Month: October 2009

Odds and Sods

Posted on by Smoke

And what an odd bunch of sods they are.  Non stop fun and games around here.   Halloween saw a small race, the Reaper Ripper, to wrap up the club events for the season.  Barb and I managed to win the mixed relay category, but that’s only because we were the only mixed team.  Evan managed to finish the whole course up and down before I’d even made it to the top.

…and I think I know what someone wants for Christmas.   A big THANKYOU to Mike at Dakine Canada for setting me up with some gack for next year.

Still lots of riding to be had, and everything is sunshine and rainbows.

Go Team…Again

Posted on by Smoke

Ah ha!  A break in the weather.  That’s more like it. You can still see what’s coming on the horizon, but at least it’s sunny. 

We had to go back to Rock Oven to get the goods we missed yesterday. A moderate climb to get there, but well worth it.  Just gotta get up by Margus to get to the top.  Wave hi to Margus…

Oh yeah…it was worth it.

Sick trees, I had to make Ryan go back for another pic.

We rinsed and repeated this cliff again too.

Then, since we wasted too much time in the morning, we lost the light again.  Got a chance to look around a bit though.  We hung out in this canyon for an hour or so, and explored a lot. 

More of the same.

OK, looks like we’re gonna get another 5 minutes of light if we’re lucky.

Oooooo…..golden.

Ryan tried this rock line.  It didn’t really work out, as it just doesn’t look that rad, but in real life this was pretty sketch.  Lots of exposure, and still a bit slick in spots after the rains last night.

Anyway, way steeper than it looks.

Well, it looks OK I guess.

Anyway, that’s about it.  Now I’ve got Margus hooked on the area, I’m sure I can get him back for some more.

Go Team…

Posted on by Smoke

Yeah Team Knolly.  A surprise visit from my old pal Margus and my new pal Ryan Berrecloth.  They needed some shots, and I’ve been telling Margus for a while that he needs shots of the Okanagan. Ryan I’ve never met, but he’s one solid dude.  Literally and figuratively…

Well, it’s getting a bit late in the season, but I figured I could find something for the boys.  But first I had to hurt ‘em a bit.  Not on purpose, just because I’ve been sitting around a lot lately.

Something like 30km, and a good 6000’ of vertical drop today.  Oh, and some seriously yellow larch trees.

Here’s a view of the route, sort of.  We did the blue line.  The yellow-y stuff is a doubletrack that can be used to access from the bottom.  We drove way around, and hiked up a firebreak for 2 km.  Sort of gnarly, but I found another section above the Derenzy FSR that will be focus of another mission.

Back to the red, yellow, and green.

Maybe not the greatest light, but a fine, fine ride.

Margus, working hard.

..and again.  Of course, with a setting like this a photographer shouldn’t have to work that hard.

Right?  Oh, I almost forgot that Travis K. came out today too.  He got to be FlashMan.

Well, maybe not the results I we could have wished for, and a late start meant that we missed the best light, but a great ride.  Tomorrow afternoon looks good, maybe we’ll make up for it then.