funk helped me with some P-tex work...
steady hand...
Tah-dah... don't worry the first time I put skins on half of it came out...
Glorious drive down 395
...cold...
Check out this Jeep! These guys live up there year round!
Loadin' up!
who invited this guy?
9 am? Time for a beer...
Other group shot
Cat with our main slopes...
Sweet machine...
Inside the cat...
Cozy and comfy
At the yurt!
Time to start diggin'
after dropping off our gear we were off to sample the goods!
Brit, ready to charge!
Kimbo, first time on AT gear in 3? 4 years?
And basically the first time skiing pow.
I didn't realize I had a HUGE hole in my only boxers.
After doing a lap with Kimbo I caught up with the other crew who had just skied the "butter trees"
We did another lap toward that side, which was fun...
We stayed until sunset... and saw Funk & Toro coming up on Funk's snowmos. We did a lap in the dark, then followed their lights back to the hut. Sena and I went out for a moonlight tour as
Hut livin'
Fireworks...
steel wool
The commode..
The boys went out for a morning lap
Diggin pits...
Sena having glue issues...
back at the hut for some brekky...
And I went back out with Kimbo.
Gorgeous... man we sure lucked out with the weather
snow covered road... on our way up Olsen with Kimbo
