We tried it once - 2 wrecks and a lost contact lens later, we had to head home. Yes, both wrecks were mine. I could see Corbyn sitting at the top of this rocky hill just waiting for me (possibly laughing... with the helmet, you can't tell) It was too steep to wreck and start from where you were stopped - wrecking meant you had to ride back down and start over. It was killing me... I kept making it about 3/4 of the way only to hit an enormous rock (probably not really that huge) and fall over. I wrecked and started over twice... the second time, my contact lens came out and we had to call it a day.
We tried again - this time I succeeded. Look closely at the picture - you can see me swelling with pride. (You may be wondering if I made it up this time incident free? Don't ask... I am not even sure how many times I wrecked. The important thing is that I made it to the top.)
1-20-08 comment: So, I have had a couple people email and ask me why Corbyn and I are on the same bike in the picture. They asked if we rode up on the same bike, which actually made me laugh so hard, I almost cried. (I can't imagine trying to ride up that with two people on one bike.) No, in reality, it is because I was too chicken to get my bike so close to the edge. After picking my bike up innumerable times on the way up, I didn't trust my strength in getting the bike stopped in time. I probably would have gone over the edge.
No comments:
Post a Comment