Yup, Day 3 with Freeride Adventures Japan.
Here I am checkng out the view with Paul and Harley.
photo: Sin
Here’s the view we were looking at.
photo: Sin
Noz, with a good point of view of a Noz Pick off of a log.
Toga, going over a fence.
Takeshi, showing off his assets.
photo: Toga
Paul on a bridge.
Photo: Toga
Me, dropping a big one.
Noz, stading around in Paul Lake. Betcha can’t eat just one.
The 17th was an early start (sort of) so that we could get a ride in at Kamloops on our way to Vancouver. We saw the first snows of the season on the way over Hwy 22.
Brrrrr.
It was either that or the fact that the town of Little Fort has this weird UFO reputation going. Lot’s of probin goin down in Little Fort.
Just south of Little Fort is the town of Barriere, which got hit hard by the fires this summer. Here’s the big Tolko mill with charred hills behind it.
I think that this is the little gas station and restaurant where it started.
Anyway, we finally got to the ‘Loops, where the fine folks at Full Boar Bikes hooked us up with a driver for Harper Mtn.
This is the the base of the ride at Harper–Paul Lake.
What do you want to do today?
Of course, it’s not all shuttling and drinking beer.
Luckily the top isn’t too far away and the view is worth it.
We didn’t take too many shots, as we were having a bit too much fun riding. There was a lot of wood that I haven’t seen before, but you will have to be content with these shots of rock faces.
Mark….
Clem…
And Joey…
I shouldn’t be picking on Joey actually. He had a breakthrough day at Harper and rode a ton of stuff very strongly. Here he is in better form.
City Slicker….
And another in my series of cool bugs.
This was the first trip that nobody fell asleep in the back of the van. Well, almost nobody…..
So we packed up and hit the road again for more driving.
Stare into the light….you are getting sleepy…you are under my control…..
Third day was an epic. We got up early (like 5 am) so we could get to Kamloops in plenty of time to ride. Donny raved about the scenery the whole way.
“Sweet Gand-a-moly!”
Met up with P-Dub and the German at Full Boar for some laps of Rose Hill. Dub seemed to have a few problems with it.
Here’s the results…
This is where he did it.
ONe of the favourites of the day was the wall ride.
That seemed to get everyone on track for the first time of the trip. Then we went to the clay cliffs for a little reality check. Yes Donny, that’s the only way down.
There will be a bunch of video of this on FreeRideSouth in the next week or so. Keep checking their video page.
After three runs there we went to Harper Mountain for another run. It’s way more of the same stuff, without all the ruts.
Here’s Barb styling a high skinny.
…and on another.
Too bad we didn’t get any shots of the dust in there. I couldn’t even see my hands at one point.
Then we loaded up for the epic drive to Whistler. It was 40 degrees in Cache Creek when we went through. That’s about 105 for you ‘Mer-Cans. Finally got to Whistler at around midnite, and got some sleep in preparation for the big day ahead…..