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A Fruita Roadtrip, Part I, Gooseberry. (51 posts)
|  A Fruita Roadtrip, Part I, Gooseberry. | Pete.
Apr 28, 2003 7:18 PM | | 10 hours of driving, In n Out, and code brown and it was Gooseberry time.
It's a great way to break up the drive to Moab/Fruita and our timing was perfect. They had rain that morning so the Gooseberry riding was unlike any that we've done before. Lotsa puddles made traction an issue (not typical for Gooseberry which is mostly slickrock).
The rain also made getting to the mesa interesting as our tires (not exactly the most off-road friendly) pack just like MTB tires in bentonite clay.
After all of that driving, jerky, and crappy beer that Marc and Mike drank for some bizarre beer drinking ritual/challenge, they actually look like they are ready to ride. |
| Jed is introduced to the most photographed spine within100 miles | Pete.
Apr 28, 2003 7:20 PM | | His frame matched the sky, for a while. |
| Marc made sure the SS was worthy | Pete.
Apr 28, 2003 7:22 PM | | |
| The ever camera shy Mike rode it for the first time. | Pete.
Apr 28, 2003 7:22 PM | | |
| Oooo, I like this pic. | Bkrgrl
Apr 28, 2003 7:45 PM | | |
| Chasing dots. | Pete.
Apr 28, 2003 7:24 PM | | Gooseberry involves mucho dot chasing.
Those damn dots can be tricky sometimes. |
| Gooseberry meet Jed, Jed meet Gooseberry. | Pete.
Apr 28, 2003 7:25 PM | | |
| Right turn | Pete.
Apr 28, 2003 7:26 PM | | Long dot? |
| Alternate Caption? | CraigH
Apr 28, 2003 7:50 PM | | "Mike is greater than...." |
| Had to photoshop the original. | Pete.
Apr 28, 2003 8:01 PM | | The original, seen here, was too painful. |
| Jed started getting a bit edgy. | Pete.
Apr 28, 2003 7:28 PM | | |
| Jed learning to chase dots. | Pete.
Apr 28, 2003 7:29 PM | | |
| Great. the way this shot flows is outstanding. | brianc
Apr 29, 2003 5:59 AM | | Nice. I can't wait to see the "Eric the Brown" shot in full res.
b |
| ETB in full res | Kitchenware
Apr 29, 2003 6:24 AM | | Yeah, I'm waiting for that one too. :)
Good riding with/meeting ya, man! |
| Porcupine tried to take a bite out of me | brianc
Apr 29, 2003 6:37 AM | | I took a stupid endo coming down Porc. The section was a little tough than my comfort level, and I would have made it but I let my mind wander at just the wrong moment. I think I missed my landing rock and did a nice freeze frame endo. landed hard on the elbow. Same one I wreched on climbing Moore Fun. Bent my stem to a 45 deg angle. It flet like I broke my arm but I didn't and managed to ride it out. Although I look like popeye now.
Pinch flatted my front tire. supermaned into the sand. when the tire rolled off the rim in a high speed corner.
Rich pulled off a 3.5 footer with a 25-30 mph side wind.
Got back to ABQ at 1 am, 4.5 hours of sleep then work.
Hell of a ride. How was Horsetheif?
b b(great meeting/riding with you too) |
| Horsethief | Kitchenware
Apr 29, 2003 10:56 AM | | Horsethief on Sunday was RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAD! I conquered a couple of sections that I've been trying for the last two years, so that was cool. One of those was the drop down into Horsethief, the other was all of that stuff over where you squeeze between the tree. I got that, the stack AND the tough section right before the climb in that area. :D Mainly I was just SUPER stoked to have ridden the entrance before it got worse next year.
As for our trip home, well, it was just that... a trip. We developed an engine problem near the top of Vail pass that nearly stopped us dead. We were overheating and boiling over, but managed to let it cool and limp up and over (as numerous ppl we knew cruised by). We managed to get it to Boulder where we used Ericthebrown's pc for Contour.org access, diagnosed the problem and I installed a waterpump/thermostat combo the next morning. :) Tada! all fixed.
We'll have to meet up again this summer for another ride. Angelfire maybe?
jim |
| wow that's one tough ride home | brianc
Apr 29, 2003 11:16 AM | | I take it Kristian didn't drive home that night.
AngleFire definatly. the Chilie Challenge DH race is weekend of June 7th. I think that might be my first trip up there. I think the non-race day would be a good time to check out the DH runs. The other days of that weekend will be spend scouting trails for Gaspin'.
drop me a line bcherry30 at comcast dot net
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| It gets steep in some spots. | Pete.
Apr 28, 2003 7:30 PM | | |
| Jericho = durable frames. | Pete.
Apr 28, 2003 7:31 PM | | This one was crashed 874 times and is still going strong. |
| This would be a great place for a blowjob. | Pete.
