2007 MLK Weekend

   
 
 

No t-shirts and jeans for this years MLK run.  A cold front moved in on Thursday night and the daytime temperatures dropped down into the 50's.  A mix of light rain and/or wind throughout the weekend made for some chilly wheeling.  Despite the rain we kicked off Friday morning with a short run down Bushmaster, up Suzy's Choice and then some messing around on the rock piles down by the river.  At this time there were just 3 of us in camp, myself, Barry and Tom from Tahoe. 

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By mid afternoon Nolan had arrived from Mississippi and Jim from Texas, so we collected most of the club and headed off to run Raider Nation. The first crack gave Jay some trouble.

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Scott straddles the crack.

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Nolan trying to bypass the crack.

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One of the first ledges on this trail.  This one required a bump from everyone except Scott who somehow found a line that let him walk it. 

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An off camber notch towards the middle of the trail.  Barry ended up breaking his front drive shaft here and I ran back to camp to fetch his spare. driving down the falls was pretty exciting, I drove on the front wheels for several feet after coming off the first fall and the crack near the start of the trail.

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The last climb is a good one, once you make it up you have to navigate around some good sized boulders before making it to the top.

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