Todays forecast….shower, rain, chance of thundershowers, with more showers after that. Reeeeaaaaalllyyyyyy……. Guess we should just HTFU and go climb some mountains on our bikes.
One thing I’ll say about Fernie, they sure like their climbs hard. This is only a small climb, and it was tough. The excessive rainfall is making it much harder than usual, I’m guessing. It was a lot like pedaling in baby food to get up here. Easy descents though. Must be a lot of old school XC riders around here.
Ahhhh…there’s that rain. You can see how ludicrous this is by our expressions (well, maybe not Susan. She seems…somewhat nonplussed by the event).
Except that now the sun has decided to come out. Too bad we were blown at this point. On the advice of some locals, we went up to a trail called Hyperventilation. which was actually quite nice. Unfortunately the approaches were a bit reminiscent of the trenches of Ypres. I think at one point I was getting my back wheel to spin 6 times to every one time my front one went around. Ground up greasy gopher guts, for sure. You can taste the pain in Susan’s expression here, and this is still on the lower reaches.
No dude, you’re supposed to RIDE it! Go back and do it again….
What do you mean, this isn’t the top?
Doug lets his opinion be known through actions, not words.
It’s an awesome viewpoint, even if it’s not the top. Actually, it’s a pretty cool climb for all it’s difficulty. I think if we’d known to skip the lower sections and approach on the road we’d have enjoyed it a lot more though. That’s what those little tiny folks on the right side of this next shot did, and they seemed to be having a great time.
Some great colour up here towards the top. At least the rain is washing everything clean….
Yeah, that’s the top. We’re not as hurtin’ as Chris’ expression would leave you to believe.
Although, once again…sort of a lame descent for that much effort. For a 1700’ climb, I want more! Maybe tomorrow. We’ll see if the weather will open up for us to try the notorious Slunt line.
