I won't post further here on our Mountain Biking but refer you to Marty's thread here which says it all
https://whatsbestforum.com/threads/...n-listening-to-music.29003/page-2#post-598616
Previous to this mountain biking for me, my scariest moments were zip lining in the rain forests of Costa Rica above the tree canopy but I have to admit that this was for me my scariest moment. As folsom says, you have to keep your eyes ahead of you but truly when the trail along the mountain precipice is only 2-3 feet wide Have to admit I was scared $***less as one careless move could have me over the edge. This plus my fee of heights really got to me at over 10000 feet .As I've posted in the other thread, for me reaching the valley floor at 6000 feet was like winning the lottery. Along the wy I wiped out twice but the second was the worst as my pedal caught the side of a boulder and and I went flying and landed on my face. I thought I was dead or at the very least broken nose and no teeth. Fortunately and with the grace of God I came out unscathed as the beak of my helmet hit first and broke the fall. All I had were some soft tissue trauma and a sense of bruised humility
Russ wasn't colicky as he too took a nasty spill and sustained a large superficial cut and abrasion along his left cheek
Once down in the valley we were trucked back to Mountain Village were it took me a few hours and a lengthy stay in the hot tub to decompress
We were to go that night for our epic and final meal at Allred's which was in the tram station at the top of the mountain. It apparently is 5 star but all of us were so wiped out we canceled and went next door to have a hamburger
We called it an early evening as we were all exhausted and the next day we were traveling home
And so as the sun set the Tres Amigos hit the sack with bruises to their bodies and more so to their egos
Hopefully he will
In summary it was a whirlwind trip that was filled with surprises and many memories
marty as always was the consummate host and made our stay truly enjoyable. Two things I know for sure. High altitude and taking Diamox is not on my check list nor is Mountain biking. I enjoyed it as I had to overcome some of my demons
All in all as the sun set it was a magnificent trip.
Thank you Marty and Russ for reincarnating the Tres Amigos
