Yesterday Jared and I rode down Baldy, having gotten permission from Sun Valley
Co. to ride the lifts. There were many loose rocks at the top which made things
interesting for a while. The second half of the Lower College Run was
covered in knee high purple flowers and was easy riding. I was trying to
dodge the flower plants and ride in the open spaces between but in places
they were packed so tightly that I had to ride over the plants. Jared says
he ran over a couple butterflies but I imagine they flew away at the last
minute. I rode the whole mountain, going back up when I fell to try the
obstacle again. Jared walked a couple of the steeper stretches on the
College runs and on Exhibition. We only rode a very short distance on
Exhibition as it is quite steep and I had to ride one stretch without my
water pack because it involved bouncing up out of an erosion control ditch
and I couldn’t do it with the pack on. I had to walk back for the pack.
Jared was pretty beat when we finished and my legs were tired but not too
bad. The ride descended three thousand vertical feet. The lift attendants
were amazed and had a few laughs about us and our unicycles. I am going
again at the first available opportunity. Jared and Judy are going to
Chicago for a vacation soon so I imagine I will go alone.
Joe, sounds like a lot of fun. A 3000’ descent is nothing to sneeze at. Lately,
we’ve been riding the hill behind my house, up 2100’ in about 4 miles, then
down. Finally, now I am not sore the next day after.
Also, Geoff and I have been meeting at Stanford university which we have
renamed, “The University of Stairs”. We do 1 1/2 to 2 hours of stairs practice,
with the goal of being able to compete at the Trials competition in Bejiing - we
are leaving in 2 1/2 weeks!
Have fun, and I’ll see you at Muni weekend.
—Nathan
“Unicycle17” <unicycle17@aol.com> wrote in message news:20000709110738.01756.00001867@ng-cb1.aol.com… > Yesterday Jared and I rode down Baldy, having gotten permission from Sun
Valley > Co. to ride the lifts. There were many loose rocks at the top which made > things interesting for a while. The second half of the Lower College Run
was > covered in knee high purple flowers and was easy riding. I was trying to
dodge > the flower plants and ride in the open spaces between but in places they
were > packed so tightly that I had to ride over the plants. Jared says he ran
over a > couple butterflies but I imagine they flew away at the last minute. I
rode the > whole mountain, going back up when I fell to try the obstacle again.
Jared > walked a couple of the steeper stretches on the College runs and on
Exhibition. > We only rode a very short distance on Exhibition as it is quite steep and
I > had to ride one stretch without my water pack because it involved bouncing
up > out of an erosion control ditch and I couldn’t do it with the pack on. I
had > to walk back for the pack. Jared was pretty beat when we finished and my
legs > were tired but not too bad. The ride descended three thousand vertical
feet. > The lift attendants were amazed and had a few laughs about us and our > unicycles. I am going again at the first available opportunity. Jared
and > Judy are going to Chicago for a vacation soon so I imagine I will go
alone. > > Idaho Joe
If you can get a Monday or Tuesday off I’ll come with you. I’m living in Nampa
for the summer, and I haven’t done much Muniing here for lack of terrain.
Chris Reeder 442-9424
Unicycle17 wrote:
> Yesterday Jared and I rode down Baldy, having gotten permission from > Sun Valley > Co. to ride the lifts. There were many loose rocks at the top which made > things interesting for a while. The second half of the Lower College Run > was covered in knee high purple flowers and was easy riding. I was trying > to dodge the flower plants and ride in the open spaces between but in > places they were packed so tightly that I had to ride over the plants. > Jared says he ran over a couple butterflies but I imagine they flew away > at the last minute. I rode the whole mountain, going back up when I fell > to try the obstacle again. Jared walked a couple of the steeper stretches > on the College runs and on Exhibition. We only rode a very short distance > on Exhibition as it is quite steep and I had to ride one stretch without > my water pack because it involved bouncing up out of an erosion control > ditch and I couldn’t do it with the pack on. I had to walk back for the > pack. Jared was pretty beat when we finished and my legs were tired but > not too bad. The ride descended three thousand vertical feet. The lift > attendants were amazed and had a few laughs about us and our unicycles. I > am going again at the first available opportunity. Jared and Judy are > going to Chicago for a vacation soon so I imagine I will go alone. > > Idaho Joe