Apr 28, 2003 7:33 PM | | (we'll get to that part in a few more pictures)
The summit at Gooseberry.
We had a Barry White sing-along and then headed down. |
| sp? | CraigH
Apr 28, 2003 7:52 PM | | Barry Whire?
aka Barry White? |
| Get some glasses. | Pete.
Apr 28, 2003 7:54 PM | | It was always Barry White.
I swear.
Really. |
| I can change it back if you like. | CraigH
Apr 28, 2003 7:58 PM | | LOL!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I've got glasses, you need them when you ride Whistler...
PS, Whistler's bike park opens this weekend. |
| Jed giving a blowjob. | Pete.
Apr 28, 2003 7:35 PM | | ...to his Stan's No tubes miracle system that failed again.
While Jed labors over his bike, Mike plays in the background. |
| Gooseberry + water +sunset = hard to take a bad picture. | Pete.
Apr 28, 2003 7:42 PM | | Marc riding some reflecting pools. |
| A bad place to dab to the right. | Pete.
Apr 28, 2003 7:43 PM | | A long way down. |
| A frame not long for this world. nm | Fast Eddy
Apr 29, 2003 8:56 AM | | |
| Duplicate, ignore. | Pete.
Apr 28, 2003 7:45 PM | | |
| incredible pics pete (nm) | bones
Apr 28, 2003 8:50 PM | | nm |
| Step on a crack, break | Pete.
Apr 28, 2003 7:47 PM | | your leg or pelvis. |
| Cool effect | East Coast Roast
Apr 29, 2003 6:49 AM | | If you stare at this one long enough the puddles on the left look like mountain lakes and it appears that he is dropping into oblivion. Great shot. |
| An artsy silhouette or did someone nuke Vegas? | Pete.
Apr 28, 2003 7:49 PM | | Silhouette. We drove through Vegas a few days later. |
| Love this one, outstanding. (nm) | chickenlegs
Apr 29, 2003 5:22 AM | | nm |
| mmm. new wallpaper! (nm) | slowSSer
Apr 29, 2003 9:38 AM | | |
| Heading back as the sun sets... | Pete.
Apr 28, 2003 7:50 PM | | Dodging puddles and chasing dots with Zion looking on. |
| We might have been done with Gooseberry, but... | Pete.
Apr 28, 2003 7:53 PM | | ...some of Gooseberry stuck with us for the rest of the trip. |
| brilliant... | Allroy
Apr 29, 2003 5:16 AM | | it's good to see you're finally learning how to use tha camera...
-j |
| Awesome pics [nm] | Spiff
Apr 29, 2003 6:05 PM | | nm |
| Thanks Pete! Great pics as always... | CraigH
Apr 28, 2003 7:56 PM | | You're right, with the light, puddles and great scenery, some of these are the best you have ever taken. Seriously, some of these deserve to be in Bike mags Buzz section. Have you ever submitted pics to them? |
| Wow! Cool pics and story, nice ride'n guys. nm | Hrdkor
Apr 28, 2003 8:23 PM | | |
| DAMN PETE! | pfunk
Apr 28, 2003 8:36 PM | | Those photos are just awesome. Your's are always great, but WOW! |
| Incredible roadtrip. | Zonic Man
Apr 28, 2003 9:07 PM | | The riding, amazing.
The car ride, amazing.
The numerous code browns, amazing.
Great shots, man. |
| Brilliant Shots! | Trevor!
Apr 28, 2003 9:45 PM | | Fantastic brilliant shots there Pete!
Looks like great riding, the sort of thing I dream off almost!
Looks like a fun trip all round, thanks for sharing those cool pics!
WOW indeed! |
| Great shots, nice story! (nm) | 1Swede
Apr 28, 2003 10:14 PM | | |
| Pete, Your Pictures... | hfly
Apr 28, 2003 10:28 PM | | ... are in a league of their own! Absolutely gorgeous! Thanks.
hfly |
| Great pics, Pete. | JimW
Apr 29, 2003 4:27 AM | | Gotta show these to the wife and have the "honey, we need vacation" chat.
J |
| I'm definetly adding some of these pic to my desktop... | MongooseMan
Apr 29, 2003 5:10 AM | | Amazing pics. I really need to go out west sometime. |
| Awesome pictures. | 2melow
Apr 29, 2003 6:16 AM | | Those are amazing pictures Pete, makes me wish I was back there right now.
BTW, we ended up finding a remote little oasis up in Virgin. This was the view from our base camp.
Can't wait to go back, Gooseberry Mesa was spectacular. |
| Thanks Pete... [nm] | OldSchool
Apr 29, 2003 7:28 AM | | . |
| Awesome, thanks for the vicariousity. nm | Fast Eddy
Apr 29, 2003 9:00 AM | | |
| Tx for the great pix Pete (nm) | JimC.
Apr 29, 2003 9:04 AM | | |
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