Comments on your MUni Weekend photos

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Hi Roger,

Sorry I didn’t reply earlier when you notified me of your MUni photo page before
it went public. For those of you who haven’t seen it yet:

http://web.onyxnet.co.uk/Roger.Davies-octacon.co.uk/muni.htm

(My own page of MUni Weekend pictures should be up sometime soon) I’m finally
getting around to sending you some comments and corrections:

  1. Excellent pictures! I have suggested to Connie that she use the one with the
    3 unicycles against the sign for On One Wheel.

  2. It’s the ‘California’ Mountain Unicycle Weekend, not ‘Californian’.

  3. “some interesting trails down from the top, marked Experienced Riders Only,
    they were not that difficult - but definitely fun!” This was your description
    of the Woods Technical Course? I think that’s where the picture was taken.
    That was the hardest trail section of the whole mountain! Was it really not
    that difficult for you? I would hate to see what is :slight_smile:

  4. Facts on your ride to the top: You guys didn’t ride to a height of 6000 feet,
    you rode FROM it! Your final altitude was nearly 8500! (at least Brett admits
    to feeling like he was about to barf when he got there)

  5. I don’t remember seeing Sierra Young walk on air. Glad you got a picture!

  6. Bruce Bundy is the full name of the guy in the uphill race that actually
    learned to ride in June. He said he rides up to 4-5 hours a day! (and he’s
    already good)

  7. I’m kind of glad the ‘John on his bum’ picture came out so poorly. This
    picture marked the end of the life of my little camera, which was in my fanny
    pack and took a nice jolt when I kind of landed on it. That little camera was
    ‘Race Cam’ at unicycle conventions, actually being used (and reloaded) in
    some of the longer races. It was also ‘Roller Coaster Cam’ and took most of
    the on-ride pictures on my roller coaster page.

So yesterday I went to a used camera swap meet and found another one just like
it, for only $70! I paid about $200 (used) for the old one in 1988. I’ll try to
change my policies on when to bring the camera and when not to . . .

As to will we do a gliding race at the next MUni Weekend, the answer is maybe.
It’s just dumb enough of an idea that we might try it, if there are people other
than Brett and myself who will do it. We would probably have to do it on the
same trail, because it’s smooth and wide enough.

But next year’s California Mountain Unicycle Weekend will be different. It may
only be a one day event, and it may be combined with the National Unicycle
Convention in Monrovia. We shall see!

Stay on top, John Foss, the Uni-Cyclone reply to: unifoss@calweb.com
http://www.calweb.com/~unifoss

(the opinions expressed herein are not necessarily those of Intel)

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Re: Comments on your MUni Weekend photos

John,

Thanks for your comments, much appreciated:

> Sorry I didn’t reply earlier when you notified me of your MUni photo page
> before it went public. For those of you who haven’t seen it yet:
>
> http://web.onyxnet.co.uk/Roger.Davies-octacon.co.uk/muni.htm

> (My own page of MUni Weekend pictures should be up sometime soon) I’m finally
> getting around to sending you some comments and corrections:

It will be great to see them when they do come as your photos are often of
great quality, you were, I think, one of the few people with an SLR there over
the weekend.

> 1. Excellent pictures! I have suggested to Connie that she use the one with
> the 3 unicycles against the sign for On One Wheel.

I have also pointed that one out to her, it is my favorate.

> 2. It’s the ‘California’ Mountain Unicycle Weekend, not ‘Californian’.

changed

> 3. "some interesting trails down from the top, marked Experienced Riders Only,
> they were not that difficult - but definitely fun!" This was your
> description of the Woods Technical Course? I think that’s where the picture
> was taken. That was the hardest trail section of the whole mountain! Was it
> really not that difficult for you? I would hate to see what is :slight_smile:

I cannot help being a super hero!

Hmmm, should I admit that it was not the technical course, but the woods ride I
was talking about… No.

> 4. Facts on your ride to the top: You guys didn’t ride to a height of 6000
> feet, you rode FROM it! Your final altitude was nearly 8500! (at least
> Brett admits to feeling like he was about to barf when he got there)

numbers! corrected

> 5. I don’t remember seeing Sierra Young walk on air. Glad you got a picture!

now there we are talking of super heros

> 6. Bruce Bundy is the full name of the guy in the uphill race that actually
> learned to ride in June. He said he rides up to 4-5 hours a day! (and he’s
> already good)

added

> 7. I’m kind of glad the ‘John on his bum’ picture came out so poorly. This
> picture marked the end of the life of my little camera, which was in my
> fanny pack and took a nice jolt when I kind of landed on it. That little
> camera was ‘Race Cam’ at unicycle conventions, actually being used (and
> reloaded) in some of the longer races. It was also ‘Roller Coaster Cam’ and
> took most of the on-ride pictures on my roller coaster page.

It is really a pity that it did not come out well as there is an absolutely
brillient face on you, sort of embarrased/stunned/amused look. There is also a
cloud of dust raising from the thump of you hitting the ground. Sorry to hear
about your camara, I thought that I had lost my little one on the way up to the
top, it then reappeared in my bag!

> As to will we do a gliding race at the next MUni Weekend, the answer is maybe.
> It’s just dumb enough of an idea that we might try it, if there are people
> other than Brett and myself who will do it. We would probably have to do it on
> the same trail, because it’s smooth and wide enough.

I have been practicing, hence one bad wrist and very sore knee, can consistantly
get 5m using my 26" knobbly tyre and boots on the road next to my house.

> But next year’s California Mountain Unicycle Weekend will be different. It may
> only be a one day event, and it may be combined with the National Unicycle
> Convention in Monrovia. We shall see!

suppose that is to try and get me to come to the Nationals…

Cheers

Roger

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