Never cease to be amazed by how many people perceive what I do for fun is "extreme"! Kloofing at Tonquani, a few short ARs, yet in a meeting yesterday it was pointed out what extreme things I do for "fun".
I referred the people to Jaques (thespoonthatbends.blogspot.com) and Cat-I's (cyclingwith.blogspot.com) blogs just to show people how boring what I get up to really is, and what people I know and respect can actually get up to.
It's an honour and privilege to be surrounded by such amazing people! but I'll be fixing the boring part for myself....watch this space!
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Monday, May 3, 2010
Joberg2C Day 10
wait a minute, this is back to reality, no day 10 :-(
ok, so now it's time to take on the world again, a lot tougher than anything we faced the last 9 days or so, and a lot more hostile too!
Guess a little R&R is needed, body suddenly seems to have gone into shock and needs fluids like crazy, idunnowhy?
ok, so now it's time to take on the world again, a lot tougher than anything we faced the last 9 days or so, and a lot more hostile too!
Guess a little R&R is needed, body suddenly seems to have gone into shock and needs fluids like crazy, idunnowhy?
Saturday, May 1, 2010
Joberg2C Day 9
Another beautiful day, awesome singletracks, plantation roads, sometimes taken at 50+km/h, amazing ride thru an amazing game reserve with zebra and various buck sited. In all a great day and a fun finish on the beach at Scottburgh that saw me do an involuntary highspeed somersault on the beach to the entertainment of the crowd. A great event, hope I can be back again next year.
Joberg2C Day 8
It's difficult to describe what has to be by far the most beautiful day we have had so far.
Parts of Sani2C, other trails and virgin singletrack, some of which took months to prepare, made up the route, some awesome climbs out of the Valley of Death and other river valleys, none of which can come close to describing how incredibly beautiful the ride was. And i loved the long climbs, you get to catch up to and chat to tons of people (ok, not everyone has much to say).
But have to see it to believe it. And for those who hate climbing, it's still worth the 2300m ascent to drop for 24km on singletrack into the valley. Yes, 24km of jungle track, bush, switchbacks, waterfalls, jumps, small drop-offs - incredible, even if my shoulder really started screaming thru the painpills that it had had enough yanking around now. But my partner was feeling much better in the 2nd half, and I felt that I could pick up the pace comfortably and finish in a much earlier time than before, thus giving us an afternoon to relax at Jolivet.
The night at Jolivet was good, great ablutions, food and socialising for the last night before the final push to Scottburgh about 70km away.
Bitter-sweet, this kind of ending..,,,,
Parts of Sani2C, other trails and virgin singletrack, some of which took months to prepare, made up the route, some awesome climbs out of the Valley of Death and other river valleys, none of which can come close to describing how incredibly beautiful the ride was. And i loved the long climbs, you get to catch up to and chat to tons of people (ok, not everyone has much to say).
But have to see it to believe it. And for those who hate climbing, it's still worth the 2300m ascent to drop for 24km on singletrack into the valley. Yes, 24km of jungle track, bush, switchbacks, waterfalls, jumps, small drop-offs - incredible, even if my shoulder really started screaming thru the painpills that it had had enough yanking around now. But my partner was feeling much better in the 2nd half, and I felt that I could pick up the pace comfortably and finish in a much earlier time than before, thus giving us an afternoon to relax at Jolivet.
The night at Jolivet was good, great ablutions, food and socialising for the last night before the final push to Scottburgh about 70km away.
Bitter-sweet, this kind of ending..,,,,
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