|   south boundary trail - taos | little b
Oct 7, 2002 7:46 AM | | On Saturday, 13 of us (that must qualify as a mini-gathering) converged in Taos to ride the south boundary trail. from CO and NM they came. (let's see if i can get everyone) Todd, Brian, Andy, Scott, Mark, Mark, John, Dan, Rich, Joe, Clay, Graeme and me, little b.
we were shuttled (thank you!) over to Angel Fire and up the nasty fire road (you don't really need a tail pipe anyway) to the trail. starting at 10,300 we climbed to 10,700 (ouch)through the beautiful alpine meadows and aspen groves.
they look so serious, is it a race up the hill? |
| climbing | little b
Oct 7, 2002 7:48 AM | | the climb was only 1.5 miles, but seemed longer. we were all suffering from the elevation, even the four of us who live at 7500'. poor albuquerqueans. (that can't be a word) |
| still... | little b
Oct 7, 2002 7:50 AM | | it was beautiful, if you managed to look up from the dirt just ahead of your tire. |
| butt shot | little b
Oct 7, 2002 7:52 AM | | rich and john (?) climbing |
| photographer's advantage | little b
Oct 7, 2002 7:53 AM | | if you have a camera, you get to stop as often as you like on the climb. to take pictures, of course. |
| our organizer | little b
Oct 7, 2002 7:55 AM | | brian organized the ride for us. thanks brian!
he probably won't be thanking me for this picture. or the next one of him... |
| payoff | little b
Oct 7, 2002 7:58 AM | | at the top, we had a quick snack, then took off down the doubletrack. soon, it lead us to sweet northern new mexico singletrack. starting with a few whoops to shake the last bit of climb out of the legs. here's scott (no broken fork this time, but i also didn't make him reride it) |
| That's where I lost my GPS! | lidarman
Oct 7, 2002 8:07 AM | | I thought I was never going to find it. |
| look carefully at the photo | lidarman
Oct 7, 2002 8:39 AM | | as you can see, I found it. |
| look carefully at the photo | Mtntreker
Oct 7, 2002 9:44 AM | | I was wondering what that flash I saw out of the corner of my eye was. I thought it was somthing to do with the Taos Hum, but no it was just Lidarman's GPS.
Scott |
| Why is yours so much bigger than mine? | drew
Oct 7, 2002 9:52 AM | | That unit(gps) looks enormous, mine's only, well never mind. Did you get the track log I sent you?
Andy |
| GPS Envy? | krank
Oct 7, 2002 2:06 PM | | |
| incoming! | little b
Oct 7, 2002 8:00 AM | | todd
(the sky really was that blue) |
| is that a banana? | little b
Oct 7, 2002 8:02 AM | | ah, that's the subject line to increase the view count.
anyone spot the escaping gps? rich, did you find it? |
| Looks like the dirt park is paying off. | Kitchenware
Oct 7, 2002 8:19 AM | | Nice looking jump there Rich. Wanna shoot some vid of a local trail tomorrow afternoon/evening?
CS trip pics coming soon. I'm looking for some better panoramic stitching software.
Jim |
| A good program is... | lidarman
Oct 7, 2002 8:32 AM | | MGI photovista. It stitches really well and does color balancing.
I'm up for Eaton Park tomorrow. |
| You can see it coming out... | lidarman
Oct 7, 2002 11:12 AM | | |
| on and on | little b
Oct 7, 2002 8:04 AM | | after the whoops, we entered the aspen forests. the trail was narrow, and smooth (for the most part), covered with a blanket of yellow leaves.
here's john |
| ok, maybe not totally smooth | little b
Oct 7, 2002 8:06 AM | | but, i couldnt' really see what he hit. i just heard the noise, but rich claims that brian just had a sudden urge to be one with the trail. |
| aspens | little b
Oct 7, 2002 8:09 AM | | I think this is Mark. his day got more interesting. hopefully there will be pictures from someone else to document the amazing events. i ran out of batteries and memory before the astounding part of the day. |
| graeme | little b
Oct 7, 2002 8:10 AM | | I'm quite sure this picture violates Finch Platte's patented picture taking method. |
| <I>Hey!</I> | Finch Platte
Oct 7, 2002 2:09 PM | | You'll be hearing from my lawyer.
i April
Lawyer.
fp |
| carnage | little b
Oct 7, 2002 8:13 AM | | there was a lot of blood on the trail on saturday. six knees (i think) were hurt in the making of this ride.
here's andy. |
| Andy... Perfect trophy.... | Battman42
Oct 7, 2002 10:07 PM | | to go interviewing with.... Be sure to wear shorts.
Looked like great fun...
Tim |
| wildlife was also scared off | little b
Oct 7, 2002 8:14 AM | | by rich's helmet hair. |
| last one from me | little b
Oct 7, 2002 8:16 AM | | there were a lot of cameras out. more pictures should be coming... |
| More, more more!!! | pedalAZ
Oct 7, 2002 8:19 AM | | I thought about you guys while riding down here yesterday, anticipating some great photos. Good start already! |
| One of these days..... | Battman42
Oct 7, 2002 10:02 PM | | I'll have days off when these gatherings are on....
I started a new asignment at a different plant... but I have these pics to keep me going till the the next Trip... Tahoe at the end of Oct...?
Hope I get to meet you at one of the upcoming events.
Tim |
| Great pics, b! (nm) | DeRanger
Oct 7, 2002 10:20 AM | | |
